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RAF Form 414, Vol 26
Plane Tales
06/10/24 • 18 min
As you may recall I was undergoing the training course for the Tornado F3 Air Defence Variant having completed four previous flying tours. Now being a senior officer it made the job of working as a student again a little more bearable.
The Old Pilot’s logbook tales continue:
An RAF Tornado Air Defence Variant
67° wing sweep
Ait to Air refuelling from the wing stations of an RAF VC10
We watched in horror as a motley collection of hanger queens and scruffy excuses for aeroplanes were delivered, bent and leaking, onto our aprons
Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to the Royal Air Force, the MOD, Adrian Pingstone, Chris Lofting, J Thomas and Pràban na Linne Ltd.
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Into the Vortex
Plane Tales
09/23/16 • 14 min
A Phantom crew barely escape with their lives after a wake turbulence encounter.
You Couldn’t Give These Away Either!
Plane Tales
11/22/20 • 19 min
Having recently talked about of couple of embarrassingly awful US World War 2 aircraft it wouldn’t be fair if I didn’t mention some from my side of the Atlantic that were knocked together in the jolly old British Isles! Sadly, there are way too many to cover so I’ll just take a deep breath and mention a few!
Adverts for Boulton and Paul garden sunrooms.
The Wonderful Airfix Defiant model.
The ungainly Rhino parachute that the Defiant gunners wore.
The Sopwith Camel that Boulton Paul built under licence.
Boulton Paul had become well known as a turret manufacturer.
The ungainly Rhino parachute that the Defiant gunners had to cope with.
Boulton Paul Defiants lined up on the ground.
Taken out of front line operations the Defiant found a place as a target tug aircraft.
The large and slow Fairey Battle.
The Battle’s bomb aimer’s position.
Bombing up a Battle.
How many apprentices does it take to push a Fairey Battle?
The Fairey Swordfish.
The aircraft due to replace the Swordfish, the Fairey Albacore.
An Albacore departs from HMS Victorious.
The damaged and sunk capital ships of the Italian Navy after the Battle of Taranto.
Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to Boulton & Paul Ltd, Airfix, the RAF, Air Historic Branch RAF, RN, and The Australian War Memorial Collection,
The 6th of June 1944
Plane Tales
06/17/16 • 11 min
The first men to land at Normandy on D Day flew in Horsa gliders as part of a daring raid to capture a bridge. This is the remarkable story of their mission.
Title image created and released by the Imperial War Museum on the IWM Non Commercial Licence.
Some More of our Bombs are Missing!
Plane Tales
02/28/19 • 20 min
Six turning and four burning... what a sight it must have been to see the mighty Convair B36 Peacemaker fly. Less of a welcome sight would be watching a nuclear weapon being dropped by one in Canadian territorial waters only a few hundred miles North of Vancouver! This is the story of Bomber 075 and its sad ending!
The later marks of the Peacemaker had an additional 4 jet engines!
Convair XB-36 main landing gear.
The US Mk4 nuclear bomb.
Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to the USAF and the US Gov.
The Hardest Job in the Air Force
Plane Tales
02/10/19 • 20 min
On the APG show we have been discussing why the percentage of airline pilots in a stable relationship is so much higher than the average population. In this interview we discover what it’s like to be a pilot’s wife.
The photograph I took of Mrs A on the day we met. Taking the kids on their daly ride around the Base to see the kangaroos! The Airline Pilot’s Wife.Show more best episodes
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FAQ
How many episodes does Plane Tales have?
Plane Tales currently has 350 episodes available.
What topics does Plane Tales cover?
The podcast is about Leisure, Places & Travel, Society & Culture, Aviation and Podcasts.
What is the most popular episode on Plane Tales?
The episode title 'RAF Form 414, Vol 26' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Plane Tales?
The average episode length on Plane Tales is 18 minutes.
How often are episodes of Plane Tales released?
Episodes of Plane Tales are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of Plane Tales?
The first episode of Plane Tales was released on Jan 29, 2016.
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