When is an mystery aeroplane panic not a mystery aeroplane panic? When it’s a mystery sampan panic, obviously.
For the last (?) time: all RAAF, all the time; from Bristol Fighters through Sunderlands and Sabres to Super Hornets.
A mixed bag as the end of the year of reading airmindedly approaches. (I think there’ll be one more edition, though.)
American airpower; Australian air force; all airlines.
There’s very little linking these three books, except perhaps that they all reflect, in very different ways, the long drawdown of British power.
There’s something for everyone here, from low-tech flying replicas to hi-tech death from the skies!
Bomber (x2) and fighters (and bombers).
Some classics (?) here: airports, biography, bombing.
Today we’re looking at the three Ps: (defence) policy, prisoners (of war), and (MM.) Pilâtre (and d’Arlandes, the first aeronauts, along with early ballooning more generally). Okay, so I need to work on my intros…
Three blitzes: the German Blitz on Britain (well, London); the British Blitz on Germany; and the robot Blitz on Britain.
