"Many of the books involve sailing; fishing and camping are other common subjects. Biggles was a popular series of adventure books for young boys, about James Bigglesworth, a fictional pilot and adventurer, by W. E. Johns. Biggles made his first appearance in the story ""The White Fokker"", published in the first issue of ""Popular Flying"" magazine and again as part of the first collection of Biggles stories, ""The Camels Are Coming"" (both 1932). Johns continued to write Biggles books until his death in 1968, the series eventually spanning nearly a hundred volumes – including novels and short story collections –"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"The Mysterious Pilot The Mysterious Pilot is a 15-episode 1937 Columbia movie serial based on the book by William Byron Mowery and starring the record-breaking aviator Frank Hawks. This was the second serial produced by Columbia. Carter Snowden (Kenneth Harlan) about to marry Jean McNain (Dorothy Sebastian), is accused of murder. When his accuser is killed, Jean flees the train she is on, and heads into the Canadian woods. Snowden sends a bodyguard to find Jean, who appeals to Captain Jim Down (Frank Hawks) for help. With his friend ""Kansas"" (Rex Lease) and Indian Luke (Yakima Canutt), Jim hides Jean."
"""The Great Air Race"". In the film ""Planes"" from DisneyToon Studios, the character ""Bulldog"" is based on the Comet and is voiced by the comedian and actor John Cleese. In the Dutch aviation comic series ""January Jones"" the title heroine, a U.S. racing pilot in the 1930s, flies her own Comet, usually indicated as (De Havilland) Comet. Its red finish with white trim and race number 43 resemble ""Grosvenor House."" The series has been published in Dutch, French, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Portuguese, Catalan, Spanish and German. The American comic strip ""The Phantom"" began a storyline on 2 July 2016 which"
"episode, Hawks appeared to deliver a ""flying lesson"". A Sikorsky S-39 amphibian was featured in the serial. The Mysterious Pilot The Mysterious Pilot is a 15-episode 1937 Columbia movie serial based on the book by William Byron Mowery and starring the record-breaking aviator Frank Hawks. This was the second serial produced by Columbia. Carter Snowden (Kenneth Harlan) about to marry Jean McNain (Dorothy Sebastian), is accused of murder. When his accuser is killed, Jean flees the train she is on, and heads into the Canadian woods. Snowden sends a bodyguard to find Jean, who appeals to Captain Jim Down (Frank"
"Kaufman was a skilled American pilot from Oshkosh, Wisconsin, whose German parents had returned to their native country. Kaufman had become an expert stunt-pilot and co-owner of a flying circus, by 1917, when the United States entered World War I, and desired to fight the Central Powers. Concealing his identity so as not to risk reprisals against his parents, he devised a stylized aviator uniform with darkened goggles and a cape, and joined the European conflict to become an ace on the side of the Allies as a U.S. Army Air Corps test pilot. In his first mission as Phantom"
"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"
"Francis Bergèse was still around, but as good as he was an illustrator, he was no writer, especially not of the skill level expected for the Buck Danny series. By now however, at the age of 48 Bergèse had found his calling in drawing aviation comics, so in 1990 he took on a comic book adaptation of ""that other famous aviation ace"" Biggles for ""Tintin"" magazine. At that time, the 'Biggles' adventure books by W. E. Johns were well known in Belgium and France, but as Johns had died in 1968, no new material meant no younger fans. For Bergèse,"
"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"
"in the DiC """" cartoon, voiced by Phil Hayes. Airborne (G.I. Joe) Airborne is a fictional character from the toyline, comic books and cartoon series. He is the G.I. Joe Team's helicopter assault trooper and debuted in 1983. His real name is Franklin E. Talltree, and his rank is that of sergeant E-5. Airborne was born in a Navajo Reservation in Arizona. His primary military specialty is an airborne infantryman, while as his secondary military specialty he is a helicopter gunship gunner. Airborne's parents are oil-rich Navajos who indulged their eldest son with sky-diving lessons, forever setting his love for"
