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Rowland White
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Rowland White
@RowlandWhite
Author of Vulcan 607, Phoenix Squadron, Storm Front, The Big Book of Flight, Into the Black, Harrier 809 and MOSQUITO …
Joined November 2011
- I will never not love this incredible photograph of an 81 Squadron Mosquito pissing about …
- When Arthur C. Clarke & J.R.R. Tolkien went to the pub & got pissed. From Francis Spufford's brilliant Backroom Boys
- At Red Flag in 1977, aggressor F-5s, F-15s and F-14s specially drafted in from Top Gun Miramar struggled to find and claim kills on the 208 Sqn Buccs. But a Bucc sneaked into an F-5’s six at 20k feet and came home with the gun camera footage to prove it. Although no guns, obvs …
- This incredible photo of an RN Lynx bothering a Soviet Kara Class cruiser remains one of my favourite aviation pics ever. Top 5 for sure! No idea who took it, but hats off to them ...
- I wish I could tell you a bit more about the provenance of this wonderful photo of a pair of Mosquitos over the coast somewhere. All I know is that it’s from a photo album belonging to a pilot who flew with 140 Wing’s 21 Squadron in the last months of the war. Good, though, eh?
- Fascinating conversation yesterday with a 208 Sqn Bucc pilot who went to Red Flag in 1977. They decided to fly at 70’ instead of 50’ to avoid being found because the dust and tumbleweed they were kicking up in their wakes might have given away their position to fighters …
- So, Baron Jean de Selys Longchamps. On 20/1/43 he sent his wingman home then flew his Typhoon to Brussels to launch a rogue solo attack on the Gestapo HQ to avenge his father’s death before dropping mini Belgian flags on the city. Demoted on his return, he was then given the DFC!
- Another photo of a Victor low over Malaysia. A ridiculously fine looking machine …
- This is a GREAT picture of one of the Tornado prototypes. But it gets even better when you discover it was taken on a cheap camera by the pilot of the single-seat Lightning flying chase ...
- A Victor B1A flying low over the Malaysian jungle in the mid-sixties. You’re welcome.
- Something bothering me about this Netflix Lancaster doc, but I just can’t quite put my finger on what’s wrong …
