ROYAL AIR FARCE

Speed Police claim you won't get away now...

2012-01-30T09:01:00.000-08:00

Camocar

2012-01-29T23:16:00.001-08:00

Carruthers!

Did you borrow my field staff car to go shopping again?

Amazing landing, but...

2012-01-28T01:01:00.000-08:00

...how the hell is he gonna take orf again?

AIM LOW, FLY HIGH

2012-01-27T08:50:00.000-08:00

AIM LOW, FLY HIGH our banner proclaims.

This P51 Mustang pilot would much rather AIM HIGH, & FLY LOW.

One hopes the photographer ducked in time!

Our parking lot

2012-01-25T23:27:00.001-08:00

Forget the cutbacks: Have a Cuppa!

2012-01-25T12:36:00.000-08:00

Forget the cutbacks: Have a Cuppa!

More Cutbacks: All crew & no ship!

2012-01-25T11:45:00.001-08:00

Alas it seems my fellow M.O.D. colleagues at Her Majesty's Royal Navy are also reeling from the savage swing of the defence accountants blade...

More Cutbacks: Heli-pilot training...

2012-01-24T11:33:00.001-08:00

Cheap at twice the price: Doubles up as PT training for the ground crew, what!

50% Cutbacks hit RAF Fighter Squadrons...

2012-01-23T15:51:00.000-08:00

As the 50% Cutbacks hit RAF Fighter Squadrons, recruiting Officers beg Snow White for her little friends phone numbers...

Bog Lander

2012-01-22T23:04:00.000-08:00

Today my lovelies at the Science Corp are testing a new aircraft hybrid, the aptly named Bog Lander.

Apparently, so they reckon, it's extra large wheels will allow it to land on soft turf/peat bogs/wet marshlands sorta thing.

Land?

I just hope the bloody thing can take orff with all that extra weight!

TTFN.

Aliens revealed as just tourists!

2012-01-20T08:11:00.000-08:00

Shock photo: Aliens revealed as just tourists!

This snap, taken today by an astounded hot air balloonist, provides the positive proof of extra terrestrial life. Looking closely, apart from their futuristic technology, it seems these chaps ain't so much different from you and I.

Better still, as these strange craft appear unarmed, it's unlikely they want to invade us...

They just wanna look around.

TTFN

Aircraft Carrier Hotel

2012-01-17T02:43:00.000-08:00

Royal Air Farce Special agent, my luscious Lt Lei,

went under cover to China to smuggle out this special report for you, dear reader.

Infiltrating the People's Army (left) she located the whereabouts of the missing Russian carrier "The Kiev."

After capturing these daring covert snaps and the informative film below, she rather dramatically escaped off the bugger's own deck in a stolen Chinese Mig, which she brought back for us to dissect!

What a girl! And a damn fine Royal Air Farce Officer to boot.

The 36,000 ton Kiev, built in 1972, carried 31 aircraft, usually a mix of 12 fighters 19 helicopters, in it's USSR Navy heyday.

She was believed to have been lost in a secretive "Naval incident" with an unnamed U.S. nuke sub in 1996.

I suspected the "unofficial official" explanation sounded like some fanciful imaginings from an excellent Patrick Robinson novel at the time, having had no personal role in the ship's alleged demise.

It now transpires, from Lt Lei's report, the shocking truth is that it was sold by it's mutinous crew to a passing Chinese ( on a junk, perhaps?) scrap metal merchant!

It's now based in the secretive Chinese port of Tianjin, where our inscrutable foes train masses of spies to become more westernised under the guise of "tourists."

Why, m'dear Lt Lei even had to degrade herself in this saucy bunny outfit in order to film the short movie below.

Most fortunatley, the clever lass managed to smuggle the outfit out along with the film....

royalairfarce.blogspot.com/myspace.com/royalairfarce

2012-01-14T09:51:00.000-08:00

At http://royalairfarce.blogspot.com/ and http://www.myspace.com/royalairfarce

Fly on over, sign on as a friend and say "Tally Ho!" in the comments.

Regards,

Wingers x

Harrier Heroes

2012-01-13T08:27:00.000-08:00

Following on from yesterday's covert reports, I feel it's important to leak some heroic images from our classified files...

Harrier's finest hour: Serving on HMS Hermes in the Falklands.

The two most famous Hawkers together.

Told you Ivan: Bugger orf!

Sad day for the R.A.F.

2012-01-12T08:45:00.001-08:00

Oh, what a very sad day for Her Majesty's R.A.F.

My saucy undercover snapper Pvte Angel (become me friend to check out her sexy photos on our Myspace page) captured these sad photos at Southampton docks today.

They show what was once the Pride of the RAF's strike force.

The terror of the Argentines.

The scourge of the Taliban.

The once fearsome Harrier Jump jet .

Now shrouded in tarpaulin, bubble-wrapped for their final journey (by ship! ) to the USA where they'll be reduced to spare parts for the U.S. Marine Corp's Harrier fleet.

The Yanks purchased (bloody stole more like!) 72 of 'em for a mere £110 miliion, after they were carelessly thrown away by our useless penny pinchers in our controversial defence cuts.

The clever, far sighted Americans will use them to keep their 120 Harriers, or AV8's as they call 'em, in action for the next 15 years.

£110 million!

Sod the accountants! I flogged one me self to our local Scrappy for a cheeky few quid -cash mind -and now the silly bugger wants the Pentagon's phone number...

Well, they're not getting our bloody last one, I can tell you!

Here's some snaps of ours in happier Harrier times.

Be sure to check out the RAF's Harrier page... whilst it's still there!

TTFN!

Caught smuggling!

2012-01-11T16:23:00.000-08:00

Confounded Customs checked my overhead locker and caught a tasty little something I smuggled back from my last mission ...

Golf in the Gulf!

2012-01-03T22:59:00.000-08:00

CLASSIFIED: FRIENDLY EYES ONLY

What ho!

Well, I say...

Following on from the still mainly secret excitement of my previous mission, as recorded in this honest to goodness statement http://royalairfarce.blogspot.com/2011/12/top-secret-all-terrain-flying-boat.html on this 'ere covert blog, where I uncovered this hostile monstrosity in an unnamed (for security purposes, don't y'know) desert location ...

... Our Hi-tech Ministry of Defence Signals Command,

here in our Top Secret Nuclear Bunker, Biggin Hill, Great Britain, Europe,

translated an invitation from a friendly Sand-Jockey Rag Head, Sheik Yermonie, to play a round of golf upon his rather ostentatious, and obviously very select, mobile private golf club...

somewhere in the Arabian sea.

Apparently, he needs to keep on the move to prevent over exposure to assassins.

(Who are mainly his own cousins! But there you go, one supposes it's always best to keep it in the family...)

Anyhow, Her Majesty's Government urged me to accept his kind offer.

And, by gad, ordered me to surreptitiously lose the game!

But that's the handicap one must carry being an International Super Hero and Cunning Diplomat.

The officially unofficial reasons behind this most unsporting decision lie in the straits which dominate the shipping channels in this most sensitive oil drenched region.

You see, Her Majesty's Royal Navy, God bless 'em, need to keep our very importantly strategic Naval Base (nestled at the furthest tip of his remotest sand duned coast) to maintain our vital, in not quite magnificent, Arabian fleet,

so that it's ready, as ever, to assist our gallant American allies at their nearby U.S. Navy outpost a few miles further down the coast...

...in their aggressive peace keeping. And, quite frankly, who can blame them for keeping a sizeable piece of any baddie country we defeat?

So I clambered aboard my trusty Royal Air Farce Bristol Belvedere chopper,

As piloted by me lovely Top Gun; Captain Carstairs.

And crewed by a beautiful bevy of me favourite Royal Air Farce Hostesses, to keep me, ahem, entertained, during the long flight.

However, due to the extreme distance, which I'm terribly sorry but the official secrets act will not allow me to divulge, but lets just say for now it was deep in international waters, we had to transfer to a patrolling leviathan of a U.S. Navy Carrier for the onward journey.

Well aware of my reputation and insatiable appetites, the Yank Wrens aboard made me very welcome indeed...

After plenty of me lovely tea 'n' tiffing (oh, that tiffing!) I was ready for the orf to the Sheik's Golf (Gulf?) Carrier, but was somewhat aghast at the transport the U.S. Navy Air Arm offered...

An ancient Sikorsky Dragonfly!

Apparently the Carrier's cigar chomping Admiral thought it would be rather a hoot to transport one old war icon in another!

Fortunately, he had the good taste to order some rather fetching modifications with my good self in mind...

So pleasing in fact, were the helios improvements, his randy Number One attempted to join us!

His ship mates promptly tugged him orf, and Fairfax swung my chopper over the ocean to the Sheik's playship so we could have our little game.

Between me and thee, I enjoyed his specially laid on 19th hole the best!

Must say, I've become somewhat addicted to the this ol' golf nonsense now. Ttfn, I'm orf to play around with me lovely Carrauthers, Fairfax and Carstairs!

Toddle-pip!

2012: Secret French plan to evade Mayan curse revealed...

2012-01-01T15:31:00.000-08:00

2012: Secret French plan to evade Mayan curse revealed...

The Franco-German Eiffel Tower Euro Space escape rocket.

My covert satellite images show how seriously the dastardly French, our snivelling pretend allies, and the true historical enemies of the British Empire, take the ancient Mayan prophecies of a doom laden 2012.

