Phil with Combat Dragon's A-37 Dragonfly , Sept 2009 photoshoot

INFORMATION ON DISPLAYS

NOTE - OCTOBER 2011 - This flightgear blog has been moved to a new host site to enable expansion - http://heritageflightgeardisplays.wordpress.com so please change your bookmarks for future reading.

WHATS NEW - LATEST UPDATES

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Sept 30 - Merchandise page added to blogand RAAF FAC in Vietnam War

Sept 9 -  Reenactors wanted for Australian flightgear living history group

Aug 6 - Early generation USAAF/USAF jet flight helmets, B-29 Korean War flight caps and more pilot flightgear film clips

July 30 - Cockpit collection part 4, historical flightgear film clips collection and new pilot photos

June 21 - Cockpitfest Australia Part 1 + 2 +3

June 12 - Pilot photos 1940-60s era

June 11 - Historical pilot photos

June 9 -  Interview with Lou Drendel - aviator and artist

May 15  -  1940-70s pilot photos

Apr 28 - More USAF/USN pilot photos 1940-60s and SRU-21/P survival vest examined

Apr 25 -  USAF / USN pilots 1940-1980s

Apr 17 - Test pilots 1940-80,  USAF ANG F-84 Thunderjet pilots 1950s and Flightgear book reviews

Apr 1  -  RAAF 90th Birthday Gala

Mar 26 - 1940-60s US Navy and USAF pilots /  Dust Off - Vietnam 

Mar  20 -  Luftwaffe  1959 pilot trainingand USAF O-1 Birdog FACS in Vietnam war and new subscription service to my blog

Mar 13 - RAAF Richmond heritage

Mar 12 - Air war Laos  - US and Lao pilot experiences

Mar 3 - US Navy ww2, USAF 1950s pilots, US Navy 1950s pilots, WW2 flightgear

Feb 28 -  HARS airshow review


Feb 25 -  So that others may live - CSAR in Vietnam


Feb 18 -  RAAF WW2 seat parachute acquired

Feb 17 - USAF TAC Recon RF-101 Vodoo Vietnam war pilot insight

Feb 12 - HARS airshow details

Feb 7 - USAF and ROKAF pilot photos 1950-60s.

Jan 29 - USAF pilot Vietnam War experiences

Jan 28 - VNAF - South Vietnam pilots reviewed

Jan 22 - RAAF Canberra bomber crews in Vietnam war and USAF pilots 1940-60s photos
Jan 19 - USAF Korean War pilot photos and USAF pilots 1960s

Jan 8 - RAAF LPU display

Jan 4 -  HGU-55/P RAAF helmet project

2011 - Jan 1 -  More RAAF F-111 Operations insight

Dec 27 - USAAF trainer aircraft from WW2 flightgear display

Dec 24 - USAF 1950s flightgear photos
Dec 18 - USAAF/USAF flightgear late 1940s


Dec 4  -  RAAF Retirement of F-111 special report

Nov 28 - RAAF F-111 Retirement media day report


Nov 14  - Flightgear collection updated, Photo displays for airshows, Photos inside a HG-2/P helmet


Nov 13 - Australian Warbirds Assn conference review


Oct 31 - RAAF F-4 and F-111 history article

Oct 27 - Upcoming Warbird Conference and new , About the author


Oct 18 - New heritage item acquired - 1950s era F-86 Sabre ejection seat

Oct  16 - Living history reenactments and warbirds and Ingham QLD airshow 2011 plans

Oct 10 - Small collection update from 2006

Oct 2  - Williamtown airshow report


Sept 19  - Report on Australian War Memorial Canberra - flightgear collectiom


August 27 - New format - information moved to individual pages, new link added for AOPA Australian Pilot magazine - i am the magazine's warbird news columnist and occ story writer.

August 27 - Classic 1950-60s fighter pilot songs

August 21 - RAAF airshow event details

August 8 - USAAF POE straps from WW2

August 5 - Albury warbird photo shoot planned
July 15 - F4 Phantom ejection seat update
July 2 - USAF flight suits designs WW2 to present day

June 25 - Korean War 60th Anniversary special - 77Sqn RAAF in Korea
June 6 - NEW - USAF USN 1950s headset , RAF C helmet and H mask WW2 set, HGU-55/p and MBU-12/P 1980s set , RAAF 1960-70s flight helmet set , USN 1960s APH-6B and MS22001 articles.
May 15 - USAAF WW2 era flight gear - helmets and gloves

May 10 - RAAF Mirage flightgear from 1960-80s and P-1 flight helmet / USAF Korean war flight cap. 

April 26 - New USAAF WW2 era seat parachute acquired 

April 25 - RAAF E flight helmet, USAF pilots 1950s and USAF Vietnam photos. 

April 15 - New book on flightgear - update 

April 1 - My F-4 Phantom ejection seat reviewed in detail 

March 27 - WW2/1950s flight boots and WW2 USAAF use of G-3/G-3A Anti g suit. 

March 1 - HARS Open day review. 

Feb 13 - John Bushell RAAF F-4 Phantom flying logbook shared with me plus links to RAAF F-4E Phantom histories. 

Feb 6 - Former RAAF F4 nav/bombardier visit collection. 

2010 - Jan 25 - AOPA magazine article on my flight gear.