Rye’s Own printed an article in 1966 about the 1911 flight by Alec Ogilvie in a Wright Biplane. A postcard has been found with a further picture of the event.
Littlestone Lifeboat celebrates 50 Years. The Battle of Britain Flight honours them with a formation flypast.
Released Sunday 14 August 2016
From a Sussex Police Press Release
Following the air crash off Winchelsea Beach on Saturday (6 August) this photo of the missing pilot, Simon Wells, 44, from Greatstone in Kent, has been released by his brother Anthony Wells, on behalf of his family. Continue reading Missing Lydd Pilot – Simon Wells
Coastguard helicopters and RNLI boats searched the area, but nobody was found. Continue reading Aircraft Crashes in Sea Off Winchelsea Beach
by Jim Hollands.
I first came into close contact with a Vulcan Bomber when I was doing my National Service at RAF Andover in 1958. It did a low fly past over the airfield where a special afternoon was arranged to celebrate Battle of Britain Day. I remember being impressed by it’s power as the pilot turned up the throttles and powered it into an almost vertical climb. The noise was unbelievable.
I did not see that manoeuvre again until 55 years later when Vulcan bomber, XH558, the last remaining aircraft of its type still flying, came to Rye and did an amazing display cumulating in that same power climb into the sky over Leasam that I had witness all those years before at Andover. Continue reading Avro Vulcan’s Final Flight – Sunday 11 October
The latest “Rye’s Own” 1960’s film.
A flight from Rye Salts to France was made by Christine Turnbull to gain her Balloon Pilot Licence. An article in the March 1967 “Rye’s Own” records the epic events. Continue reading Christine Turnbull’s Balloon Flight from Rye
These three just to whet your whistle – Many more in September Hythe & Romney Life and “Rye’s Own” Continue reading Balloon Over Ham Street
One of the two most southerly ALGs in the grouping used by the USAAF west of Ashford, Woodchurch was originally planned to support light bombers and thereby would need a bomb store near the site. Continue reading Woodchurch Warbirds
Sixty-seven years after the end of WWII , and almost seventy years from the height of RAF Bomber Command’s offensive against targets in Germany and Nazi-occupied territories in Europe, a fitting If belated memorial to all the heroic aircrews involved was dedicated and unveiled in Green Park, London, on 28 June 2012 Continue reading RAF Bomber Command Memorial
Over 20,000 people flocked to Rye on Saturday 11 June to see a display by the legendary Red Arrows, as well as enjoy a 40’s style knees up.
The RAF Aerobatic Team gave a 30 minute display over the town, which was their first full show of 2011 in the UK. Continue reading Reds Over Rye
