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By Angus Findon, Mark Hillier A very special book. It shows us the life of a British fighter pilot, but not in the usual way
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,
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
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
Rare Photographs from Wartime Archivesby Martin Bowman Usually I am very happy with this series of ‘Rare Images’ books from Pen & Sword, and the
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
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
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
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
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 Gunship Helicopters by Yefim Gordon Recently I was introduced to the FlightCraft series of Pen and Sword Books. This is an interesting series aimed
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 today during the first of our Winter Storms…… I know who’d have liked to see this. Post by Luchtverkeersleider.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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