"of aircraft and investigated many forms of airfoils. During World War I Turnbull was employed by Frederick and Company aircraft builders in England, where he designed a number of propellers, the most successful being the variable-pitch propeller. His interests extended into many fields, such as hydroplane torpedo screen bomb sights, and tidal power, but his systematic approach to aeronautical engineering remains his greatest contribution. Wallace Rupert Turnbull Wallace Rupert Turnbull (October 16, 1870 - November 24, 1954) was a New Brunswick engineer and inventor, born on October 16, 1870 in Saint John, New Brunswick. The Saint John Airport was briefly"
"It is in this world that Hobbes must survive, defeat Santiago, save the real world, and somehow return to his real life and his fiancée, Sophie Green. Tom Hobbes (Scott Bairstow) Mike Pinocchio (D. B. Sweeney) Florence (Rachel Hayward) Omar Santiago (Terry O'Quinn) Mel Waters (Max Martini) Inga Fossa (Sarah-Jane Redmond) Sophie Green (Samantha Mathis) The pilot was written by Chris Carter, best known as the creator of the science-fiction series ""The X-Files"". Carter wrote the pilot as a ""high-tech version"" of his favorite films—""Paths of Glory"", ""Platoon"" and ""Blade Runner"". He said of the pilot: ""I think this has"
"variant had a second cockpit behind the normal pilot's position. The weapons were removed, although the hump was sometimes kept. There are only eight known original Sopwith Camels left: Biggles flies a Sopwith Camel in the novels by W. E. Johns during Biggles's spell in 266 Squadron during the First World War. The first collection of Biggles stories, titled ""The Camels are Coming"", was published in 1932. The Camel is the ""plane"" of Snoopy in the ""Peanuts"" comic strip, when he imagines himself as a World War I flying ace and the nemesis of the Red Baron. Sopwith Camel The"
"Aeronautical Production and in 1939 was for a short time AOC No 42 (Maintenance) Group. Arthur Wellesley Bigsworth died on 24 February 1961. It has been claimed that W. E. Johns based some aspects of his fictional hero Biggles (surname Bigglesworth) on the real-life Bigsworth, with whom he had worked at the Air Ministry. Bigsworth had already experimented with night flying, using two 4V lamps attached to his aircraft and no doubt called on this experience on 17 May 1915, when he managed to climb his Avro 504 above Zeppelin LZ39 over Ostend and drop four 20 lb bombs on"
"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."
"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"
"Tony Jannus Antony Habersack Jannus, more familiarly known as Tony Jannus (July 22, 1889 – October 12, 1916), was an early American pilot whose aerial exploits were widely publicized in aviation's pre-World War I period. He flew the first airplane from which a parachute jump was made, in 1912. Jannus was also the first airline pilot, having pioneered the inaugural flight of the St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line on January 1, 1914, the first scheduled commercial airline flight in the world using heavier-than-air aircraft. The ""Tony Jannus Award"", created to perpetuate his legacy, recognizes outstanding individual achievement in the scheduled commercial"
"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"
"who had been depicted as a preteen in the original series was depicted as an infant in the 2003 remake. The pilot was titled ""The Robinsons: Lost in Space"" and was commissioned by The WB Television Network. The pilot was directed by John Woo and produced by Synthesis Entertainment, Irwin Allen Productions, Twentieth Century Fox Television and Regency Television. The ""Jupiter 2"" interstellar flying-saucer spacecraft of the original series was depicted as a planet-landing craft, deployed from a larger inter-stellar mothership. The plot of the series followed John Robinson, a retiring war hero of an alien invasion who had decided"
"Charles Horace Watkins Charles Horace Watkins (1884–1976) was an aviation pioneer who built the first engine-powered aeroplane in Wales, a red monoplane called the ""Robin Goch"". Watkins was born in 1884 to Samuel and Lydia (Dutton) Watkins of Cardiff. He designed and constructed a small monoplane between 1907–09 at Maindy in Cardiff and claimed he flew the plane over short distances in 1910, followed by longer flights later, although none of these claims have official verification. As William Frost's own flight at Saundersfoot in 1896 was never officially recorded, then Watkins effort may have been the first official heavier-than-air flight"
