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Flying Over Christmas
Waiting for the arrival of the December flying roster was always a tense time. Those with big family gatherings are anxious to ensure they are at hom…
4 years, 7 months ago
500 Show PT
And so Plane Tales was born with the story of the mixologist Joe Gilmore… well, kind of. There had been a few bits in the Show pre the Farnborough sp…
4 years, 7 months ago
The Five Hundredth
In the United States the Coast Guard is a fully paid up branch of the military. Its men and women have served with valour in many conflicts and I’m g…
4 years, 7 months ago
RAF Form 414, Vol 12
Year two of Porridge… that’s an old term used by prisoners to describe their time inside jail but was very apt as many of my fellow flying instructor…
4 years, 8 months ago
Operation Tarnegol
Suddenly the black of the night that surrounded them was split open by bright tracer cannon fire that streaked by the windows with loud cracks and th…
4 years, 8 months ago
How the Poppy Grew
About this time of the year, I like to do a tale that turns our minds to those who gave their lives for their countries in the many conflicts that ha…
4 years, 8 months ago
Speedlight Bravo
Within a few days of detonating their first nuclear bomb, to the dismay of the Soviets, President Truman announced that they had the evidence to prov…
4 years, 8 months ago
The Mike Wildeman Story – Part 3
This is the concluding part of my interview with Mike Wildman, an amputee pilot who has had a fascinating career in aviation. The first part covered …
4 years, 9 months ago
The Mike Wildeman Story – Part 2
This is the second part of my interview with Mike Wildman, an amputee pilot who has had a fascinating career in aviation. The first part covered Mike…
4 years, 9 months ago
The Mike Wildeman Story – Part 1
Mike Wildman is an amputee pilot who has had a fascinating career in aviation. This tale is about his time in the Royal Air Force flying the C130 Her…
4 years, 9 months ago