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The Airbus A380 Superjumbo

The Airbus A380 Superjumbo

A tribute to my last airplane and a personal memoir

2020

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Visit to the Somme

The D163 is a quiet rural road in eastern France that runs from the village of Auchonvillers east towards the small town of Beaumont-Hamel…

Apr 20, 2023

Visit to the Somme

Apr 20, 2023

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Tante Ju

The Junkers were the Prussian German-speaking aristocracy who controlled vast estates in what is now Eastern Europe. The story of that…

Oct 30, 2020

Tante Ju

Oct 30, 2020

The Saga of Sunetra Devi— Part 2

Guest column by Roger Thiedeman

Feb 18

The Saga of Sunetra Devi— Part 2

Feb 18

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Propliners

The Saga of Sunetra Devi -Part 1

Guest column by Roger Thiedeman

Feb 16

The Saga of Sunetra Devi -Part 1

Feb 16

Published in

Propliners

Vickers’ Alliterative Flying Family — Part 3

The Second World War ground to a halt in Europe in the Spring of 1945. Large swathes of the world had been destroyed. Millions of people…

Feb 9

Vickers’ Alliterative Flying Family — Part 3

Feb 9

Published in

Propliners

Vickers’ Alliterative Flying Family — Part 2

As war clouds gathered over Europe, Vickers (as we know) was already in the arms manufacturing business. The aviation department was…

Feb 5

Vickers’ Alliterative Flying Family — Part 2

Feb 5

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Propliners

Vickers’ Alliterative Flying Family

Vickers, Sons & Company, originally based in Sheffield in the north of England’s industrial heartland, specialized in casting church bells…

Feb 3

Vickers’ Alliterative Flying Family

Feb 3

The Boys from Ceylon

The story of the boys (and one young woman) from the small island of Ceylon (called Sri Lanka today) who left a tropical paradise to fight…

Aug 4, 2023

The Boys from Ceylon

Aug 4, 2023

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Tales from the Long War

Ceylon and the Somme

Jul 3, 2023

Ceylon and the Somme

Jul 3, 2023

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Tales from the Long War

The Ceylon Planters’ Rifle Corps

Ceylon Planters’ Rifle Corps in the First World War

May 25, 2023

The Ceylon Planters’ Rifle Corps

May 25, 2023

Suren Ratwatte

Suren Ratwatte

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I love airplanes and history. Trying to combine both interests in this blog, with stories of the old aircraft and the recollections of those who flew them.

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