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I just finished watching this old series I stumbled across on Youtube. It dates from the early seventies and deals with the early days of the Royal Flying Corps -particularly during the "Fokker scourge". It only ran for two seasons. At times it seems to have more soap opera than combat and...

This CNEWS article is reproduced under the fair dealing provisions of the Copyright Act. Two dead, 22 injured in Toronto shooting By Chris Doucette QMI Agency TORONTO -- A barbecue ended in bloodshed as a reckless exchange of gunfire erupted in an east-end neighbourhood late Monday killing...

For now, I guess this falls under the "What the hell?!"category until we get more information. This Reuters article reproduced under the Fair Dealing provisions of the Copyright Act: U.S. Coast Guard members shot dead By Reuters Two members of the U.S. Coast Guard were found shot to death at...

I just caught a bit of this on the radio. From QMI agency: A U.S. congresswoman was shot in the head at a Arizona grocery store during a public event Saturday morning, reports say. Gabrielle Giffords and at least 10 other people, including staff members of hers, were hurt after a shooting...

I have in front of me an older book about the Canadian Airforce: Canadian Wings copyright 1990. It shows a close up of the nose of a Buffalo SAR aircraft #458. Just below the pilot's side window is the representation of a stork -complete to top hat and swaddled infant. Below that are the...

I've always had a fascination with ships. Some time ago I looked through the threads on Katrina for information on this -to no avail-  and hopefully the topic is a bit more germane in light of the earthquake in Haiti. My question is this: When combatant ships (CPFs, 280s) are responding to a...

Shared with the usual caveats, from the Canadian Press: Top court creates libel defence for press By Mike Blanchfield, THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada offered journalists and bloggers a new defence against libel Tuesday in a pair of rulings that were hailed as a...

I noticed this in a video in the Edmonton Sun on line. The province of Alberta is considering putting these behemoths to use. It is, in fact, a 747 configured to act as an aerial firefighting tanker. It has the capacity to carry 20,000 gallons of firefighting agent (compared to 1,350 for a...

From the Canadian Press via CNEWS, with the usual disclaimers: Feds eye shipbuilding as economic stimulus By Murray Brewster, THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA - Part of the Conservative government's stimulus for the stumbling Canadian economy will be drawn from funds already earmarked for the...

I did a search and found nothing specific about this archaic (and often reviled) occupation, but since it is a subject near and dear to me, I thought I'd take a chance and start a thread on it. Given the proximity of November 11th, hopefully this is the right time for it.   I have a few...