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Peter Elliott @flyingarchivist.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A splendid evening with the daughter in Whitby. A long time since I was last there.

Evening sun reflecting on the water, with a blue sky and scattered clouds.

The low sun lights up the harbour mouth and the pier/breakwater.

The facade of the Whitby Seamen's Hospital Houses features a sailor, cannon, sails and a ship.

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Peter Elliott @flyingarchivist.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

The end of a splendid Singing Week with the Iona Community. Good company, good food and great songs - an emotional experience.

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Peter Elliott @flyingarchivist.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

En route to Iona, but there's always time to find a museum with an aeroplane ✈️.

Spitfire in the Kelvingrove Museum, Glasgow, incongrously suspended over a collection of stuffed animals

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Peter Elliott @flyingarchivist.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

A relaxing afternoon with @dotee2025.bsky.social at the Ealing Beer Festival. Sunshine, a cooling breeze, beer and airliners - what's not to like?

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Peter Elliott @flyingarchivist.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

We had three visitors in the garden, breakfasting on seeds spilt from the bird feeders. I suspect they are also responsible for breaking most of this year's asparagus stems.

A young fox looks for seeds spilt from the bird feeders, while two of its siblings play-fight.

A young fox looks up at the bird feeder, with another lying down in the background.

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Peter Elliott @flyingarchivist.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Our last day in #Brussels. Couldn't resist luch at www.atelierfrites.com

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Peter Elliott @flyingarchivist.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

The second Battle of St Albans (17 February 1461) was fought in part on Bernards Heath. Sandridge Road, which runs across the heath, is lined with cherry trees whose red and white blossom represents the Lancastrian and Yorkist forces.

Trees, covered alternately in red and white blossom, along a road, viewed from the playing field known as Bernards Heath, in St Albans.

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Peter Elliott @flyingarchivist.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

To London, to celebrate - with many others - my 100+ armfuls. We'll be back next year for @dotee2025.bsky.social's 100th. @GiveBloodNHS #GivingType

Standing under an arch reading "Donor Recognition Ceremony", holding my certificate and medal.

Commemorative coin/medal reading "In recognition of your amazing generosity" - given for my 100 donations of whole blood.

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Peter Elliott @flyingarchivist.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

My daughter made me a birthday cake - a few days after the event - with candy floss "smoke". Thanks, Fi - Wizard show!

Birthday cake in the shape of an aeroplane, emitting blue and white smoke.

Aeroplane-shaped birthday cake, trailing blue and white smoke.

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Peter Elliott @flyingarchivist.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Another splendid, if cold, Boxing Day with the St Albans Mummers. Good crowds at the five venues (only two of them pubs) who seemed to enjoy the updated script containing at least one new joke... Some £800 in donations, most of which will go to local charities. stalbanstimes.co.uk/events/in-pi...

The Dragon and Old Father Christmas stand ready for the 2025 performance.

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Peter Elliott @flyingarchivist.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Splendid afternoon with Saskia - my Research Tutor, now at the University of Munich - including a tour of the buildings and a discussion on the students who protested about the Nazis.

Reproductions of leaflets created by the White Rose Group of students, who protested against the Nazis. Part of a memorial to those who were executed.

Members of the White Rose Group, from an exhibition in the University

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Peter Elliott @flyingarchivist.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Very interesting article which shows that #Archives can be a much-underused resource.

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Peter Elliott @flyingarchivist.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

My paper on government departments and aviation history is now available to download free from the @aerosociety website: www.aerosociety.com/publications...

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JAH: Britain's Aircraft Heritage: How government departments have influenced its preservation

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Peter Elliott @flyingarchivist.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Grand to be back in #Bridlington for the Old Bridlingtonian Club Annual Dinner. A bracing breeze and a good sunset.

View towards Flamborough Head across the North Bay

Sunset clouds over the sea, looking towards Spurn Point

Sunset across the harbour and south shore

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Peter Elliott @flyingarchivist.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Very interesting visit to The London Library with colleagues from the RAF Club Library. It's a fascinating, labyrinthine building with a massive collection.

A sign "Science F" with a finger pointing to History & Topography downstairs

The floors in some rooms are ratings, so Air can flow around the shelves.

