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19:15

Life’s Too Short

Plane Tales ·

2020/07/01

Flying is an environment where the pilot's senses, coordination and mental faculties are vital to the safe conduct of a flight. Getting airborne having taken something that might impair one’s flying ability is a complete anathema to the vast majority of aviators so it is vital that we look at ourselves and our fellow pilots to recognise those who might need help. The route taken by Aero 311. The Bay of Bothnia. An Aero DC3. The crash site of Aero 311. The JAL 8054 DC8

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19:40

The Well Dressed Aviator

Plane Tales ·

2020/06/20

When the gentlemen aviators of the First World War were looking for protective clothing to wear whilst doing battle over the trenches of the Somme, they visited establishments such as Alfred Dunhill’s where they were invited to alight for the best equipment. This is the story of such wonderful flying garb as the Sidcot Suit, the Irving jacket and the classic American flight and bomber jackets. A 1930 'Sidcot' suit. The G1 Navy Flight Jacket. Steve McQueen in his A2. Chuck Yeager

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20:04

The Bat Bomb

Plane Tales ·

2020/06/13

Necessity is the mother of invention so it's often during war that the most amazing contrivances are developed... and some of the most ridiculous. This is a look at a few of the less successful wartime inventions! The Bat Bomb. During testing, a few bats escaped and disaster followed! A slab of Pykrete with a bullet mark. The proposed Pykrete aircraft carrier. The Bat guided bomb used in Project Pigeon. The Fu-Go hydrogen balloon bomb. A Fu-Go balloon found near

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20:14

The Ian Palmer Interviews, Part 4

Plane Tales ·

2020/06/04

In this, the final part of the Ian Palmer interviews we find out about another life threatening concern that Ian had to deal with and how it led to a wonderful relationship. After my many years in the world of aviation there aren’t many people I have met who would be willing to open up their lives in the way that Ian has done. In doing so my regard and respect for him has done nothing but grow. Should anybody listening feel that they want to seek Ian out to ask for his help or advice then please

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18:58

The Ian Palmer Interviews, Part 3

Plane Tales ·

2020/05/30

The third Ian Palmer interview deals with Ian's attempts to overcome his condition of alcohol dependance and how his life moved on. Ian rehearsing with his friend and mentor, Steve Gadd. Images with thanks to Ian Palmer.

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18:49

The Ian Palmer Interviews, Part 2

Plane Tales ·

2020/05/24

In this, the second of the Ian Palmer interviews we continue with Ian's story and he describes his move from a career in music to one in aviation. We also find out how his condition of alcohol dependance starts to affect him. Ian doing aerobatics in an Extra 300. The unusual Piaggio P-180. Ian meets the Iron Maiden drummer, Nicko McBrain. Images with thanks to Ian Palmer and, under Creative Commons licence,Tibboh.

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20:36

Homage to a Pilot

Plane Tales ·

2020/05/18

My father was beacon that led me into the world of aviation and steered me unerringly through my flying life more accurately than any gauge or needle on my instrument panel. He grew up on the white sand beaches of Western Australia, fought in the Second World War on the Sunderland Flying boats of No 10 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force and continued to fly in peacetime, plying his way around the world on firstly the DC2 and finally the B747. He became a restaurateur, avocado farmer and

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18:26

The Ian Palmer Interviews, Part 1

Plane Tales ·

2020/05/09

Ian Palmer's life has hardly gone as smoothly as he might have wished. Born into a family of musicians, particularly drummers including Carl Palmer of the band ELP, he started off as a very successful drummer himself. What he didn't know was that he suffered from a condition that carries great stigma and frequently leads to ruin and death... alcoholism. This is the first part of an inspiring and brutally honest interview that follows his life from drumming into aviation. Title image: Ian Palmer

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19:07

Willy Wonka and the Fighter Pilot

Plane Tales ·

2020/05/02

Born in Wales to immigrant parents he would grow to a height of 6’ 6” and climbing into the cockpit of a World War II fighter was going to be a problem… but he managed it and before long had earned the moniker Lofty. He would pen books that charmed children for generations and generations for Lofty, who was an army officer, fighter pilot and spy was better known as the renown author who sold over 100 million copies of his books, Roald Dahl. Roald Dahl. The Gloster Gladiator. Roald Dahl's

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18:15

The Man Who Fell to Earth

Plane Tales ·

2020/04/27

Fifty three years ago a man fell to earth. He came from space having survived the appallingly hostile conditions that exist there. Apart from the hard vacuum, the electromagnetic radiation, the intense cold, the cosmic rays and other damaging particles that exist there. Despite overcoming numerous failures on his Soyuz-1 spacecraft he had achieved the near impossible and piloted a manual reentry... all he had to do now was to wait for the life saving parachutes to deploy. Colonel Vladimir

