Last week saw the delivery of the ‘youngest’ space shuttle Endeavour on it’s 747 transporter to Los Angeles, and the news stories reminded me of when the ‘Enterprise’ came to Britain back in 1983. If memory serves me correctly, it was on it’s way to the Paris Airshow, and according to the internets, actually landed…
Category: Aviation
#209 – Tornado!
Couldn’t resist posting this from the Southport Air Show – I’ve been trying to get a photo like this of the vapour coming off a fast jet wing for years and never really managed it. However, for this, all the planets seemed to be in alignment, and I finally managed to capture it! Chuffed! Hopefully…
#208 – Roy Chadwicks* Finest Hour
Back in the 1980’s I was a teenage air cadet and mildly obsessed with anything aeronautical, and particularly obsessed with anything Vulcan related. On my bedroom wall was a large poster of XH558, the last surviving flying Vulcan, which was at the time the RAF’s Vulcan Display Team The highlight of my visits to the…
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