The entire French establishment, along with, we suspect, their German allies, are currently circling the earth in the hastily converted Eiffel Tower Euro Space escape rocket, where they hope to sit out the predicted imminent disaster awaiting the rest of us.

Fear ye not, friends, because, fortunately for the good people of Planet Earth, Britain, once again, proudly rises to the rescue.

On the very stroke of midnight, New year's eve, under the cover of thousands of celebratory fireworks, the woefully underfunded British Space Corps secretly launched it's hi-tec bakelite rocketship, HMS "Red Ensign", piloted by my close pal, the enigmatic Commander Dan Dare.

HMS Red Ensign

Commander Dare heroically tracked, and diverted off course, a gigantic metallic meteorite that would have otherwise done to us what it's ancient relative did to the poor dinosaurs.

Commander Dan Dare, pilot of the future.

Whilst we all breathe our collective sighs of relief, please spare a tiny, passing thought for the rather selfish French and German establishments, as they cosy up together in their cabins amid the rusty ironwork of their Eiffel Tower Spaceship.

Dan's deflected metallic meteorite is obviously magnetic and therefore will be attracted to any passing ore, or even an iron structure, in it's way.

And, dash it, wouldn't you know, our comms seem to be down at the mo'...

Happy New Year!

2011-12-31T14:26:00.001-08:00

Top Secret all terrain flying boat Carrier

2011-12-31T07:31:00.000-08:00

What ho, Chaps!

Please don't blab about it to anyone unsuitable, but I just thought I'd share one of me covert photos I snook whilst on a Recon-sabotage mission.

For all the usual obvious political sensitivities, I'm afraid I cannot either divulge, nor admit to, the extent of the any, ahem, alleged sabotage in the desert.

However, I can display this reconnaissance snap of the Top Secret all terrain flying boat Carrier built, at enormous cost, for a recently disposed Arab despot dictator.

Fortunately for your very own favourite suave action hero fly-boy, he lavished more of his vast oil revenue on his ostentatious toy than on tricky anti surveillance systems...

(S)mile Hi!

2011-12-31T02:39:00.000-08:00

George Beurling, World War II Fighter Ace

2011-12-27T01:59:00.000-08:00

"Falcon of Malta" original painting by Rich Thistle.

George Beurling, Canadian World War II Fighter Ace. Read the full intel on my wingman, friend and confidant here on the excellent Canadian Aces website.

Orf for a bit of tiffing with Carruthers.

Tally ho; fly free, fly fast!

Wingers x

My souvenirs from recent covert Op in Korea.

2011-12-26T12:25:00.001-08:00

Oh, do come on chaps, it's only polite for one to bring something local back from one's travels...

Merry Christmas Chaps 'n' Chappettesl!

2011-12-24T07:59:00.001-08:00

Remember them

2010-11-11T10:58:00.000-08:00

Remember them.

Remember them all...

Going covert

2010-07-12T23:28:00.000-07:00

Sorry chaps and chapetes, but the lasses and I are going covert until November. Can't talk about it now, sure you'll understand.

However one can still catch up on all me old adventures by going here

http://royalairfarce.blogspot.com/2009/09/latest-intel.html

or paging back though the blog.

TTFN

Wing Co & Carruthers

Happy Independence Day!

2010-07-04T02:15:00.000-07:00

Carruthers and I wish all our American Friends a very Happy Independence Day!

Wing Co, Her majesty's RAF

Support our Brave Boys and Girls!

2010-06-26T04:03:00.000-07:00

Support our Brave Boys and Girls: http://www.armedforcesday.org.uk/

http://www.armedforcesday.org.uk/

I'm skydiving this weekend, chaps...

2010-06-19T03:25:00.000-07:00

Commander Caff

2010-06-18T12:22:00.000-07:00

Rugby player Giant captures USAF last B52!

2010-06-16T03:02:00.000-07:00

Hit the brakes!

2010-06-16T02:59:00.000-07:00

Actually, Intel reports it's a bit of Russian art deco design to "brighten" a rather tatty apartment block

Just taking her up...

2010-06-14T07:49:00.000-07:00

Three good reasons to fly Wing Co Airways today....

2010-06-14T07:07:00.000-07:00

Hercules Storm

2010-06-14T06:24:00.000-07:00

Lady Harriet Biggles

2010-06-13T15:06:00.000-07:00

Harrier Sunrise

2010-02-25T14:09:00.000-08:00

Fill me up...

2010-02-24T14:37:00.000-08:00

Stopped orf for some fuel, t'other day, and, I'm rather pleased to report, I was somewhat way-laid...

Started as an acorn in the undercarriage...

2010-02-16T02:03:00.000-08:00

Happy Valentines!

