"the most widely read aviation magazines in the world, including readers ""in the RAF or connected with flying."" Johns' opposition to appeasement is reflected in some of his books. For example, in ""The Black Peril"" (1935) the storyline revolves around German preparations for conquest. Even more advanced in his thinking, for that time, was the story ""Biggles Air Commodore"" (1937) which alludes to Japanese preparations for conquest of British colonies in the Far East. Apart from ""Biggles"", his other multi-volume fiction series were: Johns also wrote eight other books of juvenile fiction, twelve books of fiction for adults, and eight"
"Captain Lorrington ""Gimlet"" King Captain Lorrington ""Gimlet"" King is a character created by the British author W.E. Johns, best known as the creator of Biggles and Worrals. The name 'Gimlet' is derived from a sharp implement resulting in a term for someone with keen eyesight. Johns is thought to have been inspired by Major 'Gimlet' Champion, one of his commanding officers during his flying career. The rest of the name may have been inspired by South African soldier and adventurer William Lorraine King who died shortly before the first novel was published. The books which were published during and after"
"Worrals Flight Officer Joan Worralson, better known as ""Worrals"", is a fictional character created by W. E. Johns, more famous for his series of books about the airman Biggles. Worrals was a member of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) in the Second World War. She has a sidekick called Betty ""Frecks"" Lovell. Johns modelled Worrals on two female aviators of his acquaintance, Amy Johnson—whom he knew as ""Johnnie"" Mollison, from which Worrals' name is presumed to derive—and Pauline Gower. The first six books were written and set during the Second World War; the remainder mainly in places remote or"
"significantly in ""Biggles follows on"" (1952) http://www.gimlet.co Captain Lorrington ""Gimlet"" King Captain Lorrington ""Gimlet"" King is a character created by the British author W.E. Johns, best known as the creator of Biggles and Worrals. The name 'Gimlet' is derived from a sharp implement resulting in a term for someone with keen eyesight. Johns is thought to have been inspired by Major 'Gimlet' Champion, one of his commanding officers during his flying career. The rest of the name may have been inspired by South African soldier and adventurer William Lorraine King who died shortly before the first novel was published. The"
"reflecting the creation of the Royal Air Force with its own ranks), who is already involved with the intelligence side of operations. Biggles is accompanied by his cousin Algernon ('Algy') Lacey and his mechanic Flight Sergeant Smyth, who are to accompany Biggles on his adventures after the war; added to the team in 1935 is the teenager Ginger Hebblethwaite. W. E. Johns was himself a First World War pilot, although his own career did not parallel that of Biggles particularly closely. The author's initial war service was as an infantryman, fighting at Gallipoli and on the Macedonian front. He was"
"officer rather than a pilot: his final rank was Flying Officer (equivalent to Lieutenant in the RFC) rather than the ""Captain"" he later claimed as part of his pen name. While the purpose of the Biggles stories was to entertain adolescent boys, in the First World War stories Johns paid attention to historical detail and helped recreate the primitive days of early air combat, when pilots often died in their first combat and before devices such as pilot's oxygen supply and parachutes had become practical. Various models on which the Biggles character might have been based have been suggested, including"
"head Jack L. Warner in his autobiography ""My First Hundred Years in Hollywood"", described the actor Errol Flynn in the following way: """"To the Walter Mittys of the world he was all the heroes in one magnificent, sexy, animal package"""". The short story deals with a vague and mild-mannered man who drives into Waterbury, Connecticut, with his wife for their regular weekly shopping and his wife's visit to the beauty parlor. During this time he has five heroic daydream episodes. The first is as a pilot of a U.S. Navy flying boat in a storm, then he is a magnificent"
"John Blackthorne John Blackthorne is the hero of James Clavell's 1975 novel ""Shōgun"", and is loosely based on the life of the 17th century English navigator William Adams, who was the first Englishman to visit Japan. The character also appears in the 1980 TV miniseries ""Shōgun"", played by Richard Chamberlain. In the novel, Blackthorne is a described as a navigator, who is the ""first English pilot ever to get through Magellan's Pass,"" working for Dutch traders in 1600 who navigates his ship, the ""Erasmus"", to Japan, where he and the surviving crew are immediately imprisoned. A Protestant like his crewmates,"
