Tony Hill
Tech Sergeant
Well, I needed an answer to an obscure question, posted here and got most of what I needed in 12 hours...can't complain about the service..!!!!!
Glad to be here.
I first got hooked on aeroplanes when I was 7 years old. We moved near to a small regional airport. After a short while I got the opportunity to go for a joyride. I was hooked.
Reading about them was the most I could do for years more. In the mid 70's when the 30 year rule expired, all sorts of interesting information started to flow. "Biggles" had whet my appetite on WW1 aviation but I strayed to the Battle of Britain as my first real love in history. AND of course, the Spitfire.
The 1976 series "The Secret War", four parts, on the tech side of WW2 got me interested in that side of things. Dr RV Jones, with his dry wit and talent for classic understatement, always appealed.
I collected as much as I could in the way of books on that Secret War and the Battle of Britain, given my "pocket money" budget.
Then real life got in the way for a few years. The birth of the internet, the old Sierra Red Baron "Hangar" days, seduced me back to WWI aviation and for 10 years I specialised in Sopwith Camels, Fokker Triplanes etc with scant time for my first love. I researched for authors and built up quite a library. I still do a bit for a couple of authors.
I also realised my dream of learning to fly and spent more and more time flying aerobatics. I now have aerobatic time on C152, Fuji, Super Decathlon, Tiger Moth, Nanchang, and Extra 300L.
Then after the loss of my best mate, some responsibilities made me give up aero's. I built a flight simulator (F-16) for three years and have now started a Spitfire.
I have also developed a passion for extreme trekking and have crossed Kokoda 4 times on the longer, wartime track including Myola and the eastern side of the range. (155km or 97 miles). One trip was a double stretch out and back.
I still fly occasionally and fly a few aeros whenever I get the chance.
I am looking forward to getting back to the WW2 airwar and particularly the PRU, technical and performance stuff.
I have now officially bored you all long enough!!!
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Glad to be here.
I first got hooked on aeroplanes when I was 7 years old. We moved near to a small regional airport. After a short while I got the opportunity to go for a joyride. I was hooked.
Reading about them was the most I could do for years more. In the mid 70's when the 30 year rule expired, all sorts of interesting information started to flow. "Biggles" had whet my appetite on WW1 aviation but I strayed to the Battle of Britain as my first real love in history. AND of course, the Spitfire.
The 1976 series "The Secret War", four parts, on the tech side of WW2 got me interested in that side of things. Dr RV Jones, with his dry wit and talent for classic understatement, always appealed.
I collected as much as I could in the way of books on that Secret War and the Battle of Britain, given my "pocket money" budget.
Then real life got in the way for a few years. The birth of the internet, the old Sierra Red Baron "Hangar" days, seduced me back to WWI aviation and for 10 years I specialised in Sopwith Camels, Fokker Triplanes etc with scant time for my first love. I researched for authors and built up quite a library. I still do a bit for a couple of authors.
I also realised my dream of learning to fly and spent more and more time flying aerobatics. I now have aerobatic time on C152, Fuji, Super Decathlon, Tiger Moth, Nanchang, and Extra 300L.
Then after the loss of my best mate, some responsibilities made me give up aero's. I built a flight simulator (F-16) for three years and have now started a Spitfire.
I have also developed a passion for extreme trekking and have crossed Kokoda 4 times on the longer, wartime track including Myola and the eastern side of the range. (155km or 97 miles). One trip was a double stretch out and back.
I still fly occasionally and fly a few aeros whenever I get the chance.
I am looking forward to getting back to the WW2 airwar and particularly the PRU, technical and performance stuff.
I have now officially bored you all long enough!!!
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.Greetings from Poland.
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