Hi! I'm trying to clear up an argument about the first military jet aircraft to land in Gander Newfoundland. According to "official history", it would seem that the first jet was an RAF Canberra in 1951 (I remember going to see it as a very young boy!) However I have come across a photo of an...

Is anyone able to identify the model (and date/year of active service) of the following P51s? (and how do you tell!) http://triptpolers.houseoftucker.com/common/images/zerohour/zh72.jpg They appear towards the end of the Star Trek - Enterprise episode "Zero Hour" - one of the NX01 shuttles are...

Apache helicopter brought down in Iraq Sunday, April 11, 2004 Posted: 4:56 AM EDT (0856 GMT) cnn.com BAGHDAD (CNN) -- -- An Apache helicopter was brought down by ground fire west of Baghdad Sunday, a senior military source told CNN. A rapid reaction force was immediately deployed after the...

I was just reading through some stuff on the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo: "...After dropping their bombs, mainly on or near their intended targets, Doolittle's sixteen B-25B bombers left Japanese airspace, essentially unhindered by enemy air interception and anti-aircraft gunfire. One of them,...

I was just reading through some stuff on the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo: "...After dropping their bombs, mainly on or near their intended targets, Doolittle's sixteen B-25B bombers left Japanese airspace, essentially unhindered by enemy air interception and anti-aircraft gunfire. One of them,...

About 15 years ago I saw a RAAF F/A 18 perform at Ohakea in New Zealand. After takeoff it flew out to sea. It returned from behind a hangar travelling slowly down the runway on its tail. The hangar obscured our view of the transition. It continued down the runway at perhaps 30 mph and 50 metres...

Was it down to individual Bomb Wings to decide if the insignia was displayed on the starboard side nose or not ? I've got the port side view of a 93rd Bomb Wing B-52 which shows the SAC insignia against the diagonal star bar and above the aircraft for reference is the 93rd Bomb Wing insignia. On...

Subject line says it all, really. Richard.

What is the full name of the large book series entitled Lancaser ? Is it Legend of a Heavy Bomber ? IIRC, each book is larger than A4 with lots of black and white photographs and mostly grouped into sections, such as chapters on air gunners, pilot, navigator. Richard.

I've got a book that was sent to him and autographed. The title being Free-lance Journalism With a Camera (C) 1930. ..Anyone know anything about him ? Richard Brooks.

Does anyone know the upper camouflage pattern for the Dornier 217E4 of III KG 2, Wr. No.5591 U5+MR in January 1943 ? I've got prints of Dorniers with two tone grey with the lighter grey squiggle and also the two toned green splinter pattern but which one did this particular aircraft have ? Many...

On my local news programme last week they spoke of three of them flying into Heathrow. When is that date and I wonder if they'll do a vic flypast first before landing ? Got my stereo camera and I'm ready! Richard.

For those who do not have a copy of it yet set your videos to BBC2 at 2:55 p.m. That's all! Richard. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.

Hi, My name is Richard Gillies, I am a sergeant in the legion of Frontiersmen, I would like to get any stories from old frontiersmen for our newsletter "The Frontier Post", anyone who is interested in the Frontiersmen should visit our web site at www.legion-of-frontiersmen.co.uk or e-mail me...

My ggrandfather was a Canadian who flew a Handley Page 0/400 bomber in WW1 for the RFC. I was just wondering if anyone knew of any that still existed in a museum somewhere in England perhaps. We have the bombsite from the one he flew. Thank you. Rick.

Hi Guys, Just wondering what the alternate (losing) choices were for the main US older fighter aircraft? eg. I know the YF17 lost out to the F18... But what were the competitors to the rest (you don't need to go back too far) - that's if they actually HAD competitors... F14?

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/02/18/1077072710724.html A US World War II bomber shot down over Palau in the central Pacific has been found with the remains of eight missing American servicemen. The coral-encrusted but mostly intact wreck of the B-24, which came down nearly 60 years ago, was...

Well if you've got a bit of spare cash laying about, you might want to bid on this... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3075250452&category=4672 and you may want to buy the...

http://home.att.net/~dannysoar2/Whirlygig.htm An interesting looking 'thing' (I found this posted on sci.space.history) Cheers, Richard

I have a question about Paul Richey's account of the Battle of Britain, given in "Fighter Pilot", B T Batsford, 1941 A pilot called "Johnny" has his photo on Plates 3 and 18. Does anybody know the surname of this pilot? I think this person was a Group Captain at HQ of 2 Allied Tactical...