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Category Archives: Aircraft
Visiting the VC10 at Brooklands.
Tonight while pondering the lack of interesting things around this time of year I ended up looking at my huge folder list and found that my Brooklands folder was dated 22/01/2015, so I looked through the pics and realised that … Continue reading
Posted in Aircraft, Collections and Museums, Heritage, Hobbies and Interests, Personal, Photo Essay, Transportation, United Kingdom
Tagged aircraft, BOAC, Brooklands, VC10, Vickers, Weybridge
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OTD: Remembering HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales
Amongst the long list of ships lost during the two World Wars are two battleships that were literally sent to their doom on this day in 1941. The sinking of HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales is well documented … Continue reading
Posted in Aircraft, Heritage, Hobbies and Interests, Hong Kong, Memorials and Monuments, Military, On This Day, Retrospective, Ships, United Kingdom, War, War Memorial, World War 2
Tagged Battlecruiser, battleship, HMS Prince of Wales, HMS Repulse, Hong Kong, Royal Navy, Singapore, World War 2
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Onwards to Africa
Continuing where we left off The flight was not too bad, food was ok, and the movies helped pass the time. I watched: The Incredibles 2, Hotel Transylvania 3, The Christopher Robin movie, The Hurt Locker and Bohemian Rhapsody. The … Continue reading
Posted in Aircraft, Johannesburg, Personal, South Africa, Transportation, United Kingdom
Tagged fly, Johannesburg, OR Tambo airport, South Africa
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Happy Birthday 747
On February 9, 1969, the “Queen of the Skies” made her first flight, and début in the world of transportation. The iconic Boeing 747 (aka “Jumbo Jet”), entered service on January 22, 1970, on Pan Am’s New York–London route, and has been … Continue reading
Posted in Aircraft, Heritage, Hobbies and Interests, Johannesburg, Personal, South Africa, Transportation
Tagged airliner, Boeing 747, Johannesburg, Jumbo Jet, Rand Airport, Seychelles, South African Airways
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Photo Essay: Eurocopter EC135
I love helicopters, there is something about that transition between sitting on the ground with your rotors spinning and taking off that really tickles me pink. This morning, the Midlands Air Ambulance Charity Eurocopter G-HWAA landed outside and I had the … Continue reading
Posted in Aircraft, Gloucestershire, Photo Essay, Tewkesbury, Transportation, United Kingdom
Tagged Eurocopter EC135, helicopter, Midlands Air Ambulance Charity, Tewkesbury
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