Month: June 2019
Berlin
By John Sessions |
Against all odds, we mustered fourteen aircraft for the penultimate flight of Berlin Airlift 70, our trip to Berlin. At ...
Candy Bomber
By John Sessions |
I wasn’t sure how Germany and Germans would react to a D-Day Squadron trying to morph into a recreation of ...
Duxford
By John Sessions |
Many people familiar with HFF also are familiar with Duxford, a WWII air field preserved in 1940s style. The American ...
D-Day Minus 1, The Channel Crossing
By John Sessions |
On the last day of the Duxford shows, we launched a streaming take-off into a formation of over twenty C-47s ...
D-Day
By John Sessions |
In the brief, the motorways were to close at 6 a.m. Driving in the dark, our motorway access point was ...
May 27
By John Sessions |
Some of the Squadron left for Duxford in acceptable conditions. We discussed the possibility but decided (a benevolent dictatorship) this ...
May 28
By John Sessions |
Today we visited the Marine Hotel on the grounds of Royal Troon Golf Club, a frequent host for the British ...
May 29
By John Sessions |
We have had our quiet time. Now to discover if we remember how to fly the DC-3. The weather is ...