2010-02-14T03:24:00.000-08:00

Carruthers! Did you leave the hangar door open?

2010-01-08T03:27:00.000-08:00

Mind you, Chaps, it's not that great outside either...

Still this bloody awful weather does have some good uses...

TTFN!

Happy New Year!

2009-12-30T15:39:00.000-08:00

May you get all want in 2010!

Merry Christmas!

2009-12-22T05:27:00.000-08:00

My good self, Carruthers and the rest of the gals wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a peaceful, Happy New Year!

R'N'Rrrrrr!

2009-11-30T01:17:00.000-08:00

Orff to Cancun, Mexico with my lovely Carruthers for 2 weeks R'N'Rrrrrrr!

Toodle pip, chaps, see you when we get back!

Regards,

Wing Co

Speeding my way to you!

2009-11-11T16:47:00.000-08:00

Here's a covert pic of me speeding my way back to you.

Full blog soon chaps...

Psst! Quick message...

2009-10-12T10:52:00.000-07:00

Still behind enemy lines, but main mission accomplished. Can't say too much at the mo'.
Thought I'd share this quick pic with you of our postal service biplane we created out of scrap wheel barrows to smuggle these messages out...

TTFN!

Wing Co

Going silent for a tad...

2009-09-18T11:15:00.000-07:00

Devious Devils, the enemy!

It seems after the outrageous success of my last mission, the enemy's top evil boffin was partially rebuilt and his vengeful, twisted genius has come up with a new plan to terrorize our somewhat riff-raff local allies.

Smaller, simpler stealth sky ships made from dried camel skins!

The raw materials are easy to come by, and, of course impervious to the fierce desert sun...

So, without further ado, Her Majesty's fearsome M.O.D. suspended all leave at the Top Secret Nuclear Bunker, Biggin Hill, U.K. and ordered us back behind enemy lines once again!

Duty calls, my brave fellow Officers and gentle Lady followers of this secret blog, so, for once, I must be brief...

Intel reports have confirmed that the enemy buggers were actually inspired by our very own western press agencies when they rather stupidly released stolen covert pictures of U.S. heavy lift choppers delivering an unnamed ally a new warship over the heavily mined naval strait.
As I have previously covertly revealed in full glorious detail before here in my private papers the enemy's first airships were huge wooden aerialbattleships, of crude design, but tremendous firepower.

We soon took them out, but did not know about the advanced designs they were working on.

The United Nations covert Space tracking station "Aye Eye" spotted and plotted their test runs and dispatched my lovely and vivacious very personal assistants Lt Carruthers and Captain Faifax to swiftly deal with them before they could attack our own covert robotic supply airships

We now have a more detailed plan for the main attack but unfortunately that must remain Ultra Top Secret for now.

Suffice to say Carruthers, Faifax, Selene, Fox, & I must remain deep under covers for a while...

I shall send you my next report as and when I am able to break radio silence. Until then, keep the faith and defend the realm!

I'm sure we shall meet again very soon...

Warmest regards,

Wing Co

( p.s. 'til I retrun, you can follow my olde adventures in order from here should you wish... )

First flight

2009-09-15T04:17:00.000-07:00

I've had most of the young fillies from the Royal Air Farce Regiment begging me to regale them for hours with my tales of daring and adventure. One of the most popular queries being "how did you begin your illustrious flying career, Wing Co. Sir?"

Well, as I'm sure all aviators know, the world's premier Air Force, The Royal Air Force, The R.A.F. wasn't officially formed until 1 April 1918 by the amalgamation of the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS).
The RFC had been a corps of the army, and the RNAS under the control of Admiralty.

I, off course, had served with distinction in both services and was soon snapped up by the fledgling RAF for a life of spectacular adventure.

But, dear readers, even before that, I was in the covert and highly dangerous Balloon Company of the Royal Engineers...

This previously top secret photograph has just been cleared for release from the Top Secret Nuclear Bunker archives by the fearsome M.O.D.

It shows yours truly setting orff on my first covert African mission. But let's not get ahead of ourselves..

In 1878, the War Office formed a secret establishment at Woolwich to develop military ballooning under a keen amateur balloonist Captain (later Colonel) James L B Templer.
Armed with a grant of £150, Britain’s first military balloon was constructed.
It was called Pioneer.

As a keen and brave young squaddie, (The R.A.F. obviously not yet in existence) I was accidentally volunteered for this brand new Balloon Section of the Royal Engineers.

A few years later, in 1885, the Fuzzie Wuzzies rose up and tried to take over the British built Suez canal.
The Empire couldn't have that, by jove!

