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  1. Grey Havoc

    Keeping history alive: Jumping from iconic wartime Dakotas for D-Day 80

    From a couple of days ago: View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9kuEujDjEM
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    • airborne forces d-day operation overlord parachute paratroopers world war ii
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  2. R

    Proposed parachute display in Rockcliffe museum.

    The last time I visited the Canadian Air and Space museum at Rockcliffe (a suburb of Ottawa, Canada) I noticed that the huge south wall was blank. The only exhibit was a dilapidated ejection seat that a young guide was trying to explain to tour groups. Her explanation left me under-whelmed. Mind...
  3. Grey Havoc

    Royal Enfield military projects

    To start this thread off, a 2020 Top Gear story on the development of the Royal Enfield Model RE airborne forces motorcycle, better known as the Flying Flea: https://www.topgear.com/car-news/british/small-motorbike-helped-win-ww2 (You will notice a few, mostly minor errors in the article.)
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    • airborne forces birmingham small arms company british army cold war enfield of india great britain interwar period parachute paratroopers the enfield cycle company limited world war i world war ii
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    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
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    Book on G. Q. Parachutes

    Back around 1980, G. Q. Parachutes (UK) published a corporate history entitled "Saved From Peril" or "Saved From Distress" or something like that. I saw a copy in a Boston bookstore in 1985. I have been kicking myself for not buying it!!!! By 1994, not even the G. Q. factory had any spare...
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