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100 Years
The 1st of April 1918 saw the formation of the world’s first independent Air Force. Capt Nick takes a look at the Royal Air Force’s history and is j…
8 years, 3 months ago
303 Squadron Kościuszko
Suspicious of the Polish pilots who, after their country was invaded by Nazi forces during the Second World War, had fled to the UK, the high command…
8 years, 3 months ago
Lady Lex and Scoop’s Wildcat
The billionaire explorer Paul Allen rediscovers the aircraft carrier Lexington and an F4 Wildcat deep under the surface of the Coral Sea. This is th…
8 years, 4 months ago
The Fears of Elizabeth
Air travel is, statistically, the very safest form of transport but it wasn’t always that way. Imagine living in Elizabeth, a suburb near New York’s…
8 years, 4 months ago
RAF Form 414 – Volume Two
Capt Nick delves into Volume 2 of his RAF Form 414… the PILOTS FLYING LOG BOOK.
8 years, 4 months ago
The Vengeance of Peenemünd
Towards the end of the Second World War, Nazi scientists developed a series of futuristic weapons to use against England aimed to bring the British p…
8 years, 4 months ago
All Blood Runs Red
President of France, Charles de Gaulle is on a state visit to the United States of America and he asks to meet a French hero who holds the Légion d’h…
8 years, 5 months ago
Happy Bottom Riding Club
Watch the movie ‘The Right Stuf’ and you will see, portrayed, a desert bar near Edwards Air Force Base where a generation of great Test Pilots drank …
8 years, 5 months ago
Fighting High Demons
After the Second World War, a tall lanky RAF pilot undertook clandestine missions from Hong Kong in a photo reconnaissance Spitfire FR Mk XIV. At th…
8 years, 5 months ago
Land-O-Matic
An aircraft for the people, the ubiquitous Cessna 172 became, by far, the most produced aircraft in history and secured a place in many pilot’s heart…
8 years, 5 months ago