Now this is something you don’t see every day. Two full boxes of what look like German Luftwaffe escape compasses going by the point markings on them. Chris Wright send me these photos. He bought this packet with compasses along … Continue reading →
Bruce Hollyn sent me this photo of a tiny escape compass. I had never seen one like this before, so I asked where he found it. Bruce told me he was in the USAF and during a inspection from higher … Continue reading →
I stand corrected on a note about cloth jump wings in my jump wings article. Pierre-Antoine Vlimant rightly pointed out to me that the practice of wearing cloth jump wings was already discussed by Mark Bando here. These did indeed … Continue reading →
Lee Buncher kindly send me photos of his gas detection brassard that has a marking that wasn’t in my list yet, although it’s similar to the others. You can see the list of markings here. I still haven’t found out … Continue reading →
Kamil, a collector from Poland bought these very peculiar jump wings off a roof repair company who found it at an attic in France. The holes are at the top and bottom seem to have been intended for sewing the … Continue reading →
I haven’t posted anything since June. In the meantime a lot of material has been gathering here to write about. For starters my annual pictures of Wings & Wheels. I think this is the 9th time my son and I … Continue reading →