Category Archives: aviation

Wordless Wednesday IL76

Posted on July 27, 2022 by bawdsey
Posted in aviation, blogger, Doncaster, flight, flying, great britain, life, travel, Uncategorized, Yorkshire | Leave a comment

Transformation Tuesday Mosquito

Posted on August 24, 2021 by bawdsey

Today has been a ‘down day’, a short gap between work cycles, and a day off from Viking Challenge preparation, I thought I’d ring the changes by breaking out some other plastic. Like many in the hobby I started out … Continue reading →

Posted in accurascale, Airfix, aviation, blog, bomber command, decals, finescale, flight, flying, history, Inspiration, justdoit, Lancaster, life, man cave, mancave, model, model photography, modeling, Modelling, Mosquito, new release, paint, reference, remembrance, research, revell, scale, scale modelling, skill, transformation tuesday, tuesday transformation, Uncategorized, victory europe, ww2 | Leave a comment

Throwback Thursday, Happy Christmas

Posted on December 24, 2020 by bawdsey

Well, 2020! This should probably be a #throwbackthursday post, not just because it’s a Thursday, but if you actually caught 2020, you’d certainly want to throw it back.. 2021 will have to go some to make it as memorable as … Continue reading →

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VE Day

Posted on May 8, 2020 by bawdsey

Written in 1944 by John Edmonds, the following epitaph seems particularly appropriate in these times. When you go home, tell them of us and say, For your tomorrow, we gave our today.

Posted in 2020, america, australia, aviation, blog, bomber command, canada, east kirkby, epitaph, europe, Friends, great britain, hero, history, Inspiration, iphoneography, john edmonds, john maxwell edmonds, just jane, Lancaster, life, new zealand, news, nx611, Old school, pilot, poem, remember, remembrance, Uncategorized, united kingdom, usa, ve day, victory europe, world war two, ww2 | 5 Comments

London ToyFair 2018 Airfix

Posted on January 25, 2018 by bawdsey

Here’s some aviation content, the new releases from Airfix for 2018 seen at the London Toyfair. The Hunter is one of the releases that interests me, it’s a classic 50’s and 60’s jet and reminds me of kicking the tyres … Continue reading →

Posted in Airfix, aviation, blogger, flight, history, hobbies, Hornby, modeling, Modelling, remembrance, toy fair, Uncategorized, world war two | Leave a comment

Driving home for Christmas

Posted on December 23, 2016 by bawdsey

A couple of years back in the run up to christmas, and a hundred thousand or so less hits ago, Davide at thenightflier blog, kindly allowed me to link to his ‘Drivers’ view from the office  albionyard/skyward-head-in-the-clouds/. It was a popular post, showing … Continue reading →

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this is why we fly

Posted on May 28, 2014 by bawdsey

Another one of the occasional posts showing life from the other side of the door, I’m lucky I get to see this from time to time. This is an Instrument approach into Queenstown EN Zed. I must go there one … Continue reading →

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Skyward, Head in the Clouds

Posted on December 11, 2013 by bawdsey

Many of my regular readers will know that I work in the aviation industry and have done so for many years. As part of that vocation I’ve been fortunate enough to ride ‘up front’ with the engine drivers on many occasions. … Continue reading →

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Six of the Best

Posted on July 28, 2013 by bawdsey

Some more stunning footage from the recently rebuilt Mosquito flying from Hamilton Airport in Canada with the CWH Lancaster, Spitfires, Hurricane and B25 Mitchell. The Mosquito is one of my favourite aircraft and I can remember being allowed access to … Continue reading →

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More Completely Different

Posted on December 28, 2012 by bawdsey

Approaching Remembrance Sunday I posted a linked clip of the New Zealand Mosquito KA114 restoration. Well there’s another one thats worth looking at, again the photography is stunning, as is the sound track, just enjoy it.

Posted in 2012, aviation, canada, canon, life, music, Nevard, new zealand, Photography, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment