The Woman Who Flew the V1
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The story of Hanna Reitsch the Nazi test pilot who flew the V1 flying bomb.
Image via Wikimedia Commons licence, Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-B02092.
The Last of the Phantoms
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Nick reads a passage from Ian Black’s book The Last of the Phantoms – Nick’s Scottish Phantom.
Mt. Fuji and Flight 911
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The crew of a BOAC B707 finds out the hard way how dangerous mountain wave effect can be, as they fly past Mt Fuji in Japan.
Image by By Jon Proctor – Gallery page https://www.jetphotos.com
A Tall Story
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A new way to look at the sky from an ACME Red Airbus. A story written at the beginning of April!
An Engineer’s Story
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Lost over East Africa, Captain Alcock takes the only course of action available and lands in a narrow river, ripping open the hull of his Imperial Airways flying boat Corsair. This is the story of how a small team of engineers brave the African jungle to repair the aircraft, not once but twice!
Hey Buddy, Can You Give Me a Push?
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During the Vietnam war, Captain Bob Pardo finds an unusual way to help his buddy after being hit by anti-aircraft fire.
Title image, “Pardo’s Push” by S.W. Ferguson
