Podcast Episodes

You Couldn’t Give These Away Either!

Having recently talked about of couple of embarrassingly awful US World War 2 aircraft it wouldn’t be fair if I didn’t mention some from my side of t…

5 years, 8 months ago

Lest We Forget

It was in the early predawn that Pilot Officer Richard Pryce Hughes crashed his aircraft on the heathland a little less than 500 yards from where I l…

5 years, 8 months ago

Orford Ness

Orford Ness is a remote spit of marsh and shingle covered land that sticks out into the North Sea. Part of the chilly, windswept Suffolk coast of Eas…

5 years, 8 months ago

You Couldn’t Give ‘Em Away!

I’ve done plenty of Tales about the triumphant aircraft of World War 2 that fought in the skies over Europe, Africa Russia and the Far East. Quite na…

5 years, 9 months ago

The Wonderful Life of Brien

Any of Brien Wygle’s achievements would be enough for most of us to dine-out on for the rest of our lives. A World War 2 pilot who was awarded the Di…

5 years, 9 months ago

Holmes and the Battle of Britain

On the 18th of June 1940, Churchill stood in Parliament and gave a speech in which he stated that what General Weyland had called the Battle of Franc…

5 years, 9 months ago

It’s Not What You Say!

I was recently digging through some old airline paperwork and came across a delightful booklet from my old airline entitled Cabin Address from the Fl…

5 years, 10 months ago

Little Nellie and Her Friends

Little Nellie was a rare breed of aviatrix the name of which has its origins in Ancient Greek. In more modern parlance, we have the familiar name aut…

5 years, 10 months ago

RAF Form 414, Volume 7

A continuation of the stories from Capt Nick’s RAF Form 414… his flying logbook.

BAe Nimrod MR2

The Old Pilot and a Bear

5 years, 10 months ago

The Band Played On

Now a story about the US Navy Band may not seem to be my usual fare in Tales but bear with me and I must thank serving Band member and APG listener T…

5 years, 10 months ago