…This post will only be of interest to Melbourne readers. Melbourne Cinémathèque is holding a season of 1930s Howard Hawks films this month, including three of his aviation classics: Only Angels Have Wings, Ceiling Zero (both on Wednesday, 3 December) and The Dawn Patrol (Wednesday, 17 December). They’re showing at ACMI. I don’t think I’ve seen any of them so I’ll probably be there! Thanks to Cathy for the tip. Image source: Wikipedia….
…aded it at an aeroport [British spelling, wot] to read on the ‘plane. Brett Holman David, thanks — turns out there are a few online versions out there!…
…er got involved in real estate. I don’t see any author credits in _Flight_ Online, and certainly don’t recall any when I reading it and _Aeroplane_ in hard copy. Now, both of the weeklies had anonymous gossip columns, but neither covered anything like the same scope that Penrose does in his memoirs. In his introduction, Penrose says that he draws mostly on his readings of the old weeklies, especially _Aeroplane._ It’s what you can’t find there, th…
…« Archaeoastronomy […] you want more history, the History Carnival 77 is online at Airminded. I think that’s the first edition I’ve seen with an NSFW […] Brett Schulte – TOCWOC Excellent work! I noticed there were more than a few American Civil War related entries as well. I look forward to hosting the next History Carnival in July. It’ll be my first as a host, but hopefully not my last. History Carnival » HC 77 […] latest History Carnival h…
…aus in each town as we travelled around. (About the only thing we don’t do online.) It’s intended primarily for the Bed & Breakfast market, but we’ve rarely had a problem, and it generally works well – you can specify your budget and where you are aiming to stay. The TI staff are knowledgeable about their local market, and in my experience (having worked with one team) very professional – you get the benefits of local knowledge. Just a suggestion,…
…Samuel John Tong Way’s First World War service record is available to read online at the National Archives of Australia. (Service Number – 19531). He also used “Tong-Way” – His occupation upon enlistment was given as “High School Teacher” and his address as “The Manse” Young St., Ballarat East, Victoria. – His father was Reverend John Tong-Way. – In 1966 he made application for repatriation benefits, apparently on the basis of his WWI service. – H…
…n at the moment.) You’ve reminded me that I came across — then lost — an online translation of a German underground (presumably Communist) pamphlet which used the “Getafe” photos. The bombing-of-civilians theme was certainly picked up far and wide, not just in Britain and the US. Ians: Stradling does explore those sorts of links (also the Basque refugee children and so on). In fact he begins with the Manic Street Preachers because it was their s…
…post-war DoD high tensile steel specification, HY-80: http://www.suppliersonline.com/propertypages/HY80.asp#General) Thus, great care has to be taken in introducing new methods. Here’s an interesting paper on the work required to prove the DoD’s next generation of high-tensile weldable steels after Hy-80, the first not to require preheating: http://ammtiac.alionscience.com/pdf/AMPQ7_3ART09.pdf All of this of course pertains to postwar designs, bu…
…can be found here. It’s a very important read. https://archive.org/details/propaganda-in-the-next-war-sidney-rogerson/mode/2up Brett Holman Thanks! Added the link, and I see The Territorial in the Next War is also online now. Interestingly, that lists different authors for the never-published Infantry in the Next War and The Civilian in the Next War, which may explain why they never came out (along with the war)….
…nts on camouflage in the 1930s so it could have been technical. The Flight online archive would be a good place to look but it’s been broken the past couple of days. Erik: Cool! But the Antikythera mechanism is always the anachronism which floors me the most. JDK Our book on the Hawker Fury & Nimrod by Alex Crawford says: “During November 1938 43 Squadron started to receive Hurricanes and their Furies were soon passed on to second line units. The…
