Matthew Willis (Naval Air History)
@navalairhistory.com
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Writer naval/aviation history. Words. Art. Photography. Silken Windhounds. He/him. Free Palestine.
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Blogpost about my Beaufighter vs Flak Ships book from Osprey
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Beaufighter vs German Flak Ships - Osprey
https://www.ospreypublishing.com/osprey-blog/2026/beaufighter-vs-german-flak-ships/
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Exhaust flame from Blue Bird K3 during a static engine run last week at Coniston
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Hey Jude
about 8 hours ago
Goodness I had absolutely no idea.
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flyingrodent
about 9 hours ago
Could it be that the problem isnโt that the public are too picky, finicky and impossible to please, or that theyโre on their damn phones? Could it instead be that the press keep putting their huge thumbs on the scales to promote and empower awful people whom the public do not like or want.
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Darren Hayman
about 21 hours ago
Todayโs painting. A Swallow painted onto a Welsh Beer drinks mat. Beermat painting. Watercolour.
darrenhaymanart.com
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Helen Macdonald
1 day ago
With the right sunset, flowering field beans can look deeply ominous
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Someone took this of me at work on the last day of Bluebird K7 The Festival
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My speculative artwork of the Saab A 36 is in this month's Aeroplane, now on news stands
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Ginger Nuts of Horror
1 day ago
Evil doesn't knock. It comes with a free alarm clock. Emmy winner Richard T. Wilson on horror, grief, and the banality of the damned.
#RichardTWilsonInterview
#HalloweenGirl
#HorrorComicshttps://gnofhorror.com/richard-t-wilson-interview-horror-of-everyday/
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DPA Design | Art that's smart
3 days ago
๐๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฉ-๐๐๐ ๐Buy it here on a variety of products:
tinyurl.com/WHLiftOff
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We Have Lift-Off by DPA Design | Redbubble
A classic 1980s rally car in a classic livery.
https://tinyurl.com/WHLiftOff
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Bluebird K7
2 days ago
Had to leave
#bluebirdk7thefestival
before any running happened this week but was great to see second driver DJ getting tips from Dave Warby on the slipway
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Bluebird K7
3 days ago
Blue Bird K3's fantastic triple run on Coniston Water yesterday
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เธฃโฯฮฑษณฮต โแงเธฃษฮตฦญษฆ ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
4 days ago
she's not a neonazi obsessed teen. she's a neonazi teen.
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Alex Blechman
3 days ago
Homer: And then Odysseus arrived on an island where everyoneโs butt was a head and their head was a butt Online guy complaining 3,000 years later: I am offended by this movieโs historical inaccuracies
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Elizabeth Blackstock
3 days ago
If you're looking for a way to pass the time during this Indy 500 rain delay, you COULD watch a YouTube video and help me get monetized!!!!!!
youtube.com/@eliz_blacks...
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Bluebird K7 planes!
4 days ago
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Mar Hicks
about 1 year ago
I walked down this weird street where all the houses were numbered things like 32K, 64K, 128K, 256K, and 1MBโฆ That was a trip down memory lane.
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Dreadnought Holiday
5 days ago
You might not get the history you expect with
@navalairhistory.com
, but by golly it will come with the appropriate receipts. I can't imagine he's ever seen a sacred cow without reaching for the burger buns and selection of relishes... Again, I mean this as a compliment.
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You: Please act normal you need these people to like you. Me: Okay! People: Hi. Me: It's a Kiev II which is a Soviet licence built version of the Zeiss Contax 2 and this one was made in 1954 so the same year as Bluebird
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Hush-Kit aviation news, history & satire
5 days ago
Still some tickets left for my free talk next week in Bristol!
bristol.events.mylibrary.digital/event?id=316298
#bristol
#avgeek
#history
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Lunchtime Lecture: History of Bristol Aviation
Forged in Bristol: Aircraft That Helped Crush FascismThis witty, well-informed talk explores the pivotal role of Bristol Aircraft in the fight against fascism during the Second World War. From the fac...
https://bristol.events.mylibrary.digital/event?id=316298
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Shai-Hulud Gilgeous-Alexander
5 days ago
I can now share that I've been awarded an
@acls1919.bsky.social
Project Development Grant to research the beginnings of US speculative fiction publishing!
tinyurl.com/ACLSprojectd...