So as part of the expeditionary force my balloon detachments were used operationally for the first time, in the Bechuanaland expedition and in the Sudan.
These campaigns proved the value of balloons for exceptional recon and we were soon back in action in the Boer War in South Africa (1899-1902) in the Natal, the Transvaal and the Orange Free State.
We were used for artillery observation in a number of major battles including Magersfontein, Paardeberg and Driefontein and were present at Ladysmith.
Damn it, man, I took a few pot shots meslf with me brand new Lee Enfield rifle, I can tell ya!

But I diverse..
After many more covert and recon ballooning adventures, which I may entertain you with at a later post, sometime around 1906, I moved up to my next, er, ahem, aircraft.

Kite, Man lifting 1A, I believe we called the contraption. Unlike balloons, these kites could be launched very quickly and used in winds of up to 50 miles per hour.
Which is why we grew such large moustaches; to warm our faces...

However, the following year, I was about to get my first proper motorised flight...

The Nulli Secundus (Latin: "Second to none") or British Army Dirigible No 1.

A Semi-rigid airship it became Britain's first military aircraft when she flew on 10 September 1907. The early design work was carried out by my old friend and mentor Colonel James Templer, and it was completed by Colonel John Capper of the Royal Engineers and Samuel Cody, the latter being mainly responsible for developing the steering gear and engine. She was built at our balloon factory at RAE Farnborough, and powered by a 50 hp (37 kW) Antoinette engine. She made her first public appearance on 5th October when we flew from Farnborough to London.
We completed a tour over the city, thrilling the patriotic crowds by circling St Paul's Cathedral until strong headwinds forced us to land at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham.Our Historic flight lasted for 3 hours and 25 minutes and covered 50 miles (80 km) overland.

A young Wing Co, air ace of the future, had soared through the air on powered flight and there was no stopping him now!

Or the adventures that were to come...

9 - 11

2009-09-11T10:58:00.000-07:00

Remember why they're there and salute our armed forces!

These colours don't run!

Saluting Captain Bob!

2009-09-08T14:53:00.001-07:00

Saluting Captain Bob!

Bob Prothero, a 70-year-old retired RAF group captain from Portsmouth, has described his terror when a vintage bomber he was manoeuvring at an airshow accidentally took off because his co-pilot hit the throttle.

The recently restored Handley Page Victor, a vital part of Britain’s nuclear deterrent in the 1950s and 1960s, was intended only to taxi along a runway in front of spectators, before stopping for photographs, at a Leicestershire airshow.

The 75-tonne V-bomber rapidly reached take-off speed and began to climb. As it lumbered into the air, reaching 150ft, it veered to the left — heading towards a housing estate.

Mr Prothero, who last flew a Victor in the 1980s and whose flying licence had long since expired, was faced with a split-second decision: “I was petrified. Everything was pure instinct,” he said.

“I was shouting at the co-pilot to pull the throttle back. I saw the nose rise into the air. I thought, ‘Oh God here we go, how are we going to get out of this one?’”

“I had to make a snap decision. I pointed the nose down and noticed we were well and truly airborne, but because of the crosswind we were not over the runway. Thankfully, I managed to pitch the aircraft back towards the runway and away from any spectators.”

Mr Prothero landed the aircraft — named Teasin’ Tina — without a scratch.

“Nobody could really believe what had happened. There were people slapping me on the back and congratulating me on not crashing the thing and ruining the day.”

Here at the Secret Nuclear Bunker, Biggin Hill, UK we raise a glass and a salute to Group Captain Bob Prothero!

Once a hero, always a hero. Jolly well done, Bob!

Good weekend?

2009-09-07T01:31:00.000-07:00

What ho Chaps & Chapettes of Aviation Fandom!

Here's hoping one and all had a jolly good wheeze at the weekend, with more than your fair share of tiffing!

I know I certainly did...

After fending orf M.O.D. censorship threats (they don't like us revealing our secret mission reports here...), collating Intel reports of new readers (Hello, you're most welcome!) and replying to your kind messages of goodwill, we needed a bit of a whiz to combat the fatigue of good old fashioned hard work.

So my excellent very personal No 1, the lovely Lt Carruthers and her equally lovely assistant Lt Carstairs rather saucily suggested whisking me away for the weekend.

Oh, Rather!
How could any red blooded, true blue Brit hero lady Ace like yours truly refuse?

So, we fired up "Angel One", our Top Secret supersonic private jet...

...Piloted by the gorgeous Captain Fairfax, who warmly welcomed us aboard,

She put on these superb in flight movies...

...and flew us over to Korea, where our Biggin Hill Spy Satellites had picked out an unusual restaurant worthy of some serious investigation...

Orn the way, from our mile high positions, we spotted some simply splendid cloud effects around our escorting warplanes

We were lucky to see similarly striking scenes around some unsuspecting civilian airliners...

Though not too sure about this last one Fairfax claims she bagged from the cockpit.
Seems a tad iffy to me...

