Former military and commercial pilot - now author of books on military aviation history - also: @michaelnbooks.bsky.social
Joined March 2021
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Passing through Auckland, so thought I’d pay a quick visit to PA474’s ‘sister’ @MOTAT_NZ
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I had a cracking chat yesterday with @JohnNicholRAF on what it was like transitioning from the Tornado GR1 to the F3 and his latest book “Blitz”.
Release dates to follow.
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Wonderful photo sent through from Craig Penrice whilst at the controls of this Raspberry Ripple Jaguar from the Empire Test Pilot School.
#jaguar #ETPS #testpilot
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Fire in the Hole🔥🔥
#OneElevenWednesday
📹 10googol
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I want to say a big thanks to my mate Chris Boden for very kindly sending me out these amazingly patches from his career and other goodies and for also signing the ‘Blazing Saddles’ patch which he had on the exercise.
The zapped FOD box from his time on 229 is amazing.
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Off to @RAF_Cosford tonoght for a photoshoot of Puma Tornado and Hawk, all three type i worked on. As an ex avionic tech Cosford feels like going home
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Dien Bien Phu has fallen! Now returned to Hanoi after our exploration of the epic 1954 siege which sealed the deal on the end of the French Empire in Indochina. Fittingly today’s locations included Eliane 4, one of the last strongpoints to taken by Giap’s troops.
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“What’s so refreshing is that Ian is a very modest and humble host—quite unlike Joe Rogan—and does not interrupt or talk over his guests, or feel compelled to demonstrate his knowledge over the subject matter.”
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An excellent new video on the Mynarski crew, including an interview with pilot Art de Breyne as he recounts the events that led up to their fateful 13th sortie on the night of June 12/13, 1944. Introduced by Chris Hadfiield… 1/2
youtu.be/ZFZQm8KGXXM?si=VF7B…
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#OTD 1962: The Cuban Missile Crisis ends as Khrushchev agrees to withdraw Soviet nuclear missiles from Cuba.
JFK promises not to invade. Secretly, he also agrees to remove US missiles from Turkey.
After 13 days on the brink, nuclear war is averted.
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The MiG-23 & R-13M
A short 🧵
In testing of early production MiG-23s, it was found that, when launched from the fuselage stations, the R-13M's exhaust gases would cause the engine to suffer compressor stalls, accompanied by rising exhaust gas temperatures.
ALT Soviet MiG-23M armed with R-13Ms.
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Who thought writing an article every two weeks was a good idea - follow us at callsign-collective.ghost.io… -@Budge135 this week I'll be looking at paint 🎨 and how the Lightning evolved ..... it's going to be interesting 🤔
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In part one of Nick Heard's story he shares his journey through flying training, his early instructional tour and his experiences of being part of a Tornado squadron in RAF Germany. Some great stories throughout.
📽 youtu.be/2eUQ2pSo_Wk
#royalairforce #tornado #fighterpilot
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In one of the bizarre deals of the century the RSAF - Saudi air force handed back 22 lightnings to British Aerospace as part of the Tornado ADV purchase - the aircraft were immaculate ( I've owned 2 🤭) but sadly no buyers were found. -only 1 has survived in what I call airworthy
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The treaties we signed and @UKParliament agreed have always been clear - we didn't give the ICJ jurisdiction over the Chagos Islands.
We should be defending the Chagossian people and the laws we signed, not bowing to expansionist courts reaching beyond their remit.
Whose side is the Foreign Secretary on?
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Javelins on Gan 1964. 64 Squadron from RAF Tengah. XH876 was written off approaching Tengah in 1966. XH874 was written off at Kuching, Sarawak in 1964 after a starter explosion and fire.
Credit to Bruce Archibald.
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In today's Russian papers, surprise at the the defeat of Moscow ally Aleksander Vučić in Serbia. One paper: “Russia can expect nothing good from this.” Another: “The results benefit the EU.” But several point out: “The Serbs are dependant on Russian gas.” #ReadingRussia