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Recent Fellows
https://tinyurl.com/ACLSprojectdevelopment
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Notorious RBMK
5 days ago
partner's folks were in town and we went to see the Spruce Goose (Ilford HP5 Plus 400)
#filmphotographyspriceg
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Bluebird K7
5 days ago
Pics from todayโs second run. Seems so close, but they just need a little something more to get her up and skimming
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Ruskin Society
5 days ago
A landscape built, not posed. The wall gives the fells their rhythm.
#LakeDistrict
#Photography
#IlfordFP4
#WorkingLandscape
#DryStoneWalls
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Bluebird K7
5 days ago
In the meantime, here's K7 being manoeuvred at the jetty yesterday
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Bluebird K7
5 days ago
Two more runs from Bluebird K7 today. Despite adjustments, she still won't plane so the team running her will be looking at everything they can adjust to see if she can get over the hump and onto her points. Will sort some pics in a bit
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Darren Naish
6 days ago
I have accrued a small number of the 2017 hardcopy version of my book
#HuntingMonsters
and will sell some of them. Buuut ... sorry, not cheap.
#books
#cryptozoology
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Kate Watson
6 days ago
This exactly mirrors my experience.
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Sam Whyte
6 days ago
Is there a good app for learning, like, a variety of things? On memrise I learnt lots of capital cities, football grounds, physiology, medical prefixes, yadda, yadda. It's gone subscription only as Brainscape, so I'm after a similar app.
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My photo at top of BBC story on Bluebird K7 The Festival
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Bluebird high-speed Coniston run hit by 'technical issues'
The restored hydroplane is being worked on by engineers on day three of its Coniston Water return.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c072p9ey2kpo
6 days ago
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Today at Bluebird K7 The Festival
6 days ago
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Bluebird K7
6 days ago
K3 runs! Two planing runs along Coniston Water from Blue Bird K3, Sir Malcolm Campbell's speed record boat from 1937
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Bluebird K7
6 days ago
Plan today for Bluebird K7 The Festival is to put K3 on the water so if there's a suitable weather window she can go straight out. K7 will be brought down onto the shore so there should be great views of her by the lake. As usual, she will run if possible but only if weather is suitable
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Bluebird K7
6 days ago
And here's K3 running her V12 engine on the water yesterday as a taster for what we hope to see today
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Jo Grady
7 days ago
Yesterday Kier Starmer announced Labour will nationalise British Steel, and save 2700 jobs. Today, the Uni of Nottingham put 2700 staff at risk of redundancy. This is just one university. Across the UK 15,000 higher education jobs need saving. Where is the rescue package for our universities?
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What's got two thumbs and has a painting of Donald Campbell displayed on the stand of Don Wales, Donald's grandson
7 days ago
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Bluebird K7
7 days ago
Sir Malcolm Campbell's 1937 speed record boat is afloat on Coniston Water for the first time ever. She just ran her engine, a Rolls-Royce V12, with a huge blast of flame, which I completely failed to photograph
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Bluebird K7
7 days ago
Blue Bird K3 running her V12 earlier
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Bluebird K7
7 days ago
Possible run of Blue Bird K3 this afternoon if the weather plays ball. Engine run in the compound soon. She will be LOUD. K7 is on public display by the wall but will probably not run today
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Slightly increase a band The Credible String Band
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8 days ago
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Slightly increase a band Electric Heavy Orchestra
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Joanne Harris
8 days ago
Slightly increase a band: Exodus
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Michelle, a good witch
8 days ago
I got a new pen that can write under water. It can write other words as well.
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Ash
8 days ago
Labour MPs calling for an orderly transition but unfortunately their government needs to be at least 18 years old with four doctors to sign off first
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Bluebird K7
8 days ago
Bluebird K7 returns to Coniston Water!
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Bluebird K7
8 days ago
What. A. Day.
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Bluebird K7
8 days ago
Jet start up
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Bluebird K7
8 days ago
Things will be happening soon
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Bluebird K7
8 days ago
Dave Warby in the cockpit of Bluebird K7. System and safety checks this morning, hopefully a run later
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