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  • November 1914 ~ Anthony realises his dream to learn to fly ~Almost!

    November 1914 ~ Anthony realises his dream to learn to fly ~Almost!

    The following extract from ‘Ancasta Guide me Swiftly Home‘ tells the story of Anthony who longs to learn to fly. Here he is sent initially to France as an Observer, taking photographs of the battle below. I have used various techniques including letters, story telling, conversation and the arrival of Harry Harper, the air correspondent of The Daily…

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  • Amazing Female Aviators in the Early 20th Century ~ Hilda Beatrice Hewlett

    Hilda Hewlett is my favourite of the early 20th Century aviators I discovered whilst researching, not only because she was English but I was also surprised to find out that she opened a factory making planes for the war effort (WW1) near to where I live in Leagrave, Bedfordshire. When I have time I hope…

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  • Amazing Female Aviators of the Early 20th Century ~ Bessie Coleman

    I love research and I’m looking forward to an autumn of delving into the background for the next novel in my Riduna series. (Having been prompted by several readers to do so) Sometimes it is the ‘blind alleys’ you get absorbed in that give you a gem of an idea for the future and my…

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  • Amazing Female Aviators in the Early 20th Century ~ Harriet Quimby 1875-1912

    Whilst researching for ‘Ancasta Guide me Swiftly Home’ I read a great deal about early aviators and was exciteded to read about Harriet Quimby, even though it had nothing to do with my novel. Anyone writing a novel knows how easy it is to get sidetracked and it led to me finding out about other…

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  • The Solent and Beyond ~ Virtual Social History Tour Post no 2 ~ Fort Grange

    For my second post in this series we are going to travel a short distance along Stokes Bay and follow the route of main road, until we pass Fort Grange, the second in a row of five Palmerstone fortresses. Four of these forts are still within the grounds HMS Sultan Naval Base, Gosport. The Aero…

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  • Harriet Quimby ~ First woman to fly across the English Channel in 1912 ~ another 100yr old flying fact

    I am just reading a biography of Jean Batten, one of the famous female world aviators of the early thirties and fascinating it is too, but it got me thinking about the pioneers in the era of my second novel, Ancasta (out very soon.) Although I have no women flying in my novel, I do have…

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  • May 1912 The RFC was born ~ Another 100 Year Old Flying Fact!

    In May 1912, one hundred years ago, The Royal Flying Corps was born, serving both the army and navy of the day. It took a while for the military to take these new air machines seriously, known as aeroplanes by that time. Up until then many in the military would not consider the potential of this…

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  • A Reflective Moment

    This afternoon I have been catching up on emails and Facebook. I have yet to click on Twitter and was in two minds as to whether to write a blog post today. You see, for nearly a month now I’ve had a bit of a break due to pressures of my other work. I was wondering how I…

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