Did FlyPast recently publish an article by Dopey Edwards about failing to fly under bridges in WWII with his co-pilot Bill Tacon?
In the May 2004 issue of “The Aeroplane” in Part 6 of Peace & War at page 57 he writes that he did not fly under the Tay Bridge & the Haugesund bridge in Norway, having chickened out of each at the last possible moment. I am sure I have read a similar article by him recently. Was it in FlyPast? If not, does anyone remember where & when it was published ?
Nick O’Brien
By: Nick O'Brien - 16th May 2004 at 14:06
Many thanlks
Thank you to the correspondent who suggested to me to write to Dopey Edwards c/o “The Aeroplane”
I received a prompt reply to my inquiry & the answer was that it appeared in the March issue of “The Oldie”
It was a more detailed account of the bridge problems than appeared in “The Aeroplane”
The reason for my puzzlement was that I knew I had read the article & searched in aviation magazines for it.
I had completely forgotten that it was published in a non-aviation magazine.
I recommend the article to anyone whon can obtain the March issue of “The Oldie”
Thanks again to my correspondent & apologies to him for having forgotten his name.
Nick O’Brien
By: Nick O'Brien - 3rd April 2004 at 23:09
Thanks, Ant
Nick
By: Ant.H - 3rd April 2004 at 22:01
Hi Nick,
I’ve bought every copy of Flypast for about the last 18 months and I don’t recall anything by ‘Dopey’ being in them.That’s not to say there wasn’t something,but nothing springs to mind.
I’ve really enjoyed his articles in Aeroplane over the last few months,it’s a shame they’ve come to an end.
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April 3, 2004 at 9:38 pm