Latest updates

I got a bit carried away while I was writing The Big Book of Flight and realised, once I came up for air, that there was no way everything I’d produced would fit into any reasonably sized book. As a result, a few bits and pieces – some of which I was very...

I’m very pleased indeed that after a few months gestation, my new T-shirt company, Project Cancelled is finally up and running.  After realising that, in comparison to sci-fi or cult movie fans, aviation enthusiasts got a raw deal in the t-shirt stakes, I thought I’d try to do something about it.  Project Cancelled...

My latest tome, The Big Book of Flight is on sale now! It’s been described as a kind of aviation version of The Dangerous Book for Boys and there’s certainly something in that. It was inspired by the fabulous books on aircraft that captured my imagination when I was growing up. I wanted...

Available Now VULCAN 607 30th ANNIVERSARY LIMITED EDITION I’m very pleased to be able to share the news that the limited edition of Vulcan 607 is on sale now. It’s a handsome looking thing too. Slipcased and bound a new camouflaged cloth design, debossed with the Vulcan’s distinctive silhouette and including an exclusive...

I never managed to fly aboard Concorde before she retired. I’ve regretted it ever since. Thankfully, I didn’t make the same mistake with Thunder City. Based in Cape Town, South Africa, Thunder City was a unique operation, run by businessman Mike Beachyhead. It was the only place in the world where a punter...

In April this year, a business trip took me to Charleston, South Carolina.  Once the catalyst for the civil war, then city still has real historical charm.  It’s also home to over fifty USAF C-17 Globemasters from the 437th Air Wing and 315th Air Wings, USCG helicopters and a Boeing factory, now making...

One of the real privileges made possible by writing is the chance, every so often, to enjoy money-can’t-buy experiences.  In August 2004, while I was researching Vulcan 607, just three days before returning to Brize Norton to fly out to the Falklands, I was lucky enough to fly on board a 101 Squadron...