For some time I've been meaning to start each new month with the relevant page from the 2009 calendar of hangar queens published by the Czech AF's 211 Tactical Squadron. But I kept forgetting - until now. So here are Ms November and Ms November with a 211 Gripen. And, as it's a bit difficult...

So, how does one determine what the registrations of the individual aircraft are. This is number 8 but that doesn't mean that it was 8 last year I guess. Just curious as to how one keeps track of each aircraft.

Most of this is out of date but it may be of some historical interest. October and November not included as I posted these recently.

People here might like to listen to a very interesting radio documentary I heard yesterday. It deals with the women of an all-female combat regiment of the Soviet Air Force during WW2 and includes interviews with survivors, now in their 80s and 90s. It also covers briefly the pre-war period...