The Story behind the Photo – 5: Blackburn B2
The first vintage aircraft with which we had any involvement was a Blackburn B2. The story is contained in the attached PDF File. The Story Behind the Photograph -5 .huge-it-share-buttons { border:0px...
View ArticleOrbiting Rainbows story
This is a short piece of creative fiction, based on factual science. See word file below. Orbiting Rainbows .huge-it-share-buttons { border:0px solid #0FB5D6; border-radius:5px; background:#3BD8FF;...
View ArticleThe story behind the photo – 6: VAC Camp Welshpool
1970 Vintage Aircraft Club camp at a hot and hazy farm strip – The Oaks, Welshpool. The story is told in the attached PDF file. The Story Behind the Photograph -6 .huge-it-share-buttons { border:0px...
View ArticleClassic Light Aircraft Review – Aerospace
The review copied below is published in the Royal Aeronautical Society magazine Aerospace (August 2016 edition). Aerospace review .huge-it-share-buttons { border:0px solid #0FB5D6; border-radius:5px;...
View ArticleStory Behind the Photo 7: Hornet Moth G-AELO
This story recounts my connections with Hornet Moth G-AELO over 50 years with photographs from 1964, 1994 and 2014. The story is told in the attached PDF file: The Story Behind the Photograph -7...
View ArticleThe Story Behind the Photo 8: Tribute to the late Bob Head
This story is a tribute to the late Bob Head a close friend to both Jim and myself, both at school and at University, who had a great influence on our professional careers and flying experiences....
View ArticleAviation Action Photography
aviation-action-photography The attached PDF file (red link above) describes my gradual development as an aviation photographer over the last 50+ years. A number of my earlier photographs are included...
View ArticleWorking with Personal Plane Services at Booker
When Jim and I were at University, our Uncle Robert (Bob Burness-Smith) pulled a few favours and arranged for us to have work experience on real aircraft at several locations. We were fortunate enough...
View ArticleTwo Up – A Whiter Shade of Pale
Turned a Whiter Shade of Pale Follow this link to see the first story in Two Up, about learning to glide with the Air Cadets at Kenley. The hardback 2nd edition of Two Up is out now, featuring 25 other...
View ArticleSeptember – Remembering the Few
The attached pdf is a short piece of creative writing in honour of the pilots of the Battle of Britain. September – Remembering The Few .huge-it-share-buttons { border:0px solid #0FB5D6;...
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Two Up Down Under
In Two Up Down Under, Ron and Jim enjoy a road trip around Canberra and the Riverina in Jim’s 50-year old VW Kombi, Miss October. As well as the journey, the story of Miss October is told, and, as...
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Flying the Piper Cub in Florida
Tim Preston’s Piper Cub at Bob White Field Whilst working for an extended period with Lockheed Martin in Florida, I had the opportunity to do some flying from a back-country airfield north of Orlando...
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Winning the Dawn to Dusk Trophy
In 1994, my colleague Colin Dodds and I were fortunate enough to win the Duke of Edinburgh Trophy, by winning the Dawn to Dusk flying competition in a De Havilland DH87 Hornet Moth. The story is told...
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Aircraft types flown and flown in as passenger (update June 2019)
People sometimes ask me how many types I have flown, or flown in. I have made a list (click on attached PDF) that distinguishes between types taken off and landed and/or flown solo; aircraft where I...
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