Brief biographies of some significant figures in airpower literature.
Noel Pemberton Billing
L. E. O. Charlton
Claude Grahame-White
P. R. C. Groves
Montagu of Beaulieu
J. M. Spaight
H. G. Wells
Note: I suspect that the Who’s Who entries are written by or at least based on information from their subjects, so they are unlikely to be less than complimentary and possibly may include outright fabrications. But they should at least cover the salient points of each person’s life.
John Hersey. Hiroshima. London: Penguin, 2001 [1946]. One of the most important pieces of journalism of the 20th century; with a new final chapter written by Hersey four decades later. I’m teaching Hiroshima mon amour again this semester and so this might be useful preparation.
Robert A. Pape. Bombing to Win: Air Power and Coercion in [...]
Harry Houdini is still famous as a magician and escapologist, but he was also a pioneer aviator. One hundred years ago today, on 18 March 1910, he carried out the first powered, controlled flight in Australia, at Diggers Rest, near Melbourne. This testimonial from witnesses appeared in the Melbourne Argus, 19 March 1910, 18:
To [...]
This post relates to my trip to England and Wales in September 2009.
I’ve finally run out of photos from last year’s trip to the UK — well, almost! Here are some miscellaneous shots which didn’t make it into the previous posts.
One of the reasons I went to Cornwall was because that’s where my family [...]
The following letter appeared in the Evening News, 13 March 1935, 6:
On the brick wall at the side of our street door can still be seen faintly two large letters, “P. P.,” which stood for Poplar Patrol. Every Friday night it was my job to collect 3d. from each house-hold that belonged to the “P.P.” [...]
On the last night of January 1916, a large force of seven Zeppelins crossed over the Wash into Norfolk, heading for the industrial cities of the Midlands. Unsure of their location, most of them instead dropped their bombs on relatively unimportant targets. But at least they got home okay. The defending aircraft of the RFC [...]
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David Vanderhoof, JDK, Brett Holman, JDK
Neil Datson, Brett Holman, Neil Datson, JDK, Brett Holman, Chris Williams [...]
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