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In Reach of The Skies: Aviation related stories from a life long enthusiast

Tuesday, 31 March 2026

Another Mig!

You wait for ages for a Mig to come along and then there are 2! Following closely from the 29 below here is a Hasegawa 1/72 Mig 27 'Flogger', a swing wing ground attack aircraft that first flew in 1975. Someone that I mistakenly thought of as a friend once painted a real one of these at Newark air museum. It has since been painted again but remains the only one in the UK and the only one I have seen.

Sunday, 29 March 2026

Perfect

When your office gives you the perfect retirement card🙂

Wednesday, 18 March 2026

Will it fly?

Interesting to see this. There are an awful lot if ney sayers out there but there seems to be a genuine attempt to fly Nimrod XV232 from Coventry to Manston. Personally I hope they pull it off.

Monday, 16 March 2026

Mig 29

An Airfix 1/72 scale kit of the Soviet fighter that first flew in 1977 and entered service 6 years later and is still in service today. This was built straight out of the box using kit decals and all went together quite well.