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The Dead Stick
Despite being injured during a civil war and losing the sight of an eye, Carlos Dardano became a B737 Captain for TACA. On descent into New Orleans,…
8 years, 1 month ago
BRIXMIS
During the height of the Cold War, a most unlikely spy plane gathered intelligence over East Germany on behalf of the Western allies. This is the li…
8 years, 1 month ago
The Luftwaffe Pilot and Ye Olde Pub
A rookie B17 pilot on his first mission over Germany struggling home in his crippled aircraft and a veteran Me109 fighter pilot with 27 kills and ove…
8 years, 1 month ago
Go Ahead, Take the Controls
Two tragic stories of aircraft losses that, in the most benign of circumstances, may well have resulted from letting a family member sit at the contr…
8 years, 2 months ago
Another of Our Aircraft is Missing
Hansard in the document that contains, what is referred to as, the substantially verbatim account of every speech made in the Houses of Parliament si…
8 years, 2 months ago
One of Our Aircraft is Missing
Stories of aircraft that vanish without trace are bound to fascinate us. The controversial disappearance of House Majority Member Boggs, seen in the…
8 years, 2 months ago
El Al 1862 and the Bijlmermeer
The Modernist dream that was the Bijlmermeer had its problems and the last thing it needed was for a crippled aircraft to wreak destruction amongst i…
8 years, 2 months ago
The Sir Glen Torpy Interview: Part 3
The last of the 3 part interview with Sir Glen Torpy. We chat about his work in some of the most demanding jobs to be found in the RAF, culminating …
8 years, 2 months ago
The Sir Glen Torpy Interview: Part 2
We get to the point in Sir Glen’s interview where he is heading to the Gulf to start flying operations and he recalls the the words spoken by Recce p…
8 years, 3 months ago
The Sir Glen Torpy Interview: Part 1
Sir Glen Torpy GCB CBE DSO started his life within the Royal Air Force as most pilots do. At the end of his training, he was posted to a Jaguar recon…
8 years, 3 months ago