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The significance of DH Cirrus Moth G-EBLV at the Woodford Centenary event

September 22, 2024

Did you wonder why a de Havilland biplane featured as a centrepiece in the centenary celebration for the Woodford Aerodrome at the Avro Heritage Museum on 17 September 2024 or why that particular aeroplane which had emerged as the winner of an aeroplane design competition in which it didn’t even participate became so significant for … More The significance of DH Cirrus Moth G-EBLV at the Woodford Centenary event

Manchester’s Aviation Legacy

July 8, 2023

This blog is to describe what is now mainly the legacy of the major sites of aviation around the Manchester area. It is intended to be an organic document which I will update, modify and correct so would be grateful for any suggestions. The first instalment is a map of the Manchester area showing major … More Manchester’s Aviation Legacy

The day a Lincoln bombed a Lancaster, and a Meteor shot a Meteor shooting a Lincoln

January 1, 2022

Argentina, and the day – Saturday the 17th of September 1955. It was the second day of the Revolución Libertadora: the Liberation Revolution in which Argentinian rebels, including sections of the military, rose up against the government of General Juan Domingo Perón. After several days of bloody fighting rebel forces overthrew those loyal to the … More The day a Lincoln bombed a Lancaster, and a Meteor shot a Meteor shooting a Lincoln

Hitching a ride on a Jetstream

October 14, 2020

In the early 1980’s I was a Masters Student at what was then Cranfield Institute of Technology. The campus was on the site of a former RAF airfield and I was studying Bio-Aeronautics with the International Centre for the Application of Pesticides (ICAP) attached to the College of Aeronautics. As part of the course we … More Hitching a ride on a Jetstream

Milk run over the Eder Dam

July 13, 2020

Whilst researching the Dambuster attack on the Eder Dam I came across an interesting snippet of history. It was told to me by my sister’s friend G.C. who was in the RAF in the early 50s. In 1952 G.C. was based in Germany at RAF Wahn which is now the modern day Cologne Bonn International … More Milk run over the Eder Dam

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