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Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Apr 2023, 18:44
Replies: 72
Views: 11,314
Posted By LTAfan

If you’re visiting the Smithsonian museums in...

If you’re visiting the Smithsonian museums in Washington, DC, I encourage a brief detour to the oft-overlooked College Park Air Museum just NE of the city. Based at the oldest continuously operated...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
21st Dec 2016, 17:30
Replies: 8
Views: 1,110
Posted By LTAfan

Lancelot -- that sound you hear is me smacking my...

Lancelot -- that sound you hear is me smacking my forehead. Thanks! I never thought to scroll all the way down. Much faster than my solution.
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
20th Dec 2016, 15:58
Replies: 8
Views: 1,110
Posted By LTAfan

PPRuNe Full Site on iPad

I think you might be seeing the mobile version of the site. If you're using the Safari browser on your iPad, press and hold (don't just click) the page reload button (the circular arrow on the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
25th Oct 2016, 23:17
Replies: 57
Views: 33,488
Posted By LTAfan

I've enjoyed reading this thread over the years,...

I've enjoyed reading this thread over the years, so I was tickled to come across a reference to Rutbah Wells this weekend in a book I'm reading, which would allow me to pay back in kind. It's from...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Dec 2014, 15:51
Replies: 25
Views: 9,299
Posted By LTAfan

Airship Photos

Definitely LZ127 Graf Zeppelin. The fifth engine gondola and the bumper skid on the lower vertical stabilizer are the clincher. The photos would have been taken prior to 1933, when swastikas were...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Nov 2014, 16:43
Replies: 25
Views: 9,299
Posted By LTAfan

Major Scott

Further on to Major Scott, diaries and personal papers of the people at Cardington would likely contain more candid information than the official record, but there's no way to know how many of those...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th Nov 2014, 16:35
Replies: 25
Views: 9,299
Posted By LTAfan

Major Scott

I for one would be very interested to read a biography of Major Scott. The interdepartmental conflicts between the Air Ministry and the airship officers at Cardington have been generally glossed over...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Aug 2012, 17:00
Replies: 10
Views: 5,293
Posted By LTAfan

RNAS/RAF and Airships

According to Ces Mowthorpe's Battlebags: British Airships of the First World War, an Illustrated History (Wrens Park Pulishing, 1998), the Army was the first service to operate airships, although the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
30th May 2012, 22:51
Replies: 11
Views: 2,098
Posted By LTAfan

Airships

Thanks for the tip, I will most definitely check it out. As my handle suggests, this is right up my alley. Hopefully available here in the States too.

Cheers,
LTAfan
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
23rd May 2011, 18:17
Replies: 32
Views: 10,037
Posted By LTAfan

Two more candidates

How about:
Levasseur Antoinette series
Focke Wulf Fw-190
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
19th May 2010, 15:31
Replies: 17
Views: 3,446
Posted By LTAfan

Scaled-Down Seaplane in Baltimore

PB4, the Baltimore (Maryland) Museum of Industry has on display -- or at least had, when I was last there several years ago -- an all-wood single-seat seaplane that I believe was built by Martin to...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
10th Jan 2010, 16:44
Replies: 46
Views: 14,680
Posted By LTAfan

Airline

And as MI5 Director of Operations Neil Burnside in "The Sandbaggers."

Sorry for the thread drift. I've always wanted to see "Airline." Looking forward to seeing the YouTube clips.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Aug 2008, 20:23
Replies: 20
Views: 2,709
Posted By LTAfan

Aircraft Typewriters

I am a long-time reader who is at last able to offer a humble contribution to this excellent forum.

A good person to speak with would be Dr. Richard Polt of Xavier University, who is also an...
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