Michael Napier
@michaelnbooks.bsky.social
Former military and commercial pilot - now author of books on military aviation history
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Another rose still blooming despite frosts, torrential rain and a hailstorm. Precious Amber - a really striking colour which we first saw at RHS Hyde Hall. 🌱🇬🇧
November 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Another rose still blooming despite frosts, torrential rain and a hailstorm. Precious Amber - a really striking colour which we first saw at RHS Hyde Hall. 🌱🇬🇧
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November 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Excited @coldwarpod.bsky.social listeners gather to discuss the latest episode... coldwarconversations.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Excited @coldwarpod.bsky.social listeners gather to discuss the latest episode... coldwarconversations.com
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Finland ❤️ northern light
November 22, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Finland ❤️ northern light
Weekend reading! A historical thriller - highly recommended 😀
November 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Weekend reading! A historical thriller - highly recommended 😀
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Probably my favorite image from the aurora last week. Shot in Duluth, Minnesota. Someone told me it looks like a stoplight in the sky, and now I can't unsee it.
#photography #landscape #landscapephotography #night #nightsky #aurora #minnesota #nature #northernlights #auroraborealis
#photography #landscape #landscapephotography #night #nightsky #aurora #minnesota #nature #northernlights #auroraborealis
November 20, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Probably my favorite image from the aurora last week. Shot in Duluth, Minnesota. Someone told me it looks like a stoplight in the sky, and now I can't unsee it.
#photography #landscape #landscapephotography #night #nightsky #aurora #minnesota #nature #northernlights #auroraborealis
#photography #landscape #landscapephotography #night #nightsky #aurora #minnesota #nature #northernlights #auroraborealis
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The lighthouse at Flamborough Head
Explore more of my landscape photography here www.andrewbrooksartist.com/landscape-ph...
Explore more of my landscape photography here www.andrewbrooksartist.com/landscape-ph...
November 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The lighthouse at Flamborough Head
Explore more of my landscape photography here www.andrewbrooksartist.com/landscape-ph...
Explore more of my landscape photography here www.andrewbrooksartist.com/landscape-ph...
Had the pleasure of interviewing David Price at the Shipston Book Festival a couple of months back - a great story!
November 14, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Had the pleasure of interviewing David Price at the Shipston Book Festival a couple of months back - a great story!
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Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery has its wonderful Pre-Raphaelites back on show
November 12, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery has its wonderful Pre-Raphaelites back on show
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So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987
YouTube video by Reagan Library
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October 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
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October 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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#OnThisDay in 1945, the last of 11,461 Vickers Wellingtons was delivered, a Mk X.
Read our Wellington profile at www.classicwarbirds.co.uk/british-airc... #aviation #history
Read our Wellington profile at www.classicwarbirds.co.uk/british-airc... #aviation #history
October 25, 2025 at 10:58 AM
#OnThisDay in 1945, the last of 11,461 Vickers Wellingtons was delivered, a Mk X.
Read our Wellington profile at www.classicwarbirds.co.uk/british-airc... #aviation #history
Read our Wellington profile at www.classicwarbirds.co.uk/british-airc... #aviation #history
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Kassel was bombed #OTD 22/23 October 1943 by 569 aircraft dropping 1,800 tons of bombs & nearly half a million incendiaries. A firestorm was created, the city centre was destroyed, 10,000 were killed & 100,000 were made homeless. 43 aircraft were lost and 240 aircrew were killed.
#WW2 #History
#WW2 #History
October 23, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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10 other wooden wonders: hushkit.substack.com/p/10-wooden-...
October 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
10 other wooden wonders: hushkit.substack.com/p/10-wooden-...
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Happy Publication day to me! 🥳
Jungle Commandos is out now! @ospreypublishing.bsky.social
Jungle Commandos is out now! @ospreypublishing.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Happy Publication day to me! 🥳
Jungle Commandos is out now! @ospreypublishing.bsky.social
Jungle Commandos is out now! @ospreypublishing.bsky.social
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I want to grow on here. If you enjoy what I (and we) do, please do recommend us. Much appreciated (Corsair edition of this tweet)
October 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I want to grow on here. If you enjoy what I (and we) do, please do recommend us. Much appreciated (Corsair edition of this tweet)
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Pic from my talk "Penguins and Chop Girls: Remembering RAF Bomber Command ground personnel 1939-45" for the Lincoln Branch of the @histassoc.bsky.social last night. I really enjoyed it, and I got some wizard questions. @uolhumanities.bsky.social @nmtdambusters.bsky.social #History #WW2
October 7, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Pic from my talk "Penguins and Chop Girls: Remembering RAF Bomber Command ground personnel 1939-45" for the Lincoln Branch of the @histassoc.bsky.social last night. I really enjoyed it, and I got some wizard questions. @uolhumanities.bsky.social @nmtdambusters.bsky.social #History #WW2
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Use discount code LASERMANGO15 for 15% discount on The Hush-Kit Book of Warplanes if you order via Substack or my social channels before 12 October 2025.
October 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Use discount code LASERMANGO15 for 15% discount on The Hush-Kit Book of Warplanes if you order via Substack or my social channels before 12 October 2025.
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I've been asked to do another talk, a webinar 13:00, 15th Oct. "The International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive:
An Inclusive Approach to Dealing with Difficult Heritage" #History #Heritage
An Inclusive Approach to Dealing with Difficult Heritage" #History #Heritage
Heritage Horizons | Lincoln Conservation
www.lincolnconservation.co.uk
October 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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The unveiling of the IBCC spire and memorial was 10 years ago today. The archive team didn't see much of the pomp, we stuck our heads out of our tent to watch the flypasts, but most of the time we were meeting veterans and their families. We took in 24 collections.
October 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The unveiling of the IBCC spire and memorial was 10 years ago today. The archive team didn't see much of the pomp, we stuck our heads out of our tent to watch the flypasts, but most of the time we were meeting veterans and their families. We took in 24 collections.
Happy 10th Anniversary! "Tornado Over the Tigris" first published in 2015 and still going strong 😁
October 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Happy 10th Anniversary! "Tornado Over the Tigris" first published in 2015 and still going strong 😁
Lake Vyrnwy...
September 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Lake Vyrnwy...