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15:27

The Butcher Bird

Plane Tales ·

2020/04/18

The German name for the Shrike songbird is Würger, which also means Strangler and by coincidence, was also the name given to the Focke-Wulf 190, a World War II fighter which quickly became one of the most feared Axis fighters of the 2nd World War. Various dubious plans were made to get hold of one to reveal its secrets but then along came Oberleutnant Armin Faber. Armin Faber's gift in RAF markings. The Shoreham Aircraft Museum. Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to the

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20:10

The Battle of A Sầu

Plane Tales ·

2020/04/13

Dick Andrews was flying over the battle of A Sầu in Vietnam and feeling deja view as he saw what was going on beneath him. It took his mind back to the day in WWII when he landed his P38 Lightning in a field to rescue his leader who had crash landed there. Now he was watching the same thing happening below except a Skyraider was landing amongst enemy Viet Cong and not German troops. A remarkable coincidence and a remarkable pair of stories. Bernie Fisher wearing his Medal of Honour in

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21:36

The Triangle

Plane Tales ·

2020/04/05

I was about to enter the Devil's Triangle, the Limbo of the Lost, the Twilight Zone or the Hoodoo Sea… more commonly referred to as the Bermuda Triangle. What dangers awaited, would I disappear like the famous loss of the 5 Avengers of Flight 19! Listen to this terrifying story of myth and mystery! A fine example of a Pseudoscience. The Bermuda Triangle. Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to Lt Cdr Horace Bristol, US Navy, Alphaios and People's Cyclopedia of Universal

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18:12

The A320

Plane Tales ·

2020/03/26

Boeing was the most successful aircraft manufacturing company on the planet but a European consortium thought they could take on the world's best selling airliner, the B737, with a design of their own. So was borne the A320 family of airliners with the most daring and radical of technological advances that the airline industry had seen since the advent of the jet engine. But the birth of the A320 was marred by a controversial crash that might sink the project before it had got going! A tale

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18:33

The Pluck of the Irish

Plane Tales ·

2020/03/21

What better day to celebrate the aviators of Ireland than on St Patrick's Day. From the crash of Alcock and Brown to a tractor maker and a flying olympic competitor, the Emerald Isles have a fascinating aviation history. Henry Ferguson, perhaps better known as an agricultural machinery maker than a pilot. Lilian Bland piloting her Mayfly. Lady Heath featured top centre amongst the best known aviators of the '30s. Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to Joseph D. Eddy

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18:48

Passing More Gas

Plane Tales ·

2020/03/15

The sequel to Passing Gas recalls what it's actually like to plug into a tanker and take on a fighter pilot's life blood... fuel! Of course not every tanker mission goes as planned and some have ended in tragedy and one, by the smallest of margins, was saved from further disaster on an epic scale. Two MH-53E Super Stallion helicopters perform aerial refueling from a KC-130J Hercules tanker aircraft. A K3 VC10 tanker of the Royal Air Force. KC-135 Stratotanker refuels an F-16 during

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19:07

Passing Gas

Plane Tales ·

2020/03/10

The history of Air to Air refuelling and how the systems that we are now familiar with, the boom and the probe & drogue, came into being. Capt. Lowell H. Smith and Lt. John P. Richter receiving the first mid-air refueling on June 27, 1923. The Question Mark receives fuel during its record breaking endurance flight. A KB-50J refuels a F-101A Voodoo, B-66 Destroyer and F-100D Super Sabre at RAF Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire on Battle of Britain Day, 14 September 1963. A TriStar K1 of the

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20:02

Goose is Dead

Plane Tales ·

2020/03/02

With the prospect of a new movie following the classic Top Gun in the offing, we take a largely 'tongue in cheek' look at the F14 and how Maverick got into a 'flat spin heading out to sea!" F-14A Tomcats of Fighter Squadrons VF-51 "Screaming Eagles", the VF-111 "Sundowners" and F-5E/F Tiger IIs of the Navy Fighter Weapons School. An F-14D Tomcat. Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to PH2 Michael D.P. Flynn, the U.S. Navy, LCdr. David Baranak,

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18:36

Buckeye 2

Plane Tales ·

2020/02/23

During the Vietnam war, the A6 Intruder was known for making daring, low level attacks in foul conditions and often alone. As such it had more than its fair share of losses. One such loss was due to a lone .303 bullet which gravely injured the pilot and would have killed him if not for the brave actions of his Bombardier Navigator... actions that would result in the award of a Navy Cross. An A6 Intruder on deck. USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63). A pair of A-6As of VA-85 the Black Falcons in flight

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18:01

The Things on Your Wings

Plane Tales ·

2020/02/17

If you've ever looked out onto a wing and wondered what the strange looking blades and plates attached to it are? Then wonder no longer! An explanation of Vortex Generators and Wing Fences and why we need them. A fine set of wing fences on the Mig 17. This one can be seen on the deck of USS Intrepid in NY. A line of vortex generators on the wing of an A4 in the hangar of USS Intrepid. The wing of a Skyhawk on USS Intrepid displaying a number of boundary layer control devices. Vortilons

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