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A classic Christmas
story for aviation buffs.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dV2-Wb0w-8k
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... and on that note.
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The article mentions Frigyes Karinthy - he's essentially Hungary's Kafka. A couple of pastiches of Swift - extra adventures by Gulliver - are translated into English as Voyage to Faremido/Capillaria. The first visits a planet of sentient machines, which may have inspired Lem's Cyberiad stories.
The most life-affirming film of all
Now celebrating its 75th anniversary, A Matter of Life and Death still finds new fans. Gregory Wakeman looks at how a wartime propaganda film became a cinematic classic.
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The article mentions Frigyes Karinthy - he's essentially Hungary's Kafka. A couple of pastiches of Swift - extra adventures by Gulliver - are translated into English as Voyage to Faremido/Capillaria. The first visits a planet of sentient machines, which may have inspired Lem's Cyberiad stories.
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A classic Christmas
story for aviation buffs".
I read the book, many years ago now but the tale is still quite haunting. Quite q few actual events of a similar nature flying around.
A classic Christmas
story for aviation buffs".
I read the book, many years ago now but the tale is still quite haunting. Quite q few actual events of a similar nature flying around.
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Frederick Forsyth writes well about flying and war because he was an RAF Vampire pilot and a correspondent on the scene of the wars and political intrigues he has written about.
I first heard "The Shepard" on the CBC Radio being carried on the San Antonio, Texas PBS radio channel in the two hours before midnight. I later saw two privately owned Vampires at a '70s airshow in Waco, Texas. A Concorde was there and for $700! you could get a 45 minute briefly supersonic flight out over the Gulf of Mexico.
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I first heard "The Shepard" on the CBC Radio being carried on the San Antonio, Texas PBS radio channel in the two hours before midnight. I later saw two privately owned Vampires at a '70s airshow in Waco, Texas. A Concorde was there and for $700! you could get a 45 minute briefly supersonic flight out over the Gulf of Mexico.
Wikiwand - Frederick Forsyth
Frederick McCarthy Forsyth CBE is an English novelist and journalist. He is best known for thrillers such as The Day of the Jackal, The Odessa File, The Fourth Protocol, The Dogs of War, The Devil's Alternative, The Fist of God, Icon, The Veteran, Avenger, The Afghan, The Cobra and The Kill...
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