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20th Century

Desert Mysteries Redux – Part Four

24th July 2024 Going Postal 0

In Part 3, I included a photograph of a Hawker Hart with most of its fabric covering stripped off as a potential Desert Mystery regarding its fate. Further research has revealed that K4907 apparently had [more…]

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The Road to Karachi

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To a newspaperman, I suppose, the real excitement of a special assignment is its glorious uncertainty. Like lightning, it never strikes the same place twice. A couple of summers ago I was sunbathing on the [more…]

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