Comfortable New 12 months!
A 12 months (and a gazillion maiden flights of latest Chinese language plane sorts) has handed.
2025 was a bugger for a lot of, however it additionally had some cool moments on the planet of aviation. Experimental plane are bizarre once more, which is great. Three engines is trendy. Which is pleasingly psychological. After years of plane wanting related and kind of F-35-esque, a brand new period of untamed X-planes and oddities throughout all classes is upon us, and it’s pleasingly ’50s in aesthetic. I want you all a beautiful 2026 filled with optimism and giggles (although please don’t try this horrible snorting chuckle you do).
As ever, I thanks for making this mad effort worthwhile, your type phrases, fascinating insights and unbridled monomania make this a pleasure. I’m tapping away till 2 AM most days to present you nice slabs of aviation information, historical past, interviews and basic silliness. I’ve been low-profile in communication on the e-book, as a lot relied on elements past my management, which I’ll clarify. I attempted to keep away from obscure updates (although there will probably be some vagueries on this publish and using the opaque phrase ‘quickly’). Okay, let’s see what’s happening behind the rusty hangar door on the Hush-Home…
This website
This website is being revamped! As you in all probability know, quite a bit is going on on the Hush-Equipment Substack (do subscribe in the event you haven’t but), and I’m planning for this website (hushkit.web) to get simply as busy quickly. It should have a recent lick of paint and a hearty sequence of upgrades. You can be smothered in a ton of latest articles right here quickly.
Hush-Equipment Guide of Warplanes Vol 2
I will probably be contacting supporters of The Hush-Equipment Guide of Warplanes Vol 2 quickly with an replace. Please don’t contact me instantly by way of the feedback part or social channels. I might love to answer everybody individually, however replying to a excessive quantity of messages throughout a number of platforms is unattainable and can sluggish the undertaking (that is basically a one-man operation). An enormous quantity of labor is happening to get the subsequent Hush-Equipment e-book out, and you can be contacted instantly on the subsequent stage. I’ve saved updates to a minimal as a result of I don’t wish to overpromise and would somewhat wait till I can present concrete info (do keep watch over previous e-mail accounts in case you have lately modified, I’ll put Hush-Equipment within the topic title in the event you want to inform your spam filter). In case you did miss the final electronic mail, you haven’t missed something essential. I gained’t bore you with the small print, however know that cool stuff is going on, and you can be the primary to know. What I will probably be doing quickly is organising a Vol 2 mailing checklist, as I do know the dearth of comms is annoying.
YouTube
Hush-Equipment’s new good video man, The Wrench, and I’ve been engaged on a brand new YouTube video, and The Wrench is bringing slick modifying expertise, mixed with mouthwatering historic footage. It’s very shut now. So keep tuned to the YouTube channel.
Reside occasions 2026
There will probably be greater than this! However I’ll simply stick this one down for now.
twenty first Could 2026 Bristol Central Library 12.30-1.30pm
Joe Coles discuss
How Bristol Plane Helped Defeat Fascism:
Solid in Bristol: Plane That Helped Crush Fascism
This witty, well-informed (nicely, I might say that) discuss explores the pivotal function of Bristol Plane within the struggle in opposition to fascism in the course of the Second World Warfare. From the manufacturing unit flooring of Bristol to the skies over Europe, Bristol’s engineers, designers, and pilots collaborated to create plane that might flip the tide of the battle. We’ll hