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November 2009 (7)
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20: The superweapon and the Anglo-American imagination — II (2)
17: The superweapon and the Anglo-American imagination — I (3)
12: Tremayne and Crowan (9)
07: The mystery car of Maldon (3)
06: Acquisitions (0)
02: Runs on the board (10)
01: Falmouth (2)

October 2009 (13)
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28: Do not procrastinate (4)
26: A question answered (4)
23: The great air race (7)
23: Tintagel Castle (6)
18: Imperial Airways: now with extra airmail (20)
16: Acquisitions (0)
14: Exeter and a conference (7)
11: The non-atrocity of Getafe (7)
09: Acquisitions (4)
06: Stonehenge and Old Sarum (7)
06: Biggles gets a website (2)
04: The invasion of The Invasion of 1910 (7)
02: Acquisitions (4)

September 2009 (6)
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August 2009 (12)
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31: Zeroth World Wars (7)
30: Your target for tonight … (3)
27: Trust me, I’m a PhD (33)
22: The first air bomb: Venice, 15 July 1849 (2)
19: The third atomic bomb: Tokyo, 19 August 1945 (10)
17: The fire in Llŷn, 1936 (1)
14: I, twit (0)
13: Things to see in London, late September 2009 (15)
11: Airpower: a bibliography of British aviation history (6)
07: Acquisitions (0)
07: Representing horrorism (4)
03: A dispatch from Harvard by the Yarra (6)

July 2009 (9)
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27: The first bombers (9)
25: Of a cross-channel passage (8)
21: The Riddle of the Wooden Bombs (3)
13: A question (8)
11: The phantom balloon scare of 1892 (2)
10: Acquisitions (0)
07: Planes, trains and police control rooms (1)
06: Web log beg: travel 2 (18)
01: The best things in life were free (33)

June 2009 (16)
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28: Slap the Jap and make the Hun pay (2)
27: Gas! (5)
26: Acquisitions (0)
22: Why we fought? (6)
19: Acquisitions (2)
19: For it is the doom of men that they forget (0)
18: Post-blogging the British demobilisation experience (0)
16: Bluff and bluster (5)
15: The Wokingham Whale (4)
12: Who was Neon again? (4)
12: Acquisitions (0)
11: Post-blogging the 1909 scareships: thoughts and conclusions (2)
04: Guess who’s coming to Britain? (15)
02: Wednesday, 2 June 1909 (3)
01: History Carnival 77 (11)
01: Tuesday, 1 June 1909 (2)

May 2009 (22)
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31: Monday, 31 May 1909 (2)
30: Speaking of phantom airships … (1)
29: Saturday, 29 May 1909 (4)
29: Acquisitions (2)
28: Friday, 28 May 1909 (2)
27: And so it ends … (22)
26: Wednesday, 26 May 1909 (7)
25: Tuesday, 25 May 1909 (7)
24: Monday, 24 May 1909 (1)
22: Saturday, 22 May 1909 (6)
22: Acquisitions (0)
21: Friday, 21 May 1909 (6)
20: Thursday, 20 May 1909 (6)
19: Wednesday, 19 May 1909 (6)
18: Tuesday, 18 May 1909 (6)
17: Monday, 17 May 1909 (3)
16: Your nominations will bring us a History Carnival (3)
15: Saturday, 15 May 1909 (11)
14: Friday, 14 May 1909 (4)
13: Post-blogging the 1909 scareships (10)
09: Guernica, mon amour (0)
05: PB and C3I (16)

April 2009 (6)
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29: Official historians behaving badly (17)
21: Total war and total peace (18)
17: Acquisitions (4)
09: Target: Constantinople! (13)
05: Claude Grahame-White (5)
03: Acquisitions (2)

March 2009 (9)
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31: There were giants in the earth in those days (14)
30: Bigger, not better (12)
27: The death ray men (12)
21: First strike? (2)
18: Snails and shelters (2)
16: The Struggle for Empire (10)
15: The canals of Mars, 1962 (10)
11: What’s next? (7)
04: More Malcolm (7)

February 2009 (9)
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27: A tale of two cityscapes (5)
24: Historioblogosphere omnibus (3)
21: Clouds (8)
21: Reading and Exeter (0)
18: To-do list, 18 February 2009 (20)
16: Very like a Zeppelin (1)
10: The fire (4)
08: Mirrors and lenses (14)
06: Cabbage crates coming over the briny? (6)

January 2009 (14)
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30: Parts, chapters, sections (8)
29: We’ll meet again (8)
26: Down under up over (5)
20: Straight to the pool room — II (2)
20: Post-blogging the Battle of the Mareth Line (0)
20: Trust but verify (4)
17: Where the rockets fell (8)
15: Phallic symbol envy (16)
14: Post-blogging the Boxer Uprising (5)
12: Hang ‘em high (10)
08: That was unexpected (0)
08: The enemy within (8)
02: 2008 Clios (0)
01: Gort of the interplanetary police force (6)

December 2008 (9)
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29: Our friends the enemy (0)
25: Over there (0)
21: Satisfaction is … (13)
20: On being a snob (20)
19: Holiday reading (4)
09: Two barrages (6)
05: Acquisitions (0)
04: Melbourne Historical Journal 36 (0)
02: Howard Hawks at Melbourne Cinémathèque (3)

November 2008 (7)
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29: This post is 100% link-free (9)
27: What’s in a thesis title? (14)
18: Turnabout is fair play (19)
11: Flight’s message to the politicians (6)
11: The King’s message to the Royal Air Force (7)
05: Goodbye, Zeta Reticuli (3)
04: The most important decision of the year … (0)

October 2008 (14)
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25: The final countdown (6)
21: One I forgot to write (2)
16: LaTeX for Humans (0)
12: Post-blogging the Sudeten crisis: thoughts and conclusions (12)
08: Saturday, 8 October 1938 (6)
07: Friday, 7 October 1938 (3)
06: Thursday, 6 October 1938 (0)
05: Wednesday, 5 October 1938 (9)
04: Tuesday, 4 October 1938 (12)
03: Monday, 3 October 1938 (5)
03: Acquisitions (0)
02: S 330.15 B73 (6)
01: Saturday, 1 October 1938 (9)
01: Friday, 30 September 1938 (4)

September 2008 (29)
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29: Thursday, 29 September 1938 (9)
28: Wednesday, 28 September 1938 (2)
27: Tuesday, 27 September 1938 (3)
26: Monday, 26 September 1938 (8)
25: Not the state of the military historioblogosphere (2)
24: Saturday, 24 September 1938 (7)
23: Friday, 23 September 1938 (8)
22: Thursday, 22 September 1938 (4)
21: Wednesday, 21 September 1938 (0)
20: Tuesday, 20 September 1938 (4)
19: Monday, 19 September 1938 (4)
18: Behind the Line (3)
17: Saturday, 17 September 1938 (1)
16: Friday, 16 September 1938 (7)
15: Thursday, 15 September 1938 (2)
14: Wednesday, 14 September 1938 (6)
13: Tuesday, 13 September 1938 (4)
12: Monday, 12 September 1938 (1)
11: Return to Millwall (9)
10: Saturday, 10 September 1938 (5)
09: Friday, 9 September 1938 (1)
08: Thursday, 8 September 1938 (5)
07: Wednesday, 7 September 1938 (10)
06: Tuesday, 6 September 1938 (2)
05: Monday, 5 September 1938 (8)
04: David Philips, 1946-2008 (0)
03: Saturday, 3 September 1938 (7)
02: Friday, 2 September 1938 (3)
01: Thursday, 1 September 1938 (2)

August 2008 (14)
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31: Wednesday, 31 August 1938 (1)
30: Tuesday, 30 August 1938 (4)
29: Monday, 29 August 1938 (10)
29: Acquisitions (0)
28: Post-blogging the Sudeten crisis (12)
26: Screening the knock-out blow (5)
22: Acquisitions (4)
21: Getting away from it all (1)
19: Unwritten books (10)
14: Come friendly bombs and fall on Stonehenge (2)
12: A phantom airship? (15)
11: The Blitz on the web (4)
07: A strange game (9)
07: Australian Newspapers Beta (10)

July 2008 (16)
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31: Name that crisis! (17)
29: Architects of preservation (3)
25: ‘The bomber will always get through’ gets through (1)
25: Acquisitions (4)
22: The persistence of fear (6)
21: Hidden treasure (10)
19: Some Tante Jus and a conference report (22)
18: Acquisitions (0)
17: Egregious ranking analysis? (6)
11: Herr Martin’s modest proposal (3)
11: Acquisitions (2)
09: Paternosters (4)
08: Is that a lot? (2)
05: Facing Armageddon (27)
04: The flying aircraft carrier: why? (5)
01: Oscar foxtrot foxtrot sierra (5)

June 2008 (13)
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27: The interwar internet (4)
27: Acquisitions (0)
24: Thought balloons (6)
20: The madness ends here (2)
20: The great stoush (15)
18: Mowing devils, old hags, and phantom airships (7)
14: Keep that shadow from them (3)
14: Showdown (0)
09: No Strzelecki (10)
08: The raiders (5)
06: Acquisitions (2)
04: MONIAC and the warfare state (10)
04: The Germans are coming! — II (5)

May 2008 (12)
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30: The Russians are coming! (3)
28: Overheard in London (in 1938) (1)
27: The widening margin (13)
22: Signs of the times (3)
20: What is Human Smoke? (10)
17: The expected holocaust (12)
13: The Germans are coming! (6)
09: CFP: MHJ (1)
09: Doing my part to bridge the Two Cultures (6)
07: A giant of the air (11)
05: The end of the world as we know it (0)
02: Acquisitions (2)

April 2008 (14)
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30: ‘Hansard online’ (5)
28: Who was Neon? (12)
25: Allied casualties, Dardanelles campaign, 1915-6 (23)
24: From Darfur to London in Melbourne (9)
24: Rome 2b (0)
22: The intellectual life of the British air-raid shelter (5)
18: Is nothing sacred? (3)
17: Look — blogs! (4)
15: Rome 2a (10)
09: Mark my words (1)
07: E. H. Carr on the failure of British airmindedness (7)
04: Rewinding the Breaker (8)
03: Rome 1b (3)
01: Happy birthday, RAF (0)

March 2008 (7)
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31: State of the military historioblogosphere, March 2008 (16)
17: Out of the depths (14)
15: A stern warning of things to come (0)
13: Rome 1a (5)
11: The Heligoland Mandate (7)
06: What’s wrong with a little destruction? (6)
01: Anti-Semitism in British airpower literature (7)

February 2008 (10)
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28: Edinburgh 2 (6)
25: The spirit of grief (0)
22: Acquisitions (0)
20: Not the coming world war (2)
19: Stirling (9)
13: Sorry (0)
12: The Afghan air menace (7)
10: History is a pack of lies, as any fool can tell (7)
05: Priorities (3)
01: Edinburgh 1 (14)

January 2008 (15)
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28: Lord Trenchard: choice? (9)
28: Things (6)
26: The day of the parashot (12)
22: Vindolanda and Housesteads (12)
16: Straight to the pool room (2)
15: The colour out of aerospace (12)
14: When two tribes go to war (14)
14: Chesters (1)
10: The Turtle and other weapons of desperation (9)
09: 2007 Clios (0)
07: Black-Out (0)
05: York 2 (9)
02: Corporate authors with jurabib and jox.bst (1)
01: The future of historical research (6)
01: Counting corpses (2)

December 2007 (15)
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29: York 1 (5)
21: Acquisitions (0)
21: Arthur C. Clarke and the future of warfare — II (7)
19: Peace is our profession (8)
19: London (9)
16: Arthur C. Clarke and the future of warfare — I (6)
14: Sealion 1918 (16)
12: The Malayan defence of Singapore (9)
12: Bloomsbury (0)
11: Over Flanders fields (4)
10: Whiskey tango foxtrot (3)
06: The Zeppelins of Halifax (8)
06: To Greenwich and back again (0)
05: Email problems (0)
04: The nanobot will always get through (11)

November 2007 (16)
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30: Before Chastise, and after now (4)
28: From Whitehall to Green Park (12)
26: It’s time (0)
25: Apropos of nothing in particular (4)
23: Acquisitions (0)
20: Hampton Court Palace (2)
17: Allenby of Armageddon (7)
16: Acquisitions (0)
14: Life among the ruins (4)
14: RAF Cranwell and a conference (6)
11: Somewhere in France (3)
10: The bomber will always get through (4)
09: So close and yet (thankfully) so far (so far) (0)
08: Newark-on-Trent (3)
06: A long way from Greenham Common (2)
06: Jeremy Bentham and Web 2.0 (0)

October 2007 (16)
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31: The shave of the future NOW! (3)
29: Cabinet War Rooms (0)
26: Acquisitions (0)
24: Making an airminded youth (and a gliding model aeroplane) (16)
23: A not very possible fact (16)
19: RAF Museum London 2 (13)
14: Military History Carnival 7 (3)
14: The Sheerness Incident (3)
12: Seventy-two gas masks (17)
11: St Paul’s Cathedral (1)
09: Destroying London (0)
07: Your blogosphere needs you … (0)
06: Does not compute (0)
04: Companions (4)
03: Embankment and Strand (15)
01: After the battle (0)

September 2007 (14)
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30: G’tag von Zeppelinburg! (8)
29: British Museum 2 (4)
26: So what was the point of all that? (0)
22: State of the military historioblogosphere, September 2007 (8)
21: Acquisitions (0)
20: Military history, death of, greatly exaggerated (0)
20: Great southern land (0)
19: Returning on a jet plane (5)
11: A buzz (3)
07: Way out (1)
06: The Raider (0)
04: Early autumn of discontent (5)
02: Vworp, vworp (10)
01: Acquisitions (0)

August 2007 (15)
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30: The Dam Busters at the Peckham Multiplex (19)
29: Alert the amphibious squadron! (0)
28: Westminster Abbey (0)
25: I seem to have started something … (1)
21: War games: tabloid edition (8)
18: Dazzled (0)
18: The IWM and memory (0)
15: How popular was Things to Come? (8)
15: The destruction of Everytown, 1940 (4)
14: Imperial War Museum London (17)
12: The time is a quarter to DOOMSDAY (5)
10: I wish to register a complaint (3)
06: From Southwark to St Mary le Bow (0)
05: War games (16)
04: Acquisitions (0)

July 2007 (17)
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30: Science Museum (7)
27: Natural History Museum (0)
26: Die Hard 0.0 (4)
24: Caryatid (1)
23: RAF Museum London (10)
22: The doom of the great city (12)
20: Ello, ello, ello, what’s all this then? (5)
18: So yes, I am actually in London (4)
18: The lodgings of the damned (0)
15: British Museum (0)
12: Flight back issues online (4)
10: 1688 and all that (2)
09: Mind the gap (12)
07: Leaving on a jet plane (11)
06: Acquisitions (0)
05: Getting here from there (7)
03: From knock-out blow to blitzkrieg (0)

June 2007 (14)
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May 2007 (13)
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April 2007 (13)
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27: Web log beg: London accommodation (21)
27: Acquisitions (0)
26: Guernica — I (7)
25: An Anzac on England (8)
20: Acquisitions (0)
18: A sister to assist ‘er (2)
16: Air Force Historical Studies Office titles online (1)
13: The inaugural Military History Carnival … (0)
11: Our man in the cinema (spoiler warning) (2)
07: The Douhet dilemma (6)
07: Stepping back from the brink (0)
05: Unthinking the thinkable (2)
03: Dueling YouTubes (3)

March 2007 (12)
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31: Acquisitions (0)
29: The changing meaning of air shows (2)
22: The Fire (18)
22: The Airship Destroyer (8)
18: State of the military historioblogosphere, March 2007 (11)
16: Acquisitions (2)
16: Air-port ‘13 (0)
14: A Military History Carnival! (0)
12: New and less new blogs (4)
11: Review policy (2)
07: Flying fortresses (45)
02: Acquisitions (0)

February 2007 (11)
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28: The bombing teacher (19)
27: The next next war (4)
22: GBS on the KOB (7)
20: Bad memes (0)
20: Good memes (14)
17: The Wickham Steed affair in popular culture (5)
13: A military history carnival? (3)
11: Concrete memory (27)
06: Gazza speaks! (0)
02: Acquisitions (1)
02: The greatest air service in the world (9)

January 2007 (11)
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29: Library of the absurd (16)
26: Sons of empire (5)
26: Acquisitions (2)
21: Advice to young (well, mid-PhD) writers (13)
20: Five to (1)
15: H. G. Wells (4)
15: A thesis update (14)
10: Oh, come on! (36)
09: Airmindedness: a reading list (14)
06: 2006 Clios (0)
05: Ein kleinstaat bedroht Deutschland (5)

December 2006 (11)
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30: Tomorrow the world (20)
29: Acquisitions (4)
28: Historical maps online (1)
22: The Scareship Age (27)
20: Still at the edge of forever: for Carl (3)
16: Acquisitions (6)
14: The air strategist as business guru (14)
10: Great minds (7)
05: Orac on me on Orac etc (7)
05: Winged gospels (3)
01: Acquisitions (3)