However, on touchdown it soon transpired all was not well at this particular eatery...

It had definitely seen better days...

And although the interior was still serviceable (not for Officers, admittedly, but NCO's would have found it appealing, I'm sure) ...

...the restaurant suddenly roared orf down the road with the rush hour traffic!

Would you believe it!

So, my lovely Carrauthers and Carstairs popped some more champers and a "small" totty of H.M. Service issue rum for me self...

Put on another coupla of movies...

and we zoomed over to a swish little place I know in Switzerland for a posh nosh there...

called Runway 34

It's across one of the great lakes and the water taxi was quite, as you Americans might say, awesome!

Enough excitement for one day, we took the rather quaint retro-futuristic saucer bus back to Angel One...

Toodle pip, chaps!

TTFN,

Warmest regards,

Wing Co

Latest Intel

2009-09-02T02:02:00.000-07:00

The stunning Lt Carruthers and I...

...welcome all our new readers to our Top Secret little blog here at the Underground Bunker at Biggin Hill.

We've been leaking classified Intel for a while now, from our very first blog which promoted the quaint R.A.F. way of speaking through to wondrous aircraft of the future to gorgeous air babes to all manner of awesome and funny aircraft pictures and intel.

Please browse and enjoy.

We took a short break from reporting, - going deep undie cover for a highly dangerous mission that even we could not blog about, (well, maybe not). But we prevailed, defeated Her Majesty's enemies once again and, in the peaceful calm of post battle took to our top of the range nuclear powered R.A.F. p.c.'s once again.

Our brand new Intel reports are listed below or just tag back from this one.
Please , EYES ONLY and stop by in the comments to say "Hello" or as we in the R.A.F. say "Air Hair Lair, Pleased awfully to meet you"

TTFN, Regards,

Wing Co & Lt Carruthers xxx

New Intel (in mission order)

Back in action!

Sshhh planes

Undie cover

Mission de-brief

Beware of thieves in the night...

So, I got a few old heli's, a balloon & some meccano ...

Angels from Heaven

Behind the scenes: Bunker de-classified...

2009-08-28T01:30:00.001-07:00

Tally Ho aeronauts!

What with all this freedom of information clap trap that's all the rage now, the sinister powers that be here at the M.O.D. Top Secret Bunker, Biggin Hill, A233 Kent, U.K.
(ahem!) sensed a p.r. opportunity.

Fortunately my very talented (so the Ladies say) cousin was available. He is a top photographer with a high security clearance, who also has some considerable knowledge of covert ops...

Anyway, the champagne flowed, the female staff swooned, and a great day was had by all (ooh behave...)

So here's all the official photos of our clandestine base that they would allow out into the WWW after checking the small print on the official secrets act...

My car

Lt Carruthers car

My transport plane

Lt Carruthers planes

The Staff Bar & Restaurant

Our Sports and Social Club

Our lovely receptionists at our custom GE747 cowling reception desks. Strange there was only this one photo, Austin was down there for some time...(ooh behave!)

Our Science Dept receptionist, and Q's right hand, Dr May Givehead (ooh will you behave!) at her custom DC9 desk

And Austin's pictured Dr May Givehead again, for some reason. She seems to have changed her clothes in this one...is that a saucy nightie under her coat..?

Wait a tad, that's a man's coat she's wearing...
Oh, Austin I told you to behave!

My always stunning very personal secretary Lt Carruthers at her custom GE747 cowling desk

My office bar

My fish tank

My Chair

My custom B25 bomber desk

And of course, our custom mile high bed.

Ooh I really should behave.

I really should...

Coming Carruthers...

( with special thanks to the very talented chaps at http://www.motoart.com/ for their custom furniture)

Angels from Heaven

2009-08-27T05:53:00.000-07:00

via videosift.com

So, I got a few old heli's, a balloon & some meccano ...

2009-08-26T05:15:00.000-07:00

Intel says it's the Piasecki PA-97 Helistat (U.S. Navy and U.S. Forest Service 1986), a $40 million experimental heavy-lift aircraft, built by Frank Piasecki by fastening four obsolete Sikorsky H-34J helicopters to a framework beneath a ZPG-2W helium blimp...

Designed to lift 26 tons, flight tests proved it to be so unstable as to be uncontrollable. It crashed at Lakehust, New Jersey in July 1986, killing one of the pilots.

Beware of thieves in the night...

2009-08-26T05:06:00.000-07:00

Mission de-brief

2009-08-26T02:41:00.000-07:00

I, and some junior Intel Officers surveyed the ancient aircraft the SAS had found abandoned in the desert We thought they'd perfect for our clandestine operations. Made of string and wood, y'see, so invisible to the enemy's radar...

