@Flyingarchivist

Curator Emeritus; Private pilot; PhD on the development of aviation museums in the UK. Also available at @FlyingArchivist.bsky.social

Joined July 2018
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With the daughter in Whitby - we were last here 10 years ago. Cracking evening light and sky.
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We received two letters today from @skodauk - one (7th Sep) notified us that their complimentary roadside assistance has ended. The other letter - warning us of its imminent end - is dated 8th Sep: the following day! Does Skoda do time travel?
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What sort of creatures used to lurk in female toilets?
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Is that a Martinsyde Elephant, @SimonMoody_NZ ?
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We've been in Glasgow less than 2 hours, anf found the obligatory museum with an aeroplane...
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First visit to #Cosford since I retired. Hoping to catch up with @clark_aviation
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Splendid lunch at @Lussmans #StAlbans for Gill's belated birthday. We are well fed up and agreeably drunk, having been looked after very well by Emily. Now watching cricket in the park from a shady bench, trying not to fall asleep!
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Scarborough Harbour. Not the best of photos, but Regal Lady was one of the #Dunkirk Little Ships. I wonder whether my Uncle Ron (2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards) was one of the 1200 she brought home. More details at nationalhistoricships.org.uk…
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In #Scarbados, helping the daughter move into her first flat. This is the view from her living room.
View over a municipal garden towards the sea, with scattered clouds and blue sky.

ALT View over a municipal garden towards the sea, with scattered clouds and blue sky.

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The turtle moves!
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NASA has released a photo of the lunar eclipse.
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The second Battle of St Albans (17 February 1461) was fought in part on Bernards Heath. Sandridge Road, which runs across the heath, is lined with cherry trees whose red and white blossom represents the Lancastrian and Yorkist forces.
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To London, to celebrate - with many others - my 100+ armfuls. We'll be back next year for Gill's 100th. @GiveBloodNHS #GivingType
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25th March is Lady Day, so Happy New Year to those using the Julian Calendar, and Happy Birthday to @SpitfireFilly!🍾 🎂
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I had a significant birthday on Wednesday, and @Fizzlespin has just made this cake, presumably inspired by the @rafredarrows.
Aeroplane-shaped birthday cake, trailing blue and white "smoke".

ALT Aeroplane-shaped birthday cake, trailing blue and white "smoke".

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Another splendid, if cold, Boxing Day out with the St Albans Mummers Good crowds at each of the five venues (only two of them pubs) who seemed to enjoy the updated script containing at least one new joke... stalbanstimes.co.uk/events/i…
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Saw these in the Deutsches Museum in Munich, and thought of @SpitfireFilly
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Splendid afternoon with Saskia - my Research Tutor, now at the University of Munich - including a tour of the buildings and a discussion on the students who protested about the Nazis.
Reproductions of leaflets produced by the White Rose Group, part of a memorial to those members who were executed by the Nazis.

ALT Reproductions of leaflets produced by the White Rose Group, part of a memorial to those members who were executed by the Nazis.

Memorial to Sophie Scholl

ALT Memorial to Sophie Scholl

Exhibition on the White Rose Group.

ALT Exhibition on the White Rose Group.

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It seems that Overhead Projectors are still much-favoured by the teaching staff. A very enjoyable visit ended with Gill and I joining students and staff to sing English Christmas carols - and annual tradition in the language faculty!
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Good morning, Munich.
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My paper on government departments and aviation history is now available to download free from the @aerosociety website: aerosociety.com/publications…
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