Description: Blog of James Kightly, Professional Writer & Editor on Aviation History.
In the 1930s, de Havilland Aircraft's principal designer was Arthur Hagg. His grandson, Guy Hagg, recently shared the attached film that has been in the family, and recently digitised by Guy's brother, Mark Hagg. There is a wide variety of historic aircraft, and people visible, and I will endeavour to call some of them out. … Continue reading Arthur Hagg’s 30s DH Film
I'm pleased to announce I'm now working with Vintage Aviation News as Commissioning Editor. Founder Moreno Aguiari and Chief Editor Richard Mallory Allnutt have been building the coverage to a wider scope from the original warbird basis, to include more vintage, veteran and heritage aviation elements. This is a great fit for the topics I'm … Continue reading Vintage News Writing
Doug Morrison posted in the Aviation Historical Society of Australia Facebook page here, "About five years ago I was following up some old aerial survey operations and came across the bound volumes of The Zinc Corporation's in house magazine 'The Conveyor' at the State Library of NSW. Here is the cover from the April 1948 … Continue reading Surveyors Surveyed