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Every document or book within the Royal Air Force has a Form number. One of the most precious to a pilot is Form 414, the PILOTS FLYING LOG BOOK. Inside is a record of every flight a pilot undertakes. Looking back through a log book brings back many memories. These are a few of mine.
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In the world of aviation, accurate communication is vital and when it breaks down the results can be catastrophic. In poor weather, the crew of an Avianca 707 struggle to land at New York’s JFK airport.
An Avianca B707.
Images under Creative Commons licence, with thanks to Felix Goetting, and the NTSB.
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Not every Plane Tale recording goes quite to plan! A Merry Christmas to all my listeners!
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Landing at the wrong airport is usually considered a bit of a blunder but for One Way Ferguson it was a way to put Buffalo onto the map!
Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to Eduard Marmet, US Gov and Atkach24.
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A humorous look at the history of the Phonetic Alphabet and brevity codes.
Image with thanks to https://m.johnlewis.com/mclaggan-smith-educational-‘nato-alphabet’-mug/p2725715
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The tragic loss of Alaska Flight 261 and the negligent events that led up to the crash.
The recovered jackscrew. The spiral “wire” wound around the threaded portion is the remains of the acme nut internal screw thread that was stripped from the nut.
Images under Creative Commons with thanks to Ken Fielding and the NTSB.
