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RAF Form 414 Vol. 5
Delving back into my RAF Pilot’s Logbook, Form 414, it’s time for the annual instrument rating and prepare for our first deployment to RAF Akrotiri i…
6 years, 5 months ago
The A300
This story harks back to the 300th APG show and was rewritten for the Plane Talking UK live show near Heathrow Airport. It is the story of a cripple…
6 years, 6 months ago
Sounds Like a Drag!
The Convair 990 was a financial disaster that cost General Dynamics one of the largest corporate losses in history but thanks to some fascinating aer…
6 years, 6 months ago
The Life of Dieter Dengler
Growing up in poverty, life in Germany following WWII was hard, but for one young man, dreams of starting a new life as a pilot in America seemed bey…
6 years, 6 months ago
Loop de Loop Flip Flop Santa’s Got an Airplane
From one of the lesser known Bee Gee’s records comes a bizarre title for a seasonal song that brings to mind the story of Captain William Wincapaw, a…
6 years, 6 months ago
Black Christmas
After WWII many American pilots were employed by the growing Chinese airline industry flying from poorly equipped airfields in China. The weather wa…
6 years, 7 months ago
RAF Form 414, Vol 4
The very next installment of my flying logbook stories has me attempting my first arrester wire engagement, paying tribute to the Bell Rock Lighthous…
6 years, 7 months ago
Landshut
In the 1970’s, Germany was in the grip of a terrorist nightmare, led by a far left militant group known as the Red Army Faction or the Baader-Meinhof…
6 years, 7 months ago
If It Ain’t Boeing…
Wilheim Böing, emigrated to the United States in 1866 and, after becoming a wealthy lumber merchant, sent his son William to an elite school in Switz…
6 years, 7 months ago
The Highest Honour
Two men who risked everything to save their aircraft and, because of their bravery, were awarded their countries highest honour. These are stories w…
6 years, 8 months ago