"novel ""War Story"" is about a fictional Hornet Squadron flying the F.E.2b, and later the F.E.2d, giving an account of flying the fighter in the months leading up to the Battle of the Somme. Robert Radcliffe's novel ""Across the Blood-Red Skies"" is narrated by an F.E.2 pilot, and offers an insight into the skills required to fly the aeroplane. William Stanley's novel ""One Spring in Picardy"" is the story of a night bomber FE2b squadron in France in the spring of 1918. Captain W.E. Johns' character Biggles starts his operational career in the fictional 169 squadron, flying the F.E.2b. The"
"Charter Pilot Charter Pilot is a 70-minute 1940 drama film, directed by Eugene Forde and produced by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. The film stars Lynn Bari, Lloyd Nolan, Arleen Whelan and George Montgomery. ""Charter Pilot"" depicts pilots flying cargo flights in the Honduras. King Morgan (Lloyd Nolan), chief pilot for W. J. Brady Charter Pilots, Inc., and his mechanic, Charlie Crane (George Montgomery) proves he can handle any type of weather in hauling cargo. King is also a famous pilot because his girl friend, Marge Duncan (Lynn Bari) has made him the daring hero of the radio show, named"
"eyes, she relates a family legend that she is descended from a shipwrecked Englishman who became a samurai. Dunross considers the story implausible. John Blackthorne John Blackthorne is the hero of James Clavell's 1975 novel ""Shōgun"", and is loosely based on the life of the 17th century English navigator William Adams, who was the first Englishman to visit Japan. The character also appears in the 1980 TV miniseries ""Shōgun"", played by Richard Chamberlain. In the novel, Blackthorne is a described as a navigator, who is the ""first English pilot ever to get through Magellan's Pass,"" working for Dutch traders in"
"as portrayed by Sharlto Copley) is a gifted, albeit insane, can-fly-anything pilot. Aptly named, Captain Murdock displays symptoms of mental instability, as demonstrated by his weekly obsessions (ranging from inanimate objects to role playing). Whether or not he is in fact insane is often debated, due to demonstrations in his fine tuned skills of acting and mimicry. In the 1993 animated television series """", the main characters Chance Furlong and Jake Clawson have the call signs ""T-Bone,"" and ""Razor,"" respectively. Although their call signs are technically their SwatKAT aliases, they frequently refer to each other by their call sign even"
"forming a close friendship with his young cousin Algy (the Hon. Algernon Montgomery Lacey). A study of the short stories featuring his First World War exploits, suggests that he claimed at least 32 kills and was shot down or crash-landed eight times. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and the Military Cross and bar. After the Great War, Biggles' adventures as a freelance charter pilot, took him around the world in an unidentified amphibian named the ""Vandal"" (often illustrated on covers, anachronistically, as either a Supermarine Walrus or Supermarine Sea Otter). The nearest ""real"" aircraft that fits W. E."
"Biggles, sex and alcohol in ""By Jove, Biggles: The Life of Captain W. E. Johns"" (1981) by Peter Berresford Ellis and Piers Williams. In the 1950s, a popular Australian radio version of Biggles, ""The Air Adventures of Biggles"", was made under licence. Johns did not write the scripts and apparently ended the contract after receiving complaints from young readers that the storyline had made Biggles ""go soft"" by taking up a blonde female lover. Another female character appears in the form of Worrals (Flight Officer Joan Worralson), eponymous heroine of a related series of books featuring this resourceful and ""plucky"""
"three days through engine failure – crashing into the sea, then the sand, and then through a fellow officer's back door. Later, he was caught in fog over the Tees, missed Hartlepool and narrowly escaped flying into a cliff. Shooting one's own propeller off with a forward-mounted machine-gun with malfunctioning synchronisation was a fairly common accident, and it happened to Johns twice. The Commanding Officer at Marske was a Major Champion, known as 'Gimlet', a name used later by Johns for the hero of a series of stories. During this time Johns's probationary commission was confirmed and he served as"
"a test pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force. Early story-lines featured futuristic science-fiction themes such as piloting a rocketship to the Martian moon Deimos; however later stories were more rooted in present-day themes. Although fairly obscure in the English-speaking world since it did not appear in English translation, the comics series nevertheless gained a small measure of notoriety in 2009 in the United States as a result of speculation concerning the identity of the 1971 airplane hijacker who came to be known as D. B. Cooper, but who had actually identified himself as ""Dan Cooper"". The Cooper Research Team"