As I had heroically volunteered for the most dangerous mission, despite my lovely Carruthers begging me not to, I thought it best to false flag my aircraft in case the bugger got shot down.

Rather classically, I thought, we set off at dawn...

Our mission was two fold...

One: Locate & Destroy the enemy's prototype aerial battleship. Intel Cor thought this might give our ground forces some serious strafing hassle.

Two: Stop the supply trains so they couldn't build another of this terrifying leviathans...

We attacked against all odds...

And destroyed our objectives...

We returned to our base...
..safely, though some not quite as unscathed as others...

However, we all got that al important hero's welcome home!

TTFN!

Undie cover

2009-08-25T03:58:00.000-07:00

Hi ya Flyboys, Lt Carruthers here.

Can't let the Old Wing Co have all the glory...
Just to let you all you guys know I'm safe and well, and I've been on secret missions too. Long, hot desert nights under deep cover with the old buffoon. What a gal has to do her country!

So here's one for my fans, taken by Wing Co himself, after we'd dusted orf a few enemy cabbage crates.

As you can see, my nimble little fighter picked up a few bullet holes, but most fortunately, the champagne did not pop prematurely.

( yes I have it on tap, come on you wouldn't begrudge a lady her luxuries would you gentlemen? )

Hope to catch you later, boys, Lt Carruthers, xxx

Sshhh planes

2009-08-25T03:28:00.000-07:00

Snuck these piccies on the home run from the last oppo.

Believe it or not, these big buggers flew right under me ol' biplane. Nearly shook it to bits - it's only an old string bag after all!

Anyhow, looks like our boffin type chaps are playing around with solar panel hybrid designs to save the old fossil fuels a tad.

They're definitely quieter, whispering buggers took completely by surprise.

Lucky they weren't the Bosch, what!

Back in action!

2009-08-24T01:23:00.000-07:00

Tally Ho chaps and chapettes, Wing Co's back!

Sorry for the long delay in posting Intel, but I've been deep behind enemy lines.
Something to do with defence cutbacks and yours truly being the one the few (Literally, - God I miss my Spitfire) old enough to remember how to fly stringbags. We'd left them in the desert eons ago, and a SAS patrol were suprised and delighted to find them in fairly good condition. Something to do with the old dry air. So, got the call from Her Madge, God bless her, would I mind doing bit for the old Country (God bless it) again... So, one's been strafing the buggers, spying on 'em etc, etc and had maintain the old wireless silence, don't you know.
Hasn't been all bad. What with the all that camping out under the desert night stars with me sexy ground crews...

See you soon. Keep checking back, over...

Merry Christmas from the R.A.F.

2008-12-22T15:20:00.001-08:00

From my good self and my very sexy Royal Air Farce ground crews !

Santa might not be coming this year...

2008-12-20T14:09:00.000-08:00

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE FROM THE ROYAL AIR FARCE!

Is it a Plane? Is it a bird?

2008-12-20T14:06:00.001-08:00

It's a Hungarian air force Mi24 Hind Helicopter in awesome camouflage!

Ace picture

2008-12-07T08:37:00.000-08:00

Grumman F3F-2 fighters fly over as the USS Enterprise in San Diego Bay, USA, 1940

by Steve Anderson. http://www.anderson-art.com/

Westland Lysander P.12

2008-12-07T08:12:00.000-08:00

A one off, converted Lysnader "spy drooper" designed as an aerial machine gun platform ( 2 x .20 mm (0.787 in) Guns + 4 x 20 mm (0.787 in) Guns in rear turret) to strafe possible pesky German invading forces in 1940-41

http://ww2drawings.jexiste.fr/Files/2-Airplanes/Allies/3-UK/05-Reconnaissance/Westland-Lysander/Lysander-P.12.htm

http://www.unrealaircraft.com/hybrid/lysander.php

AIRCRAFT MOVIE POSTERS ( 6 ) The Dawn Patrol

2008-12-07T08:02:00.001-08:00

Director:Howard Hawks
Writers:John Monk Saunders (story)Dan Totheroh (adaptation)
1930 (USA)

B-17 armed with the "LOON" (US Version of the V-1)

2008-12-01T16:17:00.001-08:00

Giant seizes US Aircraft Carrier...

2008-12-01T16:10:00.000-08:00

In reality, the guy actually made it from leggo!

Who you gonna call? Dustbusters!

2008-12-01T16:04:00.000-08:00

Giants prevent aircraft taking off at Gatwick airport...

2008-12-01T16:01:00.000-08:00

Boat Buster!

2008-12-01T15:57:00.000-08:00

B-25 in action

Flying single Jacuzzi delivered to your back yard...

