During the Second World War – English Prime Minister Churchill spoke in Parliament on the 20th of August 1940 paying tribute to the RAF after the ‘Battle for Britain’. He said - “Never in the field of human conflict was so much been owed by so many to so few”.
That sentiment was echoed again in 1982 during the Falkland Islands War.
We watched a selection of historical videos that covered the air war during that conflict – Thank You Youtube.
We followed the British Sea-Harrier (known to the opposition by the name ‘the Black Death’) as they dominated the sky against a very determined and brave enemy.
We also followed the longest bombing raid ever conducted – how the bombers [after leaving England to fly half around the world] were refuelled in flight - and how the refuelling aircraft were themselves refuelled in flight to stay with the bombers.
Staying with Jet-fighter aircraft, we also looked at an amazing basic training/combat aircraft - the L39 Albatross from AERO in the Czech Republic. Because of the low manufacturing costs, this aircraft is also produced in a civilian version – it is cheap and enormous fun to fly. These aircraft are in private ownership all over the world. There are many flying in Australia.
(Cheap is a relative term – should you be slightly daunted with your present mortgage repayments, cheap is properly not a word that immediately comes to mind.)
Next month Graeme Greed is taking us on a life journey through his aviation career. Graeme has built his own aircraft and is encouraging us to ask lots of questions.
Andrew McFarlane
That sentiment was echoed again in 1982 during the Falkland Islands War.
We watched a selection of historical videos that covered the air war during that conflict – Thank You Youtube.
We followed the British Sea-Harrier (known to the opposition by the name ‘the Black Death’) as they dominated the sky against a very determined and brave enemy.
We also followed the longest bombing raid ever conducted – how the bombers [after leaving England to fly half around the world] were refuelled in flight - and how the refuelling aircraft were themselves refuelled in flight to stay with the bombers.
Staying with Jet-fighter aircraft, we also looked at an amazing basic training/combat aircraft - the L39 Albatross from AERO in the Czech Republic. Because of the low manufacturing costs, this aircraft is also produced in a civilian version – it is cheap and enormous fun to fly. These aircraft are in private ownership all over the world. There are many flying in Australia.
(Cheap is a relative term – should you be slightly daunted with your present mortgage repayments, cheap is properly not a word that immediately comes to mind.)
Next month Graeme Greed is taking us on a life journey through his aviation career. Graeme has built his own aircraft and is encouraging us to ask lots of questions.
Andrew McFarlane
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