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Peter Elliott @flyingarchivist.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

One of the pleasures of archive work is finding a mundane document next to a rather special one. In Sir John Charnley's papers, when he is made Knight Bachelor, the Grter King of Arms invites him to apply for a Grant of Arms, while BT ask whether his entry in the Telephone Directory needs changing.

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Peter Elliott @flyingarchivist.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

A pleasant bimble around Herts., Beds., Bucks., and Cambs., but I'd fogotten about the cold draught in that aeroplane!

View over the left (port) wing of a light aircraft, with the sun breaking through cloud above and lower cloud in the distance

Broken cloud above the wing of a light aircraft, with further - lower - cloud on the horizon.

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Peter Elliott @flyingarchivist.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

My article 'A national aviation museum for the United Kingdom for the United Kingdom: missed opportunity, or lost hope?' has just been published, and is available to read at www.tandfonline.com/eprint/GQ7VC...

Architect's site plan for 'A National R.A.F. Museum' on the South Bank in London

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Peter Elliott @flyingarchivist.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Splendid #fireworks at last night's display in #StAlbans - we heard that there were 15,000 people in the crowd - raising funds for a local hospice.

Red fireworks above a layer of smoke, with spectators in the foreground.

Fireworks light up the crowd and the lake in Verulanium Park.

Orange and yellow fireworks, reflected by a lake.

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Peter Elliott @flyingarchivist.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Two sessions covering a variety of topics, presented by erudite speakers. And me. I look forward to you seeing me there!

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Peter Elliott @flyingarchivist.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Spiffing evening at the Air Pilots Trophies and Awards Banquet at #Guildhall, with @dotee2025.bsky.social Complete with #Pikemen aand #Musketeers!

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Peter Elliott @flyingarchivist.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

This #fox is the rather annoying blighter who has been digging in the flower pots and beds on our patio. We've tried various "deterrents" to no avail - any suggestions that won't involve horses and red coats?

A fox looking warily at the camera, at night.

The fox is on the wall in the distance, having dug in the flower bed that runs along the top of the wall.

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Peter Elliott @flyingarchivist.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

For #MainplaneMonday, a couple of images from this afternoon's trip: the first shows the drive leading to Wimpole Hall, north of Royston, and the second is clouds and fields near Peterborough.

View of the wing of a small aeroplane, with the drive leading to Wimpole Hall.

The Cambridgeshire countryside viewed from a small aeroplane, with the sun shining through high cloud.

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Peter Elliott @flyingarchivist.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Exercising my right, as a Freeman of the City, to drive sheep 🐑 across a London bridge.

Sheep with a group of Freemen at the start of our drive.

Sheep being driven across Southwark Bridge

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Peter Elliott @flyingarchivist.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Our wedding anniversary usually coincides with #StAlbansBeerFestival - 44 years today with @dotee2025.bsky.social

An ageing married couple enjoying a beer festival.

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Peter Elliott @flyingarchivist.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Splendid trip to #Popham with @dotee2025.bsky.social for the Air Pilots fly-in. Rather challenging conditions, but we all got gizzits, including a miniature windsock!

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Peter Elliott @flyingarchivist.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Splendid afternoon at the #Ealing #Beet festival. Beer, sunshine, friends, and #aircraft - what's not to like?

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Royal Air Force Museum @rafmuseum.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

🎓 Applications are now OPEN for the RAF Museum Academic Awards 2025! ✈️ 💷 £3,000 PhD Bursary 💷 £350 Master’s Prize 💷 £250 Undergraduate Prize Research in RAF history, air power, strategy, museology & more welcome. 🗓️ Deadline 24 Oct 📧 Questions? megan.kelleher@rafmuseum.org 🔗 Apply: bit.ly/4lz46wa

Image shows: The RAF Museum 2024 MA Prize and PhD Bursary Winners, Jane Lowes and Michael Terry.

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Peter Elliott @flyingarchivist.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

The Botanic Gardens in Porto are well worth visiting, with an impressive exhibition on biodiversity. Like #KewGardens, it has a good view of airliners approaching the airport.

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Peter Elliott @flyingarchivist.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

First visit of 2025 to the National Archives, and I bumped into @spitfirefilly.bsky.social - I nearly always see someone I know when I'm at TNA.

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