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We can finally announce the Call for Papers for the Second International Conference on Aviation Archaeology and Heritage is now open. Details below! -TJH

In November 2024 we will host an International Symposium on Aeronatical Archaeology & Heritage. 🎉🥳🤩😍 An online symposium bringing together researchers & practitioners from around the globe to discuss aeronautical archaeology & heritage projects, perspectives, methodologies.

We had a GREAT first session to our Aviation Archaeology Mk. II Spotlight event this morning. Wonderful presentations by knowledgable speakers & great discussion after. In just over 3 hrs the next session will start. There is still time to register! Click here: aviationcultures.org/spotlight-av...

Aviation Archaeology Mk. IIaviationcultures.org On 17 February 2024, we will be bringing you our next Spotlight event: Aviation Archaeology Mk. II. At this Spotlight we will bring together a number of world renowned speakers and aviation ar…

We're half an hour out from starting the first session! See you there! Details again: The first session will be held at 10am-12pm Melbourne (AEDT)*, while the second session will be held at 8pm-10pm Melbourne (AEDT)**. It's FREE, but you do need to register here: aviationcultures.org/spotlight-av...

This Saturday, 17 February (starting Friday in the Americas!) @AvCulturesConf is hosting a FREE Spotlight event looking at #AviationArchaeology. Expert presentations from the UK, US, Aus & Hong Kong! Register here: aviationcultures.org/spotlight-av...

THRILLED to announce Richard Osgood is part of our Aviation Archaeology Mk II Spotlight. Richard is the senior archaeologist for the Defence Infrastructure Organisation in the Ministry of Defence in the UK. Richard’s presentation will focus on his work with Operation Nightingale. -TJH ❤️✈️

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1/3 The @avculturesconf.bsky.social second Aviation Archaeology Spotlight on Aviation Archaeology will be on Sat, 17 Feb. We're delighted to bring together a number of experts in the field who will present online over 2 separate two-hour sessions. Register here: aviationcultures.org/spotlight-av...

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Details of the forthcoming session!

Introducing Michael O’Donnell, one of the fabulous speakers at our Aviation Archaeology Mk. II Spotlight online on 17 February! Michael, a Master of Philosophy candidate at UNE, will present part of his research around the development of airfields around Brisbane during WWII. #archaeology

Our second Spotlight on Aviation Archaeology is now open for registrations! Come along on 17 February & hear from Aviation Archaeology experts. This is a free event. But you do need to register here: unisq.zoom.us/.../register... -TJH ❤️✈️ #aviation #archaeology #avgeek #ww2 #history #ww2aircraft

On 17 February our 2nd Spotlight on #AviationArchaeology is happening! Dr Michael Rivera will present an archaeological investigation into a WWII TBM Avenger that crash-landed in the mountains of Tai Tam, Hong Kong, on 16 January 1945. Further details here: aviationcultures.org/spotlight-av...

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Just 2 weeks to get your abstracts in #Barbie scholars! #CFP: "You Can be Anything": Imagining and interrogating #Barbie in popular culture Free, online conference 27-28 Mar 2024 Abstracts to [email protected] by 31st Jan #BarbieTheMovie #popularculture

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#CFP: Guilty Pleasures: Examining Crime in Popular Culture Keynote A/Prof Jenny Wise Free, online conference 2-3 May '24 abstracts to [email protected] by 29 Feb #popularculture #phdchat #truecrime #criminology #callforpapers

Merry Christmas to all our Aviation Cultures peeps! 2024 is shaping up to be another exciting year for us all - and it wouldn’t be possible without you all! Thank you all for your support! ❤️ And nothing says Season’s Greetings more than a chap in a kangaroo suit! -TJH ❤️🦘❤️✈️ #aviation

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A brief write-up by Kate O'Connor, Managing Editor of FLYING Magazine, about the upcoming 120th commemoration event: « The Wright Brothers Day event … will take place at the Wright Brothers National Memorial in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina … » Read more with link. | 🛩️ 📅 📍

Society Celebrates 120th Anniversary of First Flight - FLYING Magazinewww.flyingmag.com The First Flight Society is hosting a free event celebrating the 120th anniversary of the Wright brothers’ historic on December 17.

Missing Australian airman ID dog tag found… in Egypt -TJH ❤️ #ww2 #chills #aviation #missing

Missing airman’s ID tag found in Egyptian desert, 81 years after crashwww.theage.com.au The first trace of an Australian airman whose plane vanished with seven crew during WWII has been uncovered by two Egyptian tour guides.

I love reading about what our good friend Dr Brett Holman @airminded.bsky.social has been reading! ❤️ However it generally results in me spending more $$$ on books.🤣 -TJH ❤️📚❤️✈️ #historysky #books #Avgeeks #aviationsky

At Airminded: The year of reading airmindedly — XIV airminded.org/2023/11/20/t...

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I’m in! Let’s do this 😊💪❤️🎉

To everyone who wants Bluesky to be a success, especially now that Elon is going further down the antisemitism hole, a few tips. A short thread 🧵 1. Repost other people’s posts. This is essential. Please. 2. Also like other people’s posts. 3. Over-follow lots of people 1/n

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Join SHOT and @ICOHTEC in Viña del Mar, Chile, 9-14 July 2024. Meeting theme is repair/reparando. Deadline for submissions is 18 December Quien dijo yo para #Viña2024 #ICOHTECSHOT24? Envíenos sus propuestas para el 18 de diciembre! www.historyoftechnology.org/annual-meeti...

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Hey SHOT is blue-skying @shothisttech.bsky.social #HistSTM

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« With their impressive Avro Vulcan B.2 XM603 as their aviation talisman, the only Vulcan in the world presented in the iconic Cold War anti-flash white scheme, its Avro heritage all the way in this latest edition of Airfix and Corgi Aerodrome … » The whole story with link. | 🛩️ ⚔️ 📡 📍

The Preservation of Avro Aviation Heritageuk.airfix.com Airfix Aerodrome pays a visit to the magnificent Avro Heritage Museum at Woodford in Cheshire

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HISTORY JOB ALERT 🚨🗃️ Assistant Professor in Modern History (post 1800), of Britain (including Ireland) or Europe and/or their empires. Come work with us @WarwickHistory! Please share and circulate. Details below 👇 Deadline: 14 January 2024 warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/candidate...

Assistant Professor in Modern History (108201-1123) - University of Warwickwarwick-careers.tal.net Description

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I'm pleased to announce a 'save the date' for this event in February 2024. It's something we've been working on for a number of months now and it's great to see things working out. More details re speakers and topics coming soon...

SAVE THE DATE! On 17 February 2024 we will be bringing you our next Spotlight event: Aviation Archaeology Mk. II. We will bring together 6 aviation archaeologists to present live, via Zoom, followed by a live audience Q&A! More details to come. See you on 17 February, 2024! -TJH

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An opportunity to hear me speak on 28 November about the archaeology of Op Nightingale to the Company of Makers (supporting veterans with life on Civvy Street). It’s free and I hope will be interesting too! #archaeology #veterans #wellbeing www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/broken-pot...

Hi #aviationsky! Our first post here. Calling all aviation historians, archaeologists, researchers, anyone interested in flight and its place in history and society.

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