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“Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been and there you will always long to return.” Leonardo da Vinci (or John Hermes Secondari) African Pilot’s aircraft of the week identification quiz Mystery aircraft: Curtis-Wright XP-55 Ascender The Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender is aRead more

“The ruling class has the schools and press under its thumb. This enables it to sway the emotions of the masses.” Albert Einstein African Pilot’s aircraft of the week identification quiz No prizes, but can you identify this aircraft? Last week’s aircraft proved to be rather easy, so let’s see who gets this one correct.Read more

“A man has honour if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.” Walter Lippmann African Pilot’s aircraft of the week identification quiz The Myasishchev M-55 (NATO reporting name: Mystic-B) is a high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft developed by OKB Myasishchev in the Soviet Union, similar inRead more

“You don’t make the poor richer by making the rich poorer.” Sir Winston Churchill African Pilot’s aircraft of the week identification quiz No prizes, but can you identify this aircraft? Last week’s aircraft proved to be rather easy, so let’s see who gets this one correct. Please send your answers to me and not toRead more