“Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power.” Aldous Huxley Anderson Greenwood AG-14 (Information from Wikipedia) Anderson Greenwood’s sole aircraft design was a collaborative effort of three engineers: Ben Anderson, Marvin Greenwood & Lomis Slaughter Jr. The name of the last member of the design team was not includedRead more
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“It was not the tycoons of big business, it was not the working classes, it was the intellectuals who reversed the trend toward political freedom and revived the doctrines of the absolute State, of totalitarian government rule, of the government’s right to control the lives of the citizens in any manner it pleases. This time,Read more
“Most of the major ills of the world have been caused by well-meaning people who ignored the principle of individual freedom, except as applied to themselves and who were obsessed with fanatical zeal to improve the lot of mankind-in-the-mass through some pet formula of their own. The harm done by ordinary criminals, murderers, gangsters andRead more
“The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to prevailing superstition or taboo.” H. L. Mencken Since last week’s mystery aircraft was very easy to identify, according to the number of correct answers I received, this week I have provided another interestingRead more
“Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all.” Hypatia of Alexandria PLZ M15 Belphegor (Information from Wikipedia) The PZL M-15 was a jet-powered sesquiplane designed and manufactured by the Polish aircraft company WSK PZL-Mielec for agricultural aviation. In reference to both its strange looks andRead more
“The system of private property is the most important guaranty of freedom, not only for those who own property, but scarcely less for those who do not.” Friedrich August von Hayek Since last week’s mystery aircraft was relatively easy to identify, according to the number of correct answers I received, this week I have providedRead more
“Just as an enemy is more dangerous to a retreating army, so every trouble that fortune brings attacks us all the harder if we yield and turn our backs.” Lucius Annaeus Seneca The Bell X-22 was an American V/STOL X-plane with four tilting ducted fans. Take-off was to selectively occur either with the propellers tiltedRead more
“War does not determine who is right, only who is left.” Bertrand Russell Since last week’s mystery aircraft was relatively easy to identify, according to the number of correct answers I received, 59 correct this week I have provided another interesting aircraft type. Please send your answers to me at editor@africanpilot.co.za. I will publish theRead more
“Socialism is great until you run out of other people’s money” Maggie Thatcher Bristol Brabazon (Information from Wikipedia) The Bristol Type 167 Brabazon was a large British piston-engined propeller-driven airliner designed by the Bristol Aeroplane Company to fly transatlantic routes between the UK and the United States. The type was named Brabazon after the BrabazonRead more
Extract from a prayer ‘For my old age’: “I ask for sufficient grace to be able to listen to the accounts of other People’s illnesses and complaints. Help me to suffer this with patience but seal my lips when I begin to talk about my own aches and pains. They are increasing and the satisfactionRead more