"87 published on 14 October 1939, before production ceased due to wartime paper shortages. ""The Modern Boy"" was well known for the stories published in it, notably the works of W. E. Johns famous as the creator of Biggles. Johns initially painted the cover artwork for issue 98 and went on to submit other cover paintings and articles. His first signed article was published in issue number 148 (dated 6 December 1930) and was called ""The Plane Smashers"", but it is believed that he wrote articles earlier as ""Our Air Expert"". From issue 257, Johns's 'Biggles' stories were published and"
"aviation pioneer Glenn Hammond Curtiss who, along with the Wright Brothers, founded the Curtiss-Wright Corporation. Curtis' airplane is a Curtiss R3C, which was built for the 1925 Schneider Cup race (which Porco refers to when he first meets Curtis). His character is also an oblique reference to Ronald Reagan, in that his ambitions lie not only in Hollywood, but also the Presidency. The rest of Curtis' character appears to come directly from the adventure film heroes portrayed by Errol Flynn at this time—indeed, they share a jaw line—including his buccaneering derring-do, willingness to fight, and overall demeanour combined with romantic"
"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"
"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"""
"in Wales. The plane is now preserved at the National Waterfront Museum in Swansea. Charles Horace Watkins Charles Horace Watkins (1884–1976) was an aviation pioneer who built the first engine-powered aeroplane in Wales, a red monoplane called the ""Robin Goch"". Watkins was born in 1884 to Samuel and Lydia (Dutton) Watkins of Cardiff. He designed and constructed a small monoplane between 1907–09 at Maindy in Cardiff and claimed he flew the plane over short distances in 1910, followed by longer flights later, although none of these claims have official verification. As William Frost's own flight at Saundersfoot in 1896 was"
"greedy yellow humanoid who often gives un-necessary help. Pilot: A cat-like creature who only talks in gibberish. She is the Queen of her species, the Pilots, an extremely endangered race; she and her two children, who were sent away to raise themselves are the only known specimens. A talk show style comic by Adam Murphy looking at influential historical people such as Einstein, Boudicca, etc. A comic by Laura Anderson about a penguin and his plans for world domination - or spaghetti hoops. Starring- EEP: An evil penguin who relies more on his help or friends then he would like"
"feat, one week before the ""Memphis Belle"". The aircraft was named after pilot Robert K Morgan's sweetheart, Margaret Polk, a resident of Memphis, Tennessee. Morgan originally intended to call the aircraft ""Little One"", which was his pet name for her, but after Morgan and copilot Jim Verinis saw the movie ""Lady for a Night"", in which the leading character owns a riverboat named the ""Memphis Belle"", he proposed that name to his crew. Morgan then contacted George Petty at the offices of ""Esquire"" magazine and asked him for a pinup drawing to go with the name, which Petty supplied from"
"in a Piper Cub"". He died in 1999 at the age of 83. Long was inducted into the Alabama Aviation Hall of Fame. Ed Long (aviator) John Edward ""Ed"" Long, Jr. (1915–July 18, 1999) was an American pilot who is in the Guinness Book of Records for the most flight time by a pilot: over 65,000 hours (more than seven years and four months) at the time of his death. He began in 1933 at the age of 17, when he took his first and only flying lesson. In September 1989, he broke the previous record, 52,929 hours, set by"
"pilot for a potential TV series in 2013 but was not picked up and was instead released digitally on July 11, 2017, and on manufacture-on-demand DVD, in tribute to Roger Moore, who had recently died. The pilot was based upon the character created by Leslie Charteris in 1928, and although the plot of the film has no relation to any of Charteris' stories, the villain, Rayt Marius, was a recurring presence in the early Saint novels, and was the central villain of the 1930 novel ""The Last Hero"". Although the character of Patricia Holm was a regular presence in the"
"in several international markets. Parts of the series were filmed Monument Valley, Utah. Creator Donald P. Bellisario first toyed with the idea of the adventures of an ace combat pilot in a third-season episode of ""Magnum, P.I."" entitled ""Two Birds of a Feather"" (1983), starring William Lucking, which itself was inspired by several episodes of Bellisario's ""Tales of the Gold Monkey""—""Legends Are Forever"" and ""Honor Thy Brother"" (1982)—in which Lucking had played a similar character. The ""Magnum"" episode was intended as a backdoor pilot, but a series was not commissioned. Bellisario heavily reworked the idea, and the final result was"