Interesting article on Desert Storm
I can’t believe it is already 30 years ago that we were watching in awe at the tracer bullets rising into the air over Baghdad, …
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KLM turns 101
Here’s a message on the KLM, my favorite airline for many many years…. An article in Key.Aero takes a look at the history of the …
Duel Under the Stars
2020-06-18 The Memoir of a Luftwaffe Night Pilot in World War II by Wilhelm Johnen Another one of my favorite World War 2 books, because …
The F-4 Phantom – book review
Rare Photographs from Wartime Archivesby Martin Bowman Usually I am very happy with this series of ‘Rare Images’ books from Pen & Sword, and the …
Book Review: A Spy in the Sky
A Photographic Reconnaissance Spitfire Pilot in WWII Very interesting book. I love all stories about WW2 written by the people who actually were there, and …
My old aeroclub
Founds this nice little video on the internet today, about the Aeroclub de Méribel. I was member for a few years and flew the BOPK …
Slow re-entry
Many many years ago I bought a plastic model kit of the Westland Lysander, back when I was working on getting one designed for our …
My Home Cockpit Project
This, my dear friends, has been on my bucket list for, oh, at least 30 years. Flight Simulation has been the ONE steady thing in …
D-Day Airfields – Book Review
Airfields of the D-Day Invasion Air Force (Paperback) 2nd Tactical Air Force in South-East England in WWII By Peter Jacobs A book for researchers, tourists …
Russian Gunships – Book Review
Russian Gunship Helicopters by Yefim Gordon Recently I was introduced to the FlightCraft series of Pen and Sword Books. This is an interesting series aimed …
Reading about and flying the Canberra
Last week I got a copy of the English Electric Canberra by Bruce Barrymore Halpenny (must have lost the ‘f’ somewhere along the way of …
Schiphol Airport Stormy Video
Schiphol Airport today during the first of our Winter Storms…… I know who’d have liked to see this. Post by Luchtverkeersleider.
Help Canadian Aviation Museum Survive!
Now before we start discussing our World War 2 publishing plans, here’s something more important that I want to share with you all. I …
Airshow Méribel !!!!!
Reason why things are a bit ‘slow’ usually in summer is that we move our office to a ‘better’ place, i.e. a tiny room …
More fun than MS Flight !?
Now, if you are looking for something less complicated than FSX or XP-10, but much more fun than MS Flight… search no longer, I’ve found …
Microsoft finally lost me…..
On my Flightsim Soapbox. I know, I must be the Last of the Mohicans with SO many people over the past decades pissing on Microsoft …
Last Shuttle Flight
Yes, this is a bit of a melancholic moment. I witnessed the very first space flight EVER, and just now witnessed the very LAST Space …
Anti-mosquito control
Charlie. That’s what we called the old Antonov AN-2 sparaying the beach in Mamaia, Black Sea Coast, Romania, waaaaay back in 1974 when on …
The Francois Daily
Trained as a typographer and having worked at Holland’s largest newspaper in my very first job, writing, news and newspapers still hold my interest. So …
Our Alaska Flight
I finally managed to finish the first of a row of articles dealing with my/our flying in the States last October/November. The first in the …
USA 2010 #7 – Florida
We’ve made it through ‘immigration’ again, even though we are not planning to immigrate – well, not HERE anyway – and we’re back in the …
Reno Air Races – such a shame
Don’t get me wrong, I am not opposing speed sports in any way. Have been racing carts and cars myself and would have loved racing …
Wonderful Edwards AFB Photos
If you’re ‘into’ aviation then you don’t want to miss THIS SERIES of wonderful photos of an Edwards Air Force Base Open Day, shot by …
15.700 forum posts
That’s what I had on simFlight on last count. Or 5,5 posts PER DAY since 2002. I guess that makes me a writer? AVSIM shows …