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B-29
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TheGreenGoblin » Tue May 24, 2022 3:28 pm
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A really interesting retrospective on the development of the Boeing-29.
How the B-29 Modernized the U.S. Air Force
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Doc. One of only 2 flying B-29s made a stop near me last weekend.
I've seen it before so I didn't go out but I did see it in the pattern at KDVT....
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Sat Jun 04, 2022 4:59 am
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The Boneyard
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PHXPhlyer » Wed May 25, 2022 2:58 pm
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See Tucson's internationally-known plane 'Boneyard' from a bird's eye view
The 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center, also known as...
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I have been fortunate enough to have had two tours of the Boneyard, back in the Eighties when access was much easier.
Also, flown over it numerous...
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Wed May 25, 2022 4:13 pm
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Documentary on the Lancaster
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ricardian » Sat Apr 23, 2022 7:56 pm
Second World War bomber veterans ‘written out of history’ tell their stories in new film
RAF bomber veterans of the Second World War who feel their...
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Sat Apr 23, 2022 7:56 pm
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Adrian Carton de Wiart VC
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FD2 » Tue Apr 19, 2022 10:15 pm
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From the latest Goldfish Club newsletter, the life of a man said to be the inspiration for Waugh's maverick Brigadier Ritchie-Hook in the Sword of...
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Wat an extraordinary, although some might say accident prone, man! :-bd
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Wed Apr 20, 2022 11:48 am
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Sat Apr 09, 2022 9:45 pm
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Bomber Command 1961
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ricardian » Sun Jan 26, 2020 1:01 am
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Imperial War Museum film on Bomber Command the the nuclear deterrent
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At 12.30pm on Friday 29 April 2022, Dr. Thomas Withington will outline the WE-177’s rationale and development, discussing its design and its intended...
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Fri Mar 25, 2022 10:29 pm
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Vulcan
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by Sisemen » Thu Apr 18, 2019 1:18 am
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For Alison and Pontius and any other ex-Vulcaneer.
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Presumably the lectures will be available afterwards on YouTube?
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Fri Mar 25, 2022 10:28 pm
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Thu Mar 17, 2022 9:52 am
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Singapore
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TheGreenGoblin » Wed Mar 02, 2022 9:01 pm
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I have been listening to this on BBC Radio 4...
The fall of Singapore
Witness
In February 1942 when Singapore fell to Japanese forces, tens...
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Might have a listen sometime.
My (Grand) Uncle went 'into the bag' at the fall of Singapore and finished the war as a slave labourer in a coal mine...
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Thu Mar 03, 2022 1:14 pm
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Avro Vulcan B.2 XH558 Quo Vadis
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TheGreenGoblin » Thu Feb 24, 2022 3:13 pm
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Bad news reference the future of Avro Vulcan B.2 XH558. In this month's Fly Past Magazine.
Plans to build a hangar and visitor centre with Avro...
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I am of an age to have seen Vulcan being deployed from Waddington on exercises, sometimes as QRA practice and was anxious to share this with my son...
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Thu Feb 24, 2022 4:36 pm
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Last days of the Condor...
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TheGreenGoblin » Fri Jan 21, 2022 11:19 am
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I have been following the restoration work that an engineering team from Airbus & Lufthansa have been undertaking on a Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor ....
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then dismantled and transported to the former Berlin Tempelhof Airport for final assembly as an exhibit in Hangar 7.
Former Berlin Templehof Airport...
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Sat Jan 22, 2022 12:10 am
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Stolen C-130
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Woody » Wed Apr 18, 2018 6:53 am
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Just found this on BBC website, new to me, anyone remember this?
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Woody's thread came to mind again when I watched this...
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Sat Jan 08, 2022 5:40 am
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NZ Centenarian's Wartime Memories
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FD2 » Fri Dec 31, 2021 9:19 pm
Well written account in general. Derek was one of 760 Kiwis who graduated as aircrew in the Fleet Air Arm, out of 1200 volunteers.
Former WWII...
