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Lecture at Royal Aeronautical Society at London Heathrow, British Airways

admin — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 09:33:04 +0000

There is a lecture on 8 December 2011 at the Heathrow branch of the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) by Albert Barnes about his 80 years in aviation, which started with seeing the Zeppelin at age 6 in Brighton.

Lecture starts at 18.15, 8th December 2011, at The Community Learning Centre, British Airways, Waterside, Harmondsworth, UB7 0GA, this is in London Heathrow.

For those who wish to attend, they should contact the Honorary Secretary for details.
Adrian Constable – Tel: 07951 069013
email – secretary@raeslhr.org.uk

It is essential to give the Secretary your name in ADVANCE.

If you want to learn more and if you are interested in airmail, airships and zeppelin mail, these sites might be of interest to you:

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100 years of Swiss aviation

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:07:56 +0000

Yesterday (March 10), 100 years ago: The first motor driven airplane took off from Switzerland. A Wright biplane brought in by train flew for five minutes over the frozen St. Moritzersee in Switzerland. The plane was piloted by Paul Engelhard. And 100 years later — Zurich has one of the largest and most modern airports with airline connections to all over the world. And Swiss International Air Lines (Swiss, LX) is one of the few European airlines making profit!

And the Swiss aerophilatelic community?!?! We are waiting for an invitation to join your centenuary festivity…. although German zeppelins had been frequently seen over Switzerland before that first flight with various recorded zeppelin mail drops over Switzerland between 1907 and 1910!!!

Anyhow… Congratulations to Switzerland for a centenuary of aviation!

Photo showing Engelhard in March 1910 flying over St. Moritz area, courtesy of Dokumentationsbibliothek St. Moritz

100 Zeppelin Letters, congratulations Bob!

admin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:08:11 +0000

Bob Wilcsek published in the Airpost Journal, the monthly pblication of the American Airmail Society, his 100th Zeppelin Letter. His first Zeppelin Letter column in the Airpost Journal was published in June 1992 and Bob continuesly fed his readership with stunning and interesting facts and discoveries on zeppelin mail. The February 2010 issue (Volume 81, Number 2) of the Airpost Journal printed now his 100th column. Incredible – might this fountain of information never run dry!

Congratulations Bob!

P.S. Has anyone counted the columns Bob wrote for the Zeppelin Post Journal?

New: eZEP-blog

admin — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 13:33:41 +0000

This blog is an aerophilatelic blog focusing on information on zeppelin mail, airship memorabilia and everything related to these areas. Let the news flow…..