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Peter Elliott
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Curator Emeritus; Private Pilot; Expatriate Yorkshireman; PhD on the development of aviation museums.
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A pleasant bimble around Herts., Beds., Bucks., and Cambs., but I'd fogotten about the cold draught in that aeroplane!
View over the left (port) wing of a light aircraft, with the sun breaking through cloud above and lower cloud in the distance Broken cloud above the wing of a light aircraft, with further - lower - cloud on the horizon.
November 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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My article 'A national aviation museum for the United Kingdom for the United Kingdom: missed opportunity, or lost hope?' has just been published, and is available to read at www.tandfonline.com/eprint/GQ7VC...
Architect's site plan for 'A National R.A.F. Museum' on the South Bank in London
November 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Splendid #fireworks at last night's display in #StAlbans - we heard that there were 15,000 people in the crowd - raising funds for a local hospice.
Red fireworks above a layer of smoke, with spectators in the foreground. Fireworks light up the crowd and the lake in Verulanium Park. Orange and yellow fireworks, reflected by a lake.
November 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Two sessions covering a variety of topics, presented by erudite speakers. And me.

I look forward to you seeing me there!
avculturesconf.bsky.social Aviation Cultures Conference @avculturesconf.bsky.social · 18d
Reminder! Only 2 days to the free online Logbooks & AvDocs.

Did Guy Gibson 'fudge' his logbook? And one of our experts' 'smoking gun' document: "...reminding audiences that you can’t always trust the people you think you should be able to trust."

Join us! -JDK

aviationcultures.org/spotlights/l...
A sharp dressed man smiles at the camera, while holding a magnifying glass and looking at a document. It's Dr Peter Hobbins, who'll be presenting ‘Legal eagles: using legal sources to cross-examine aviation history.’ A 1940s bathing beauty sits in the lap of a pilot in this cartoon. Her ribbon reads 'Miss Anoxia'. Via Ester Aube, who will present on: ‘Aircraft Technical Documentation: Military Organizational Systems & Their Development During WWII.‘ Maybe the content won't be as dry as the title might suggest?
November 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Very pleased to see @midgegillies.bsky.social and @spitfirefilly.bsky.social in our local #WetRocks.
Books by Midge Gillies and Victoria Taylor on a shelf
November 6, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Spiffing evening at the Air Pilots Trophies and Awards Banquet at #Guildhall, with @dotee2025.bsky.social Complete with #Pikemen aand #Musketeers!
October 23, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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This #fox is the rather annoying blighter who has been digging in the flower pots and beds on our patio. We've tried various "deterrents" to no avail - any suggestions that won't involve horses and red coats?
A fox looking warily at the camera, at night. The fox is on the wall in the distance, having dug in the flower bed that runs along the top of the wall.
October 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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For #MainplaneMonday, a couple of images from this afternoon's trip: the first shows the drive leading to Wimpole Hall, north of Royston, and the second is clouds and fields near Peterborough.
View of the wing of a small aeroplane, with the drive leading to Wimpole Hall. The Cambridgeshire countryside viewed from a small aeroplane, with the sun shining through high cloud.
September 29, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Exercising my right, as a Freeman of the City, to drive sheep 🐑 across a London bridge.
Sheep with a group of Freemen at the start of our drive. Sheep being driven across Southwark Bridge
September 28, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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Our wedding anniversary usually coincides with #StAlbansBeerFestival - 44 years today with @dotee2025.bsky.social
An ageing married couple enjoying a beer festival.
September 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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That's 100 armful done for @givebloodnhs.bsky.social - I'm the #GivingType!
August 29, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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So much for bird-proofing!
August 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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@dotee2025.bsky.social
unlikelywords.bsky.social Aaron Cohen @unlikelywords.bsky.social · Aug 13
Same technology they use to keep cereal crispy in ice cream. Everyday there is more and more scientific evidence ice cream is good for you.
cbarbermd.bsky.social Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · Aug 13
NEW: Scientists made a sugar-coated nanoparticle that blocks the SARS-CoV-2 virus from binding to human cells — cutting infection in lab tests by ~99%.

Not a vaccine. A microscopic shield. 🛡️🦠 www.news-medical.net/news/2025081...

#BlueSky  #MedSky 🧪 #IDSky #SciSky#fmsky #pedsky
August 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Splendid trip to #Popham with @dotee2025.bsky.social for the Air Pilots fly-in. Rather challenging conditions, but we all got gizzits, including a miniature windsock!
August 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Splendid afternoon at the #Ealing #Beet festival. Beer, sunshine, friends, and #aircraft - what's not to like?
July 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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🎓 Applications are now OPEN for the RAF Museum Academic Awards 2025! ✈️

💷 £3,000 PhD Bursary
💷 £350 Master’s Prize
💷 £250 Undergraduate Prize

Research in RAF history, air power, strategy, museology & more welcome.

🗓️ Deadline 24 Oct
📧 Questions? megan.kelleher@rafmuseum.org
🔗 Apply: bit.ly/4lz46wa
Image shows: The RAF Museum 2024 MA Prize and PhD Bursary Winners, Jane Lowes and Michael Terry.
July 7, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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The Botanic Gardens in Porto are well worth visiting, with an impressive exhibition on biodiversity. Like #KewGardens, it has a good view of airliners approaching the airport.
March 2, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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First visit of 2025 to the National Archives, and I bumped into @spitfirefilly.bsky.social - I nearly always see someone I know when I'm at TNA.
February 5, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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And at the #Hatfield Branch on Wednesday 15th, Captain Rod Sears on test flying: www.aerosociety.com/events-calen...
January 6, 2025 at 11:13 AM