Podcast Episodes

Flight 600

Let me take you back to the dim distant past and Captain Jeff’s start with his legacy airline, ACME, I mean Delta, no ACME, Delta, Acta, Delme… oh wh…

2 years, 5 months ago

The Consequence of a Deliberate Act

Two of the Saratoga’s F14 Tomcats were tasked to defend the carrier against a simulated attack during Exercise Display Determination 87. The leader o…

2 years, 5 months ago

Rocket Man Part 2

Part 2 of my interview with my mate Matt, steely eyed rocket man extraordinaire.

Goonhilly

Gyros and spacecraft in Telstar

The interior of Tels…

2 years, 5 months ago

Rocket Man

At first glance he looks to be a rather scruffy and unkempt elderly chap but behind the heavy glasses there are two twinkling eyes that reveal more t…

2 years, 5 months ago

When History Repeats Itself

In the tale, the Applegate Memorandum, I described the difficult birth that McDonnell Douglas had with the DC-10 when it’s safety record was permanen…

2 years, 5 months ago

RAF Form 414, Vol 23

I left you last time after we had returned with our Hornets from New Zealand having had a very productive and interesting few weeks working with the …

2 years, 5 months ago

The Wood Duck, Part 2

The conclusion of a chat over a pint with Wood Duck, the Royal Australian Air Force Air Attache to the Australian High Commission in London.

Images…

2 years, 9 months ago

The Wood Duck, Part 1

As a fighter pilot on the newly formed 77 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force, now equipped with brand new FA/18s, we had many experienced pilots but…

2 years, 9 months ago

The Risk Takers

So you want to be an airline pilot? You want to travel the world, visit strange and exotic countries and immerse yourself in the wonders of foreign c…

2 years, 9 months ago

RAF Form 414, Vol 22

I trust that you will recall the stories from my RAF Logbook which had reached the point of my first Hornet deployment to New Zealand to work with th…

2 years, 10 months ago