The Driver’s Seat

They don’t make them like they used to…
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An old favourite re-done
A sad end to a majestic and iconic British aircraft…
Join me on a transatlantic KLM flight heading towards Europe. Listen to what the pilot has to say.
Join me on a KLM flight and listen to the safety briefing many of us, I suspect, don’t listen to.
Now that’s what I call a hair dryer!
If the firing pin interrupter mechanism didn’t work, there was every chance you would shoot your own propellor off.
Right hotel room, wrong lens! A great view of London City Airport from my hotel room but I didn’t bring my long lens with me on this trip.
A curious way to look at an aircraft perhaps. For a long time, I rejected this image but, for some reason, it works for me today…
When flying was exciting!
Following on from my image of the Jet Provost, here’s an image of the Piston Provost, the predecessor of the Jet Provost.
The De Havilland Beaver. A fine aircraft.
There was a time when aircraft flew without the aid of computers….
The Ground Crew
The Cockpit
The Harrier (2)
The Spotter Plane
The Vintage Flyer
The Power Dive
The Beaver
From the days when every flight was an adventure…
The Good Old Days
The Avro Lancaster
The Engine
The Cockpit and Mask
The Cockpit
The Pilot
The P51D Mustang
The Russians Are Coming!
The Pilot
The Departure
The Harrier
You can’t beat a five minute sit-down…
The Sitting
The Pilot
The Night Fighter
The Silver Bird
The Roll-Back
An airport worker shelters from the rain….
The World’s Most Expensive Rain Shelter
The Hawk
The Intestines
The Cockpit (3)