2008-12-01T15:52:00.000-08:00

SEXY AIR PIN UP GIRLS (30) My WW2 Hot ground crews

2008-12-01T15:44:00.001-08:00

Oh, those mammaries, er, I mean memories...

AWESOME WAKE TURBULANCE PIC

2008-12-01T15:39:00.000-08:00

Gotcha!

2008-12-01T15:34:00.000-08:00

An S-3A Viking aircraft with landing gear problems, lands safely on the USS Abraham Lincoln with the help of the crash barricade.

First photo of Amazing US Navy Midget Stealth Bomber

2008-12-01T15:30:00.000-08:00

Ok. Actually it's the catapult officer in the catapult control pod of USS George Washington as a F/A-18C Hornet prepares to launch...

USAF fly over Kuwaiti oil fires in 1991

2008-12-01T15:27:00.000-08:00

OXCART A-12 Spy planes at Area 51 in 1964

2008-12-01T15:23:00.000-08:00

Stealth Workers Building Spy plane...

2008-12-01T15:19:00.000-08:00

Harrier Sunset

2008-12-01T15:09:00.000-08:00

Please Remember

2008-11-04T11:28:00.000-08:00

AIRCRAFT OF THE FUTURE ( 10 )

2008-09-20T11:01:00.001-07:00

"Living in the sky, watching the Earth from above. Rediscovering the marvel of traveling, experiencing contemplation. Exploring the world without trace..."

French designer Jean-Marie Massaud's flying hotel called “Manned Cloud”

"An airship in the form of a whale that glides through the air..."

Manned Cloud is a hotel for 40 passengers and a staff/crew of 15, cruising at 170 km/h.

SEXY AIR PIN UP GIRLS (29) FOXY Fighter Pilot

2008-09-20T03:02:00.001-07:00

Small 'n' Deadly

2008-05-16T00:21:00.000-07:00

Has a very low Radar image apparently. And a high Kill ratio as the enemy die laughing...

FE8

2008-05-06T14:42:00.000-07:00

WW1 1915 revolutionary British design with prop at rear to give the pilot and his machine gun unrestricetd view of enemy aircraft.

FE8 over Flanders

2008-05-06T14:37:00.000-07:00

Messerschmitt Me323D-1 Gigant

2008-05-06T11:04:00.000-07:00

The amazing, huge, slow, but very heavy load bearing Messerschmitt Me323D-1 Gigant

Originally designed as a glider, it used rockets to boost take off spee when loaded.

Six engines, 55m (180 ft. 5.5 in.)Wing span, 28.15m (92 ft. 4.25 in.)long,
10.15m (33 ft. 3.5 in.) high, Weights:Empty: 27,330kg (60,260 lbs.)
Maximum: 43,000kg (94,815 lbs.)
684 miles (1100km)Range.

Five MG 15 nose mounted, Six Mg 34 MG's in beam windows to keep the Allies at bay.

Junkers G38

2008-05-06T10:48:00.000-07:00

The G38 was the world's biggest land aircraft of its time, 1929 early—1930s.
With a wingspan of 44 metres, the wings themselves were metres thick and ten metres deep, and each could seat two passengers with a unique view through windows at the leading edge!
Another Thirty four passengers are seated in the fuselage.
The plane even had a luxury bar and comfortable salon.

German secrets of World War Two ( 5 ) Fliegerfaust

2008-05-05T10:46:00.000-07:00

Fliegerfaust

Nazi AA missile, sort of grandad to the modern Stinger or Blowpipe.
Not that secret between 1943 - 1945 10,000 launchers, and 4 million rockets were built. Although apparently only approx 80 were combat fired as it was another "wonder weapon" that. fortunately arrived too late.

SEXY AIR PIN UP GIRLS ( 28 ) Medical Cor!

2008-05-04T09:47:00.000-07:00

SEXY AIR PIN UP GIRLS ( 27 ) Pilot Officer Coffee

2008-05-04T09:40:00.000-07:00

SEXY AIR PIN UP GIRLS ( 26 ) Michelle, Air Farce P.T.I.

2008-05-04T04:04:00.000-07:00

More photo intel here

SEXY AIR PIN UP GIRLS ( 25 ) Summer ground crew

2008-04-20T15:12:00.018-07:00

Some aren't!

DOH ( 18 ) Plane stupid!

2008-04-20T15:12:00.017-07:00

Hi! My name's Dug...

2008-04-20T15:12:00.016-07:00

Budget Fighter Ground Attack aircraft

2008-04-20T15:12:00.015-07:00

Not so rapid runway repairs...

2008-04-20T15:12:00.014-07:00

Ultimate speed enforcement

2008-04-20T15:12:00.013-07:00

Australian air force fighter

2008-04-20T15:12:00.012-07:00

AWESOME FIREBOMBER PHOTO

2008-04-20T15:12:00.011-07:00