CaliopesThe Road to ParadiseA mysterious discovery in a cave in the South of France…….9 min read·Sep 21, 2019----
CaliopesOne way to deal with post-retirement blues…Cross Greenland on skisThe crunch of Inuits walking through the snow outside the bright yellow clapper-board community centre masked the yapping of the huskies…15 min read·Jul 7, 2019----
CaliopesDog food chefI desperately need a job to help offset the cost of my pilot training5 min read·Jun 20, 2019----
CaliopesThe eccentric Flight Engineer‘ Electric Ed’ was an eccentric BOAC Flight Engineer on VC10’s. I was a First Officer and flew with him to Singapore in 19712 min read·Jun 20, 2019----
CaliopesThe games we used to play.To alleviate the boredom on long-haul flights on the Beach Fleet we played word games on the Passenger Address.3 min read·Jun 20, 2019----
CaliopesThe day Grandad got up my nose on the way to ChicagoThe terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers in New York changed aviation for ever. Security was tightened, baggage was screened, and thorough…4 min read·Jun 20, 2019----
CaliopesFlying a jet airliner at 50 feet over the AtlanticIn the late 1960’s flight simulators were in their infancy and didn’t accurately represent the flight characteristics of actual aircraft.2 min read·Jun 20, 2019----
CaliopesSex is emotion in motionOr how I failed miserably at my first attempt, at flying school in the late 1960's7 min read·Apr 25, 2019----
Caliopes“Bizarre death at Piarco! Visitor minced to bits by jet engine.”- -Trinidad Guardian January 16th 19907 min read·Apr 21, 2019----