November 2006 (11)
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28: The Clios and the Carnival (0)
28: We? Wha? (7)
24: Acquisitions (0)
23: The ashes of the air (3)
21: Spain and the aeroplane (15)
17: Acquisitions (2)
16: Now pay attention (9)
14: Pop quiz, rotter! (0)
12: Me on Orac on Dawkins on Harris (20)
03: Acquisitions (2)
02: The many mysteries of Sir Malcolm Campbell (18)

October 2006 (10)
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31: Thanks for playing (20)
27: Battle of Brisbane (12)
26: A world war in a day (2)
22: Investigations of a Dog (1)
20: Acquisitions (2)
17: Pick a date, any date (16)
14: Air control in pictures (27)
13: Interwar use of chemical weapons (13)
09: Populate an Australian history blogroll (3)
08: Populate an Australian history department (0)

September 2006 (10)
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26: Just what are you trying to say? (0)
18: Judgement Day, 1936 (6)
15: Battle of Britain and the Battle of Britain (54)
15: Acquisitions (0)
15: Airships ahoy! (4)
12: The shadow of the airliner (8)
08: Trouble at Millwall (20)
07: More information please, Herr Liepmann (12)
02: Sad news for small boys of all ages (2)
01: Acquisitions (0)

August 2006 (12)
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30: Threads (3)
26: Nice to be noticed (3)
25: Acquisitions (2)
25: An alternative Battle of Britain — III (11)
20: War Starts at Midnight! (4)
19: Acquisitions (0)
18: At Mouquet Farm (21)
18: Pardon? (0)
16: Confirmed (4)
14: Amy Johnson changes her mind (7)
11: Acquisitions (4)
11: An alternative Battle of Britain — II (10)

July 2006 (13)
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31: An alternative Battle of Britain — I (12)
28: My first flame (0)
27: Sounds like a plan (1)
25: J. M. Spaight (0)
23: It’s official … (3)
22: Speed 2, the need for more (3)
21: Acquisitions (0)
19: Speed, the need for (7)
15: The Nine Years’ War (0)
10: Beautiful games and others (5)
07: The Avia-Corner (0)
06: What Happened to the Corbetts (1)
03: The obligatory self-indulgent one year blog anniversary post (7)

June 2006 (10)
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May 2006 (15)
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29: The next History Carnival (0)
29: Revise and Dissent and other blogs (0)
24: Propellors and propaganda (2)
21: The flower of an entire generation (10)
19: Acquisitions (2)
15: History Carnival 31 (17)
12: The 1926 General Strike (0)
11: The post not posted (6)
08: The Carnival is coming (2)
06: Air University Press titles online (3)
05: Acquisitions (0)
04: The Great Wall of My Coffee Table (0)
04: Great War Fiction (0)
03: But that happened in France (2)
03: Stylesheets over substance (5)

April 2006 (13)
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28: Acquisitions (1)
27: Me to BBC: you guys rock! (4)
25: See the Bombers fly up, up … (2)
24: Score Zero (5)
21: Acquisitions (0)
21: Why you should blog (0)
20: Badge of something (0)
17: The SLV (2)
14: Acquisitions (0)
09: ‘Quick, Hans — what’s German for “Tally Ho”?’ (7)
08: A tale they won’t believe (6)
07: Acquisitions (0)
02: Flies and cockroaches (3)

March 2006 (13)
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31: Acquisitions (0)
29: Orwell and the gramophone needle conspiracy (0)
28: Orwell and the knock-out blow (7)
24: Acquisitions (0)
23: Save the trees (0)
19: Q. When is an island not an island? (1)
17: Acquisitions (0)
16: Hurrah for the British Empire Games! (2)
10: Acquisitions (0)
10: Undeniable (2)
09: From Munich to the planet Mars (7)
04: The Bethnal Green Tube disaster (9)
02: The Cuzaux effect. Cazaux. Whatever (5)

February 2006 (11)
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26: The Blogger will always get through… (4)
25: Multiple bibliographies in LaTeX (22)
23: The bolt from the blue and the knock-out blow (6)
22: The first knock-out blow? (4)
17: The pity of war (0)
16: England and the Aeroplane online! (0)
15: (Nearly) a century of circles (11)
11: Japanese ARP posters (13)
10: Acquisitions (2)
04: Russians (9)
03: Acquisitions (0)

