A British fighter pilot was shot down over German occupied airspace during WWII and...
...was captured by the Nazis on the ground. He was beaten up pretty bad in the dogfight and parachute landing, and they had to amputate his leg, so he begged them "Please, if you have to take my leg, can you drop it over my base the next time you send a bombing mission?" The Nazis figured there w...
Why did the rookie technician allow a German zeppelin to fly over Allied airspace?
It was just a blimp on the radar.
My grandfather was in the air force in the Second World War, surviving over 30 combat missions in hostile airspace.
He was by far the worst pilot of the entire Kamikaze corps.
One 23rd of December, Santa's doorbell rings.
He opens the door and there is a little man there in a blue uniform with a peaked cap. "Evening!" he says, "...or whatever time it is up here. Hopkins, Civil Aviation Authority. It's time for your checkride".
Santa begs his pardon politely and Hopkins digs through the satchel he is carrying a...
A Secluded Beach Spot
I was at the beach with my wife the other day and we took a walk around an area with some pretty big rock bluffs and boulders and things. It was really nice, and surprisingly secluded for the area. Nobody was around but a bunch of seagulls. Terns, actually, my wife corrected me.
We find a spo...
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