Apparently research by Northrop suggests that the Horten 2-29 of WW2 could have preceded their own B2 as the first all-wing stealth bomber, by over...
Only a couple of days ago we noted this brave man's 90th birthday, but sadly the papers here are reporting his death Ted Kenna, VC - Telegraph...
I trust the lorry was limited to 50 mph!
The late Ronnie Barker would have done this much better and been a lot funnier! When I was at University, there was an apocryphal story of a maths...
Hi Mehar; I think you'll find us a friendly bunch. Unfortunately a lot of those such as your grandfather who actually did the fighting didn't...
The Telegraph occassionally run past obituaries beside the current ones. This is that of one the three men who made it home after the Great Escape....
John Thanks for sharing this. I am sure things will work out for you. We will all be thinking of you. Adrian
I did think of them first thing this morning. By the time I normally get out of bed, most of casualties had already been sustained. Exactly five...
I'll send a copy anyway. I think I have your address.
The RAF hasn't had NCO pilots since the 60s (and not in front-line units since shortly after the war). Now, Navigators are always officers (in...
The camcorder uses something called Image Mixer with VCD, for loading from tape onto the PC. There is an editing function but it never seems to work...
One thing to be aware of with contemporary cutaways such as the one of the Hampden, is that they tend to show the crew figures with a massive amount...
Went to Biggin Hill Air Fair today, which is local to where I live. A great day and generally good weather. The downside was that the recently...
I was terribly sorry to hear that General Sir Michael Jackson, a controversial former Chief of the General Staff and IFOR commander in Bosnia, had...
That explains it. What threw me is that the RAFM example has no attachments under its wings! The only image I can find of it is in this panoramic...
The description of how the drogue would have been deployed in the Monitor is interesting. But in reality, at the end of the war aircraft such as the...
I was in the supermarket the other day and I came across some Stoned Dates. I thought "far out dates, man". :peace:
I just looked up the Henley on Wikipedia, and much of the wording of the article is identical to that in the article which Kyt quotes! I wonder...
This French gentleman made a major contribution to Medicine, but also served in some very arduous situations as a surgeon with the Free French forces...
Having tried to be helpful and inform CWGC of various errors and omissions, I think you'll find that they will want his entire service history from...
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