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Skydiving stunt or utter madness?
From the Daily Mail (UK Newspaper) online Just crazy! A skydiver has pulled off an astonishing stunt by climbing out of a glider’s cockpit, crawling along the wing and then somersaulting underneath and...
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3 mins of pure nostalgia
Wonderful short film of the P-38 Lightning (thanks to Steve). The Lockheed P-38 Lightning was a WWII American fighter aircraft. Equipped with droppable fuel tanks under its wings, the P-38 was used as...
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BP and the mirror on the wall.
This is very, very uncomfortable. Reflecting the truth? Trying to say anything new about the implications of the terrible disaster in the Gulf of Mexico would be impossible. All I can do is to admit my...
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I’m with stupid!
The Loop in North Wales and a neat gag! Photo Chris Chambers The British Royal Air Force frequently train their air crews in and around the valleys of North Wales. Much of that area is designated a...
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Incentive to apply for retirement!
Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! A quick Google search shows that this is a well-documented story that has been doing the rounds since 2009. But I hadn’t come across it before so was very grateful for a friend in...
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Anniversary message from Paul
Learning from Dogs has been running for one year. On July 15th, 2009 a post called Parenting lessons from Dogs started what has now become a bit of a ‘habit’. But more reflections tomorrow. Reach for...
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Now for something completely different!
Echoes of a past life. A few days ago, dear friend Suzann, sent me an item about a wonderful new light aircraft. (It was Su and Don who invited me to Mexico in December, 2007 that resulted in me and...
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Nostalgic times.
Flying the Piper Super Cub Last Saturday, I posted an item that included a great video about the Air-Cam sports aircraft. I succumbed to a bout of nostalgia in that I dipped into both my old gliding...
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Aviation nostalgia alert!
The fabulous story of the restoration of a British Navy Supermarine Seafire Mk.XV From time to time I let on that in the past I was a keen private pilot and before that a glider (sailplane) pilot. My...
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D-Day anniversary muse.
Just a personal reflection. American paratroopers, heavily armed, sit inside a military plane as they soar over the English Channel en route to the Normandy French coast for the Allied D-Day invasion...
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