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Mayday, Mayday, Mayday, Cathay 780!
A gradual degradation of engine performance leads a Cathy Pacific crew into a dire situation, all due to Super Absorbent Polymer Spheres! This is th…
7 years, 10 months ago
Fighting Fog
During World War 2, for the bomber pilots, getting shot down over enemy territory was far from the only risk that they faced. In England, Bomber Com…
7 years, 11 months ago
Handling the Big Jets
The Chief Pilot of the British Registration Board, D P Davies, wrote THE definitive book for airline pilots moving to the the big jets of the 70’s an…
7 years, 11 months ago
The Aluminium Trail
With the Chinese forces under Chiang Kai-shek keeping over a million Japanese troops occupied, once America joined the Second World War, they were ke…
7 years, 11 months ago
Thar Be Sea Monsters!
An American analyst poured over a satellite image of a vast and strange aircraft being built on the shore of the Caspian Sea. What was this monster …
7 years, 11 months ago
A Very British Air Show
In the post WW2 era the Farnborough Airshow was a fabulous and exciting window into the amazing world of advanced jet fighters and in 1952 test pilot…
8 years ago
An Addendum
Following my previous story concerning the tragic murder of both pilots on the flight deck, the son of First Officer Ray Andress wrote and told me th…
8 years ago
Murder on the Flight Deck
Two dramatic and awful incidents when unsuspecting pilots are attacked on the Flight Deck, enough to put shivers down the spine. The title image is o…
8 years ago
On Wings of Gossamer
The dream of flight began with makeshift wings bound to men’s arms which, like Icarus from Green mythology failed, often with deadly results. This i…
8 years ago
A Little VC Tenderness
The Vickers VC10 was an aircraft that was ahead of its time. Sleek, fast and powerful it was designed to please an airline which then turned its bac…
8 years, 1 month ago