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Aircraft Histories and Articles
These brief histories and articles are written to help photographers caption their photographs and other to find out a little more about aircraft seen at airshows.
How to Caption Your Aircraft Photos
Most aircraft enthusiasts can tell you the difference between a Mk1 Spitfire and a MkIX* so knowing how to accurately caption your aircraft photos is important, especially if you want to sell them.
When the aircraft banks and the sun glints off the elliptical wings everyone in the 21st century airshow crowd looks up. Small boys point just as their counterparts did over seventy years ago and shout, “Spitfire”.
The story of how this Battle of Britain veteran ended up in the Imperial War Museum at Duxford.
Fast and agile, the P51 Mustangs that ranged over Europe during the last two years of the second world war probably played as larger part in Germany’s defeat as the Spitfire and Hurricane did in the Battle of Britain.
Catalina crews flew long, monotonous, maritime and anti-submarine patrols throughout World War II which took them took them far from land and out over the oceans of the world.
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Railway Articles
Ever wondered what all those numbers mean? Why is it a 4-6-0? Why did its number change and what is a Pacific? Here’s a simple guide to steam locomotive designations.
The North Norfolk Railway’s B12
Express passenger locomotive built in 1928 and preserved on the North Norfolk Railway in LNER apple green livery.
Weighing nearly 140 tons this clanking, steaming, smoking 9F heavy goods loco, now named Black Prince, spent its short working life hauling 1500 ton iron ore trains on Merseyside.
