Nearby places of aviation interest. or links to websites of aviation interest.
Wrecks and Relics – Essential Reading … One of the essentials for regular visitors to museums in the UK is Ken Ellis excellent Wrecks and Relics. This superb hardback compendium is produced by Ken Ellis (who was Editor of Flypast) and has been almost a lifetime quest to locate, research, and identify every airframe – […]
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‘Darky’ … When I joined the R.O.C. post at Loddon, sometimes at meetings wartime members would recall some of their wartime roles when Loddon was ‘Tare Three’ of 16 Group Norwich. It was the only ‘Darky’ post in the group. Darky equipment included two poles 100 foot apart with the post in the middle, with
The Defector In January 1976 as a brand new Corporal, I was posted to RAF Gatow in Berlin. The aircraft maintenance team there was only 11 strong and our main job was to maintain the two DH Chipmunk aircraft used by the station operations officer and station commander. The purpose of the Chipmunks was to
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