Flying on the ground – Part II … Gliding … Back in the 1970s, I was a member of the Combined Cadet Force at school. As an aviation buff, I obviously opted to join the RAF section. One of the benefits of this was the opportunity to visit RAF Stations for a week at Easter, […]
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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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Spitfire … Bit of a quiz this time about the Spitfire and what is the earliest example of the use of this name. The name “Spitfire” will probably be recognised by a very large proportion of the world’s population and correctly identified as the iconic British fighter aircraft of World War ll. It was the