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Fri Dec 31, 2021 9:19 pm
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Fri Dec 24, 2021 5:52 am
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EE Lightning engine run 2018
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ricardian » Wed Nov 24, 2021 9:48 pm
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Gatwick Aviation Museum's run of the English Electric Lightning on 5th May 2018
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When based at Khamis Mushayt on the western edge of the Empty Quarter we carried out Lightning (Mk53 and Mk55) ground runs and re heat function and...
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Thu Nov 25, 2021 2:53 pm
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The Aden Emergency 1963 -1967. RAF Thumier
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ricardian » Mon Nov 15, 2021 10:02 pm
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The forgotten war of Aden . RAF Thumier in Radfan - Restored 1965 Film.
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Okay - found some info. The MAUW of the Wessex HAS Mk1 was 12600lb with an overload weight of 13,300lb. The max height at normal weight was 10,000ft...
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Wed Nov 17, 2021 3:43 am
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The Nazis in the Book Pyre!
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TheGreenGoblin » Wed Nov 10, 2021 12:36 pm
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The Costa Blanca is today almost a second colony for British expatriates and tourists but a new film has revealed how this part of Spain was once the...
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Léon Degrelle
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Wed Nov 10, 2021 12:43 pm
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SS Gwendolen - Lake Malawi
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TheGreenGoblin » Sun Oct 31, 2021 8:36 pm
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A friend in South Africa sent me this clipping today. A tale of one of the first, if not the very first, naval engagement of the First World War....
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That's an amazing enterprise. Just imagine all those part numbers galvanised over and no clues apart from skill and intuition where they went - and...
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Last post by FD2
Sat Nov 06, 2021 5:20 am
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RAF Colerne Open Day 1965
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FD2 » Sat Oct 30, 2021 10:35 pm
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I could zip up to Colerne on my Vespa from our house to goof at the aircraft but once a year they had the open day. I came across this programme...
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What fascinating stuff FD2!, thank you for posting! :)
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Sun Oct 31, 2021 9:20 am
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Graduate in the RAF
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ricardian » Fri Oct 15, 2021 7:48 pm
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Graduate in the RAF (1969 recruiting film)
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After 12 years RAF I spent 30 years with GCHQ but I am unable to decode (or transliterate?) without more collateral or breaks Five sheets from the...
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Last post by Pontius Navigator
Wed Oct 27, 2021 8:41 pm
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English Electric Canberra TT 18 WJ680 Flies
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TheGreenGoblin » Mon Sep 13, 2021 8:23 am
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The only airworthy Canberra in the world was back in air in Tremora. Alongside the Shuttleworth Collection's Wren Ultalight, this Canberra is the...
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There was a factory in Gloucester, had made Meteors, was making coffee machines c.1972.
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Wed Oct 27, 2021 11:02 am
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Soviet Aircraft
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TheGreenGoblin » Tue Jun 08, 2021 5:27 pm
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The Tupolev Tu-22 Story
An excellent channel... well worth watching.
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Putting more or less the entirety of Northern Ireland's security services top echelon on one slightly dodgy helicopter was similarly stupid.
An...
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Last post by Undried Plum
Fri Oct 22, 2021 1:38 pm
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How do they do that - China's new missile?
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Boac » Mon Oct 18, 2021 9:31 am
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China tests new space capability with hypersonic missile
Launch in August of nuclear-capable rocket that circled the globe took US intelligence by...
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and such 'news' may well be suppressed so as not to frighten the horses.
Sorry, I can't help myself sometimes... =))
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Tue Oct 19, 2021 8:06 am
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Mon Oct 18, 2021 7:58 am
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The Shetland Bus
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ricardian » Sun Oct 17, 2021 8:49 pm
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Jakob Strandheim, last survivor of the Shetland Bus from World War 2 dies aged 101
History of the Shetland Bus
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I had not heard of the Shetland Bus before. A fascinating story of bravery, defiance and endurance.
The Shetland Bus Story...
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Mon Oct 18, 2021 2:18 am
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