Harry Irons’ logbook has been heavily used. The yellowing pages present information in a simple, emotionless context, but each and every entry has a story attached to it. In amongst the numerous training flights and air-tests are red entries, denoting an operation – no fewer than sixty. Steve Smith speaks to Sergeant Harry Irons DFC [...]
August 1942 saw the commencement of operations of what was to become the biggest daylight bombing force ever assembled. The Eighth Air Force of the United States Army Air Force (as it was then) came to be known as “The Mighty Eighth” and with good reason. Steve Smith takes a brief look back for AeroResource. [...]
Several gems of aviation history sit securely in steel clad hangars, forming part of a 17 acre complex on the western side of RAF Scampton. This is no museum however, and these pedigree aircraft have an active role within the military sphere of operations. Steve Smith and Mark Graham went to visit the Hawker Hunters [...]
On 4th May 2012, five men returned to a place that they had called home in the latter half or World War II. Some had not been back since to this place, that has become the stuff of legends, since 1945. Steve Smith was there for AeroResource.... The place in question is now a fairly [...]
The RAF Museum at Cosford received their latest addition in August 2011, the C-130 has been the work horse of forces throughout the world and early August marked the end for the RAF's XV202. Steve Smith was there for AeroResource... The latest addition to Cosford's inventory is unusually a type that is still in service [...]
The Northern Forties Historical Re-Enactment Group are attendees at numerous events across Britain, from country fairs to airshows and the chances are you will have come across a member before without realising it. The 21st and 22nd of May 2011 saw them host their own event at Halfpenny Green Airport near Wolverhampton. Steve Smith went [...]
Following on from their recent acquisitions of ex-RAF types, the Dominie, a Hercules and a Harrier, the latest arrivalat RAF Cosford in March 2012 is another ex-RAF airframe – Nimrod R1 XV249. Steve Smith reports for AeroResource... Things at Cosford are looking brighter with the arrival of several new airframes in the last 12 months. [...]
January 2011 will see the end of an aircraft that has been in RAF service since the 1960s and some of the oldest registered airframes in the UK Inventory. Mark Graham and Steve Smith paid a visit to RAF Cranwell to report on the life of this classic airframe for AeroResource… Hawker Siddeley Dominie T1 [...]
If you look hard enough, in the cemeteries surrounding any given airbase, you are bound to come across headstones belonging to the brave crewmen from those bases, which paid the ultimate price. Steve Smith recounts forgotten events for AeroResource… I often find time on my base visits to spend a few minutes in a [...]
The Royal International Air Tattoo is quite rightly regarded as one of the premier airshows in the World. In the run-up to the show day, the participation list was mouth watering. Usually in any show you can pick out a couple of highlights, a couple of unusual items that you’d look forward to seeing. No [...]