"Stars"", is often assumed to have been taken from the Latin motto of the RAF, ""Per ardua ad astra"". However, the literal translation of the RAF motto is ""Through adversity to the stars"". The alternative title, ""Johnny in the Clouds"", is derived from the poem recited in the film as tribute to a dead aviator. Pilot Officer Peter Penrose (John Mills) is posted in the summer of 1940 as a pilot to (the fictional) No. 720 Squadron, at a new airfield, RAF Station Halfpenny Field. He is a very green ""15-hour sprog"" Bristol Blenheim pilot and is assigned to B"
"Farman MF.11 The Maurice Farman MF.11 ""Shorthorn"" is a French aircraft developed before World War I by the Farman Aviation Works. It was used as a reconnaissance and light bomber during the early part of World War I, later being relegated to training duties. The Maurice Farman Shorthorn was the aircraft in which Biggles, Capt W.E. Johns' fictional character, first took to the air in ""Biggles Learns To Fly"". A pusher configuration unequal-span biplane like the earlier Farman MF.7, the MF.11 differed in lacking the forward-mounted elevator, the replacement of the biplane horizontal tail surfaces with a single surface with"
"John C. Morgan John Cary ""Red"" Morgan (August 24, 1914 – January 17, 1991) was a United States Army Air Forces pilot in World War II who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during a 1943 bombing run over Germany, which also inspired the character of 2nd Lieutenant Jesse Bishop in the novel and film ""Twelve O'Clock High"". Born August 24, 1914, in Vernon, Texas, son of attorney Samuel A. Morgan Sr. and Verna Johnson Morgan, Morgan graduated from a military school in 1931 and then attended several colleges, including Amarillo College, New Mexico Military Institute, West Texas"
"etc.). They easily win the race and the government contract...for Junior. While John's happy for his son, his joy is soon (somewhat) crushed when the government tells him that they need ten-thousand more just like him—John realizes that he and Mary have some serious procreating to do. One Cab's Family Little Johnny Jet Little Johnny Jet is a 1953 Metro Goldwyn Mayer cartoon short directed by Tex Avery about a ""family"" of airplanes. This is also comparable to the 1952 short, ""One Cab's Family"". The cartoon follows the story of a B-29 Bomber named John (voiced by Daws Butler), who"
"to incompetent superiors, or defending other enlisted men from overzealous courts-martial. He spent almost as much time clashing with superior officers as the Germans, and on two occasions in ""I Flew With Braddock"" he came fairly close to being court-martialled for assaulting a superior officer (although one incident was a misunderstanding and the other was under severe provocation). The narrator of these stories was his hero-worshipping navigator, George Bourne (a Dr. Watson-type narrator, a relatively sophisticated device for juvenile fiction). Braddock was so highly regarded that he had carte blanche to pick his own flight crew, and was frequently called"
"cabin boy Tom, pirates Willy and Barnabas, and Master Mate. His mortal enemy is Cut-Throat Jake, captain of the ""Flying Dustman"". Captain Horatio Pugwash made his debut in a comic-strip format in the first issue of ""The Eagle"" in 1950, then appeared regularly as a strip in ""Radio Times"". In 1957 the BBC commissioned a series of short cartoon films produced by Gordon Murray. Ryan produced a total of 86 five-minute-long episodes for the BBC, shot in black-and-white film, but later transferring to colour. Ryan used a real-time technique of animation in which cardboard cutouts of the characters were laid"
"on Lieutenant Donald S. Brubaker, who like his counterpart, was a 29-year-old Naval Reservist from Denver recalled to active duty aboard . The basis for Admiral Tarrant was Rear Admiral John Perry, the carrier division commander at the time; that of Lee was Commander Marshall U. Beebe, CAG aboard ""Essex"" in 1951 and technical advisor for the film; and Forney on Chief (NAP) Duane Thorin, himself a colorful enlisted pilot known for his trademark non-regulation green headgear. The pilot's rescue attempt at the climax of the novel and film was a composite of a pair of unrelated rescue attempts on"
"any members of the crew who might still be in the ship and for 2 hours he flew in formation with one hand at the controls and the other holding off the struggling pilot before the navigator entered the steering compartment and relieved the situation. The miraculous and heroic performance of 2d Lt. Morgan on this occasion resulted in the successful completion of a vital bombing mission and the safe return of his aircraft and crew. John C. Morgan John Cary ""Red"" Morgan (August 24, 1914 – January 17, 1991) was a United States Army Air Forces pilot in World"
"of each airship to capture giant Teddy Bears, blow up sand castles, and save Sarge from being melted by kids with a magnifying glass. The main character is a Green Air Cavalry pilot named Captain William Blade. This game has over 12 missions with three extra choppers to unlock. The first helicopter is a Huey, then a Chinook, a Super Stallion, and finally an Apache. There are also three extra co-pilots to unlock. The first pilot is 'Woodstock', then 'Rawhide', next is 'Hardcore', and lastly Sargent Hawk. Captain William Blade, the leader of the newly formed Alpha Wolf Battalion, does"
