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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
20th Dec 2023, 19:07
Replies: 95
Views: 11,255
Posted By AlphaMikeTango

The Rhodesian Air Force were using surviving RhAF...

The Rhodesian Air Force were using surviving RhAF and ex SAAF single-seat and dual-seat Vampires in internal ground attack operations right until 1980.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
20th Dec 2023, 19:03
Replies: 5
Views: 809
Posted By AlphaMikeTango

BERLIN AIRLIFT themed short story

The Berlin Airlift has long been a subject of particular interest to me and some time ago I wrote a short story inspired by an actual event as recorded in a pilot's logbook.
I do not know how to...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Dec 2023, 12:30
Replies: 4
Views: 1,399
Posted By AlphaMikeTango

Silent night - a short story

I wrote this short story a while ago and posted it on other forums.
I am not sure how to attach files so have resorted to posting a link to one of the other sites.
Perhaps members here will enjoy...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
13th May 2023, 14:29
Replies: 234
Views: 37,039
Posted By AlphaMikeTango

Mine as an Aircraft mechanic: Aermacchi Am3C...

Mine as an Aircraft mechanic:
Aermacchi Am3C Bosbok
Aero L39
Aerospatiale SE3130 & 3180 Alouette II
Aerospstiale SA321L Super Frelon
Aerospatiale SA330 Puma
Airbus A320
Airbus A330
Airbus...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th May 2022, 18:00
Replies: 85
Views: 23,503
Posted By AlphaMikeTango

Didn't the P-51D Mustang undergo carrier trials?

Didn't the P-51D Mustang undergo carrier trials?
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
22nd May 2022, 08:41
Replies: 6
Views: 1,392
Posted By AlphaMikeTango

Yes - Google also gave me Kenya Airports...

Yes - Google also gave me Kenya Airports Aurhority but their site stated that they were established in 1991. The logo is the only one given and the badge has a much older look about it - even pre-war...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st May 2022, 15:29
Replies: 6
Views: 1,392
Posted By AlphaMikeTango

Please ID this pin badge

Can anyone identify this brooch badge? I have looked through all my reference books and can nothing that matches the KAA abbreviation.
I am off course assuming that it is aviation related and that...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st May 2022, 15:08
Replies: 77
Views: 17,465
Posted By AlphaMikeTango

I read FITH and "Flying Circus" as a kid in high...

I read FITH and "Flying Circus" as a kid in high school about 40-odd years ago .... time I read them again!
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
27th Apr 2022, 18:56
Replies: 41
Views: 7,801
Posted By AlphaMikeTango

Thank you for all the comments - very interesting...

Thank you for all the comments - very interesting and useful.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
24th Apr 2022, 19:16
Replies: 41
Views: 7,801
Posted By AlphaMikeTango

Airline pilots wearing medal ribbons on tunic

I have noticed on a number of vintage airline photographs pilots wearing war decoration and medal ribbons on their uniform tunics below (and oddly sometimes above) their pilot wings.
So far I have...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
29th Mar 2022, 17:44
Replies: 4,285
Views: 662,813
Posted By AlphaMikeTango

Thank you but will have to hand the stick back...

Thank you but will have to hand the stick back to you for this round. Sadly as a newbie I still have a few posts to make before I can include URLs.
I have a couple of nice ones I look forward to...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
27th Mar 2022, 19:42
Replies: 4,285
Views: 662,813
Posted By AlphaMikeTango

I believe its that of the Japanese Okha (aka...

I believe its that of the Japanese Okha (aka "Baka") kamikaze rocket aircraft
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Mar 2022, 11:31
Replies: 90
Views: 23,593
Posted By AlphaMikeTango

indeed yes - had the "pleasure" of a flight in it...

indeed yes - had the "pleasure" of a flight in it years ago. Flown in some beauts of theirs - this was not one of them!
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
28th Feb 2022, 17:00
Replies: 90
Views: 23,593
Posted By AlphaMikeTango

I'm a short-a*** and for me the worst aircraft to...

I'm a short-a*** and for me the worst aircraft to get in and out off was by far the unlamented Edgar Percival EP9 - one needs to be virually double-joined and heaven help you if you needed to get out...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Feb 2022, 11:45
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,147,617
Posted By AlphaMikeTango

You do know that this incident happend in 1953 -...

You do know that this incident happend in 1953 - nearly four years after the Berlin Airlift ended ...?
Also that it was on a training mission and entered Soviet controlled airspace - nothing to do...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
1st Oct 2021, 15:21
Replies: 6
Views: 1,612
Posted By AlphaMikeTango

No - South Africa.

No - South Africa.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
30th Sep 2021, 15:48
Replies: 6
Views: 1,612
Posted By AlphaMikeTango

I have every reason to believe it was a badge...

I have every reason to believe it was a badge worn by the RAF boxing team that toured Southern Africa that year.
In what was the worst aircraft accident in South Africa at the time SAAF Airspeed...
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