More than the display of Vulcans and F16s at the Luechars airshow, what interested me more was the slowest of all the planes, Catalina. Used widely during World War 2, the Consolidated PBY Catalina is a flying boat – capable…
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Despite staying in Bangalore for a long time, I never managed to go to Aero India, a biennial airshow held in Yelahanka Air force station, Bangalore. When I got to know about airshow by Royal Air Force at Luechars, I…
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One of the common sights one gets to see in cities and towns of England and Scotland is statues. Statues of Kings & Queens, Dukes & Duchesses, royal family members, war heroes, prominent historical personalities, literary giants and many more….
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My first visit to Edinburgh was two years ago on supposed be a summer weekend. But I was greeted by cold wind and it was a completely overcast. An optimum day for me to do anything else but go out…
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One of the common sights while visiting museums or castles is, most of the visitors walking around with audio guides glued held on to their ears (which looks like as if everyone one is talking on cellphone). Put the strap…
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I was in London last week after a long gap of 20 months (this time as a tourist taking my mom and wife around the places). On the very first day we landed in London, the first place I took…
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