There and Back dedicated to Aviation, Airmanship and the Craft of Flying - by Owen Zupp & Robert Brus

While the flight ‘There and Back’ has concluded, the journey is just beginning in many ways.

Owen Zupp recently featured in Snap Shot Magazine – Click the image to view the edition.

  Biplane by Richard Bach This book follows the author as he purchases and then flies an antique biplane from the east to west coast of America. For those with a real passion for flying, this book will strike a nerve as Bach not only describes the trans-continental flight, but captures the essence of dawdling [...]

  At some point in my childhood, between converting Mum’s clothes-horse to a P-51 and sitting atop our garage with binoculars, I asked my father a fairly simple question, “What was a Tiger Moth like?” Starry-eyed, I awaited the reply that would define the sheer essence of aviation and the pioneer spirit. “The Tiger?” he [...]

Seventy years after the first Tiger Moth took flight over English fields from the quaintly named ‘Stag Lane’, cars have parked on the verge of Old South Road to witness a similar scene. As a child sits atop their father’s shoulders, an older gentleman with a straight Air Force back casts a knowing eye. A [...]

Across the world dedicated owners, engineers and supporters keep a fleet of beautiful aircraft aloft from days gone by. Here are just some of those machines that provide us with timeless skies.

This weekend I was able to visit the Australian War Memorial at Canberra. The personal stories that emerge from this remarkable Australian memorial seemed to be limitless and no less thought provoking. The display of historically significant artefacts are tremendously complemented by the impressive ‘sound and light’ presentations in the various great halls. These serve [...]