John Kovalic
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John Kovalic
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Bespoke cartoonist. Currently working on games (mostly for Steve Jackson games) and books (fiction, non-fiction, kidlit…the usual).
(The Spitfire vid was after it landed, so the Merlin engine is shutting down. But the sound at takeoff? FASCIST-SHATTERING AMAZEBALLS!)

Anyway, here’s the Hurricane, landed, and another Spit’ and ‘Cane;
November 9, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Unexpected bonus: seeing a Spitfire and a Hurricane take off and - later - return presumably from a flyby somewhere else.

Good lord a Rolls Royce Merlin Engine is a marvelous thing to hear in person.
November 9, 2025 at 10:19 PM
My sister and I caught the crisp morning’s Remembrance Sunday service at RAF Duxford, which we were visiting anyway. It was quiet, powerful, and poignant.

The military band accompanied the hymns, and played the blithering recessional (at the Royal Anglian/East Anglian regimental memorial).
November 9, 2025 at 10:16 PM