"Corkin: Terry's flight instructor in the Air Force, who delivers the Sunday page lecture on military duty. Taffy Tucker: Flip's girlfriend, an Army nurse. She briefly develops amnesia and is rescued by Pat, and they connect romantically. She returns to Flip after regaining her memory. Hotshot Charlie: Charles C. Charles, a comically flippant Boston pilot who becomes Terry's best friend in the Air Force. After the war ends, he is stifled by civilian life and jumps at the chance to help Terry out in post-war Asia doing government work. Captain Blaze: A boisterous English pirate who helps Terry and Pat"
"Adventures of Royal Leonard. See www.bmartinauthor.com for details. Royal Leonard Captain Royal Leonard (April 3, 1905 - June 21, 1962), a Texan pilot who previously flew for TWA, was, in 1935-1941, the personal pilot of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. He was born on April 3, 1905 in Wisconsin. In 1935 Leonard was first to fly the new Gee Bee Q.E.D. in the Bendix Race. Leonard was forced down with engine trouble at Wichita, Kansas. In 1942, he published an autobiography called ""I flew for China"". He died on June 21, 1962 in Los Angeles, California at age 57. In 2011, Barry"
"fighter pilot lifestyle. Lou Lumenick of the ""New York Post"" praised then-unknown actors Parker and David Oyelowo. In the movie, Parker plays Marty ""Easy"" Julian who commanded the escorts for the World War II bombers in the face of Nazi fighter planes. While Peter Travers of ""Rolling Stone"" noted that Parker shined in his role, Wesley Morris of ""The Boston Globe"" felt Oyelowo stood out. Although the story is a fictionalization, Bilge Ebiri of ""New York"" and Holden note that the relationship between the two is the story's central one. Holden compared Parker's presence to that of Denzel Washington. In"
"John E. L. Hunter Captain John Ellis Langford Hunter (31 January 1897 – 18 June 1971) was a British World War I flying ace credited with 13 confirmed aerial victories. Hunter was born in Hackney, London, the only son of Ellis Hunter, and was educated at Bedford Modern School. He entered the Royal Naval Air Service as a probationary flight officer (temporary), appointed to , on 1 October 1916, and after completing his training was commissioned as a flight sub-lieutenant on 13 June 1917. Hunter joined No. 4 Squadron, flying a Sopwith Camel, in July. On 3 September, he and"
"the level of the tale. Jean Arthur seems to be somewhat afraid of the character she plays. The only real performance is that of Paul Lukas as von Baden."" Young Eagles (film) Young Eagles is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by William A. Wellman for Paramount Pictures. It stars Charles ""Buddy"" Rogers, Jean Arthur, and Paul Lukas. The story is based on the stories ""The One Who Was Clever"" and ""Sky-High"", written by American aviator and war hero Elliott White Springs. The film's hero is a ""heroic combat aviator of the Lafayette Escadrille"". Wellman, himself a former"
"U.S. Army Air Service pilot who has returned to active duty as a non-flying adjutant, was modeled on William Howard Stovall, a World War I flying ace who returned to active duty as a Major in the U.S. Army Air Forces the week following Pearl Harbor and served as the non-flying Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel for the 8th Air Force in England for his World War I comrades, Brigadier General Frank O'Driscoll Hunter and General Carl Spaatz. 2nd Lieutenant Jesse Bishop (played by Robert Patten), who belly lands in the B-17 next to the runway at the beginning"
"to his head. Decker tells Wilson he will have to shoot him to stop him, as he would rather die than remain a coward. After hesitating, Wilson allows him to escape and Decker flies his plane into white clouds and vanishes. Major Wilson is rebuked by Major General Harper for believing such a fantastic story and for allowing Decker to escape. When Mackaye arrives, Wilson asks he if he knew a man named William Terrence Decker. Mackaye, surprised, says Decker saved his life. In March 1917, Mackaye and Decker were attacked while out on patrol by seven German aircraft. Decker"
"laboratory, safeguarded mankind and history from impending harm. He had a time machine, the ZX-99, both to view history and to send someone back in time. Each week, he and his teenage assistant Jet would view an episode in time and inevitably see that some event was unfolding contrary to history (e.g., King John not signing the Magna Carta). Captain Z-Ro would then send Jet back in time to intervene and ensure that history played out as originally recorded. Over the years, plots involved Z-Ro and Jet rescuing a wide range of historical figures, including Genghis Khan, Marco Polo, Magellan,"