Smoke Me A Kipper and I'll Be Back For Breakfast

Smoke Me A Kipper and I'll Be Back For Breakfast

Our intrepid pilot waves a brave goodbye as he flies off in his ancient biplane into the great blue yonder.........

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Up Your's Baby

Up Your's Baby

The Mustangs scramble as the enemy guns get closer to the base. GI Charlie hastily calls HQ for backup on the field telephone.........

Another bit of Photoshop tomfoolery based on several images I took at the Shoreham Airshow in the UK. 

Messerschmitt Bf 108

ME 108 - Photo Chris Lord

The Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun was a German single-engine sports and touring aircraft developed by Bayerische Flugzeugwerke (Bavarian Aircraft Works). The Bf 108 was of all-metal construction.

Originally designated the M 37, the aircraft was designed as a four-seat sports/recreation aircraft for competition in the 4th Challenge de Tourisme Internationale (1934). The M 37 prototype flew first in spring 1934 powered by a 250 PS (247 hp, 184 kW) Hirth HM 8U inverted-V engine, which drove a three-blade propeller. Although it was outperformed by several other aircraft in the competition, the M 37's overall performance marked it as a popular choice for record flights. Particular among these traits was its extremely low fuel consumption rate, good handling, and superb takeoff and landing characteristics. One of the first major changes made to the production variants was to adapt the fuselage for a four-seat configuration.

The Bf 108A first flew in 1934, followed by the Bf 108B in 1935. The Bf 108B used the Argus As 10 air-cooled inverted V8 engine. The nickname Taifun (German for "typhoon") was given to her own aircraft by Elly Beinhorn, a well known German pilot, and was generally adopted.

Soon after the first production aircraft began to roll off the assembly line in Augsburg, several Bf 108s had set endurance records.
The Bf 108 was adopted into Luftwaffe service during World War II, where it was primarily used as a personnel transport and liaison aircraft. The aircraft involved in the Mechelen Incident was a Bf 108.

Production of the Bf 108 was transferred to occupied France during World War II and production continued after the war as the Nord 1000 Pingouin.

Delta Lady

 Delta Lady

Retired by the RAF in 1984 the privately held and public funded “Delta Lady” XH558 is a show stopper, and with the famous howl, no-one can mistake her as she performs at airshows across the UK.

Here she arrives escorted by the Gnats Display Team

The Vulcan And The Gnats