January 2006 (12)
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31: Sopwith@Fathom (0)
29: An extremely brief guide to early aeronautical terms, ca. 1909 (10)
27: Acquisitions (6)
20: Keep the faith, brother (5)
20: Acquisitions (0)
15: Britishness, Englishness too (0)
14: William Benn, and the Black Ship (1)
12: The Liberal landslide of 1906 (11)
10: Google Warbird (0)
10: You gotta love the Internet (0)
09: Aces (2)
04: The airminded Mr. Kipling (15)

December 2005 (14)
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30: Acquisitions (0)
30: The Fall of London (1)
29: Backup or die! (2)
23: Right: write! (2)
23: Acquisitions (0)
22: An unpleasant surprise (11)
18: Climbing (5)
13: Doing the LibraryThing (4)
09: Acquisitions (0)
09: Oh, and by the way … is anyone here a pilot? (0)
08: Biggles Takes It Rough (10)
05: 21st century air control? (9)
02: 21st century Charlton? (8)
02: Acquisitions (0)

November 2005 (13)
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25: Coventrate (0)
25: Acquisitions (0)
23: An early casualty of war (0)
22: Is that war? (6)
20: But I only just started! (0)
18: LaTeX: the pain, the pleasure (48)
14: Sorry, ocker, the Fokker’s chocker; or, airmindedness in Australia (0)
13: Stone the crows! (0)
11: 4572 Pte. Mulqueeney (2)
11: Acquisitions (2)
06: Early signs of MADness (3)
02: The Zeppelin in combat (in advertising) (2)
01: Levity through airpower (12)

October 2005 (14)
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28: Acquisitions (0)
28: Ban the Air Bomb! (0)
23: The unknown scaremonger (1)
21: Airborne spies of the Kaiser? (1)
19: Massed media (0)
15: Out of (West) Africa (6)
14: It speaks for itself, digitised (0)
14: Be aware of archives! (0)
12: The smurf of things to come? (6)
10: Fallout – boy! (0)
09: R101, 75 years on (4)
07: Acquisitions (2)
07: Jet aircraft of the Belle Époque (17)
04: Strategy Without Slide-Rule (12)

September 2005 (10)
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30: Acquisitions (0)
24: Style and steam-power (0)
23: Acquisitions (0)
21: Noel Pemberton Billing (6)
14: Acquisitions (0)
14: Won’t somebody please think of the children? (18)
11: Linkage (0)
09: Acquisitions (0)
07: Pictures! (0)
03: Katrina’s knock-out blow (3)

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The superweapon and the Anglo-American imagination — II

20 November 2009 in 1930s, Aircraft, Periodicals, Quotes
In June 1935, the Daily Express ran a story about three ’secret British air devices’. The source was a story in the Chicago Tribune by that paper’s London correspondent, John Steele:
The devices are declared to be a new “mirage” smoke screen, a new seventeen-foot long anti-aircraft rifle, and a robot airplane which, controlled by wireless, [...]
The superweapon and the Anglo-American imagination — I

17 November 2009 in 1940s, Periodicals, Pictures, Quotes
Do these photos, taken early in the Battle of Britain, show a British mystery weapon? (I could just say “no”, but that wouldn’t be very interesting, would it.)

The above photo appeared on the front page of an American newspaper, the St Petersburg Evening Independent, on 14 August 1940. The caption reads:
This picture taken Aug. 11 [...]
Tremayne and Crowan

12 November 2009 in Family history, Pictures, Travel 2009
This post relates to my trip to England and Wales in September 2009.

On my third day in Cornwall I avoided the usual tourist traps entirely, because I was in search of my ancestors’ home: a tiny little place called Tremayne, which is towards Land’s End, in the hundred of Penwith. To get there I [...]
The mystery car of Maldon

7 November 2009 in 1910s, Civil defence, Periodicals, Phantom airships and other panics, Quotes, Rumours
Here’s an interesting inversion of my usual phantom airship scare. The Zeppelin was real enough — it was L6, raiding Essex on the night of 15 April 1915. The phantom was instead a motor-car:
Since the visit of the Zeppelin early on Friday morning the Maldon district has been full of rumours of mysterious motor-cars with [...]
Acquisitions

6 November 2009 in Acquisitions, Books
Christopher Andrew. The Defence of the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5. London: Allen Lane, 2009. Most valuable for me on the Edwardian spy mania, but looks like a fun read for the rest of the thousand-odd pages.
R. V. Jones. Most Secret War: British Scientific Intelligence 1939-1945. London: Penguin, 2009 [1978]. A reprint of this [...]

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