FINDING MAGEE — The Story Behind the High Flight Harvard
For me, ‘inspiration’ has come in the form of sights, sounds and feelings that have combined in unforgettable moments. These were experiences that touched my emotions, lifted my mind and guided me…
HIGH FLIGHT — A Eulogy for Fred Jones
It’s 6:30 in the evening in early October of 1943. Fred is strapping himself into a de Havilland Tiger Moth sitting on the short-cropped grass outside Hangar 3 at Number 13 Elementary Flying Training School St Eugene,…
MAGEE — The Boy Hero and the Poet Legend
On 18 August 2016 it will be 75 years to the day since a teenager named Pilot Officer John Gillespie Magee Jr. lifted his Supermarine Spitfire Mk I from the aerodrome at…
MAGEE – Un jeune héros et poète légendaire
Le 18 août 2016, soit 75 ans jour pour jour après qu’un adolescent, le sous-lieutenant d’aviation John Gillespie Magee Jr., aux commandes de son Supermarine Spitfire Mk I a décollé de l’aérodrome Llandow de la RAF, au Pays de Galles, et a grimpé vers le soleil…