In the corner of a Cheshire field today. -- Andrew B (Cheshire, England) "Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible." (Lord Kelvin, president Royal Society, 1895.)

On arrival at USAF Pilot Training, of the first things I did was to go to the flight line and take this picture of the jets that I would be flying during the oncoming year. It was the beginning of a longtime dream coming true. A clue to my identiy is my initials: TJB To see a few hundred other...

-- Cheers Dave Kearton

Could someone ID these aircraft please. Sorry about size of pictures. TIA Michael

While this story is actually a PR story by VW about a VQ Tuareg towing a 747, look at the photos - pay attention to the engines http://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/22/touareg-v10-tdi-tows-a-747/ The plane used for the stunt was a decommissioned Boeing 747-200 that weighs 155 tons. VW had initially...

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Some from the display hangars. Cheers, Iindrek Aavisto Criticism is easy; achievement is difficult W.S Churchill

Got it in an email; kinda neat.

The attached Flight picture shows Alexander Ogilvie's Wright biplane being towed out at the July 1912 'aviation week' at Bournemouth on the south coast of England. Ogilvie was the 7th person to qualify as a pilot in the UK. My off-topic question is very straightforward and concerns the vehicle...