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I have just started reading a new book I bought online on flying in the British Army Air Corps and just wanted to give a recommendation on it to anyone interested in an usual subject. Called "Think like a bird, An Army Pilot's Story" by Alex Kimbell, it is the autobiography of a Beaver pilot...

Sunny - more great videos! You mention 5 parts - are there more to come (I hope) ?

Sunny - those are great videos. Do you know if they are "real" color footage or just colorized b&w film?

Have you seen the Cad West and Cad East videos on the MJ Aviation website? Huge video files shot in HD, they are the most amazing shots I have seen in a long time.

Hopefully this isn't a repost, but here's a couple from Oman View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhmwNUoF5AI View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nkHAxopMPk is mislabeled as Hunters, but they sure look like Jags to me

I thank you for all the suggestions. My wife however, does not thank you at all! :D

I just read the post from Lemming about his moms work in aircraft manufacturing in the war and thought I would share a story about my old mum. I'm originally from the UK (London) and my parents (and grandparents) both went through WW2 living through, among other things, the Battle of Britain...

Score! Also on Amazon in hardcover listed in "Used Very Good Condition" and again the postage is more than the cost of the book! :) This is a great way to use the Amazon gift cards I got for Christmas.

Thanks for all the great suggestions. BuffNut -I have ordered Fighter Boys from Amazon and added First Light to my wish list. Airframes - I found Narrow Margin also on Amazon for less than $1 in good used condition (!), so that has been ordered as well. No matter how many accounts of...

Thanks for all the greeting. As suggested I started a thread in the Modelling Books and Magazines forum and listed the books I have now. Looking forward to finding out what others recommend or what they think is THE one book on the BoB I should have.

I have decided to unpack my (small) collection of books on the RAF in WW2 and give them the pride of place they deserve on my bookshelf, and below is a list of what I have right now. What I would like to know is which books do you think I should be looking for to round out and expand my...

Stopping by to say hi. From the screen name you can probably guess where my interest lies. I was in the RAF for 8 years followed by another 8 years working out in the Persian Gulf on contract to an Air Force there, where I was a Loadmaster on C-130's. My real love is the RAF and...

First post here, so this is as good a place as any to start. I was in the Air Training Corps from around 1966 until about '70 or so (it was so long ago, who can remember exactly?) and like Crashgate 3 I did a fair bit of gliding (RAF Debden) and AEF (Air Experience Flights) in Chipmunks from...