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By Dan Eley
Starting off in the early 1990s my grandparents (grandfather ex RAF) on weekends and the occasional weekday evening would take me up to the old viewing area at Mildenhall and the warren at Lakenheath. Overlooking the runways with a bag of fresh chips my grandfather would pass on his kno...
By Bradley Rogers
The Royal Air Force showed strong support for the Abingdon Air & Country Show this year. held on the 20th May 2023, the show is situated just a stones throw away from RAF Brize Norton, home to both No.99 squadron and No.47 squadron, which each sent an aircraft to attend the show
...By Matt Sudol
Located on a side road in a suburb of Sofia, Close to the Borisova Gradina Park. The National Museum of Military History documents the history of all three of the Bulgarian armed forces. With collections of naval guns and sea mines, tanks, and military vehicles as well as a strong col...
By Bradley Rogers
Bruntingthorpe is closed, they say⌠Well that is certainly not the case!Â
On Saturday 29th April 2023 The Bruntingthorpe Cold War Jets Collection reopened to the public, to a lucky 150 people who managed to get their hands on the limited amount of tickets that were on sale via âe...
By Bradley Rogers
For a while now, artificial intelligence has been creeping into our world. Itâs not just about writing essays for GCSE students, or creating digital artwork from simple commands. It is now becoming more useful and intriguing than ever before. Maybe the most popular Ai system for p...
By Lee Matthews
Another day spent in the air, this time on the Atlas C.1 (A400M) flying as TAC484 as we conducted CDS (Container Despatch System) drops over Abingdon Dropzone.
After lifting out of Brize, we flew direct to Abingdon, there once harnessed up we lowered the ramp and prepared to drop. ...
By Rob Shaw
Here's part two of my coverage of the visit of the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Airpower History Tour 2023 to the Space Coast Regional Airport on 10-12 March 2023.  Took me a bit longer to write than I expectedâŚbut I will admit that no one has ever accused me of being stingy with words...
By Hayman Tam
Looking for new photo opportunities in your locale? Have you considered approaching nearby aviation museum to offer your services?
In the San Francisco Bay Area, just south of SFO, lies San Carlos Airport (SQL) which also happens to be the home of the Hiller Aviation Museum. This mu...
By Jason Gore
Over the weekend the HTPG held itâs now annual fundraiser event, this year we were hosted by the Aircraft Restoration Company (ARCo), and Flying Officer Bernard Gardiner was once again the guest of Honour.
It was wonderful to get to see him again, just days before his 101st birthday,...
By Rob Shaw
Each year the Commemorative Air Force (CAF), headquartered in Dallas, Texas but with 85 subordinate units spread across the continental U.S., Alaska, Europe and New Zealand, puts on its Airpower History Tour of the U.S. to celebrate warbirds and the men and women that flew and supported...
By Søren Augustesen
I recently went on my second trip to the Mach Loop low flying area, and I thought I would share my experiences as a Loop newbie, with others considering going for the first time. Seasoned Loopers wonât find much new information here I think đ
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By Bradley Rogers
I often get compliments on my creative edits. So I thought it would be an ideal use of the Member Blogs to share with you my edit process on the X-tiger shot from RIAT.
My edits often start without me knowing the final destination of the finished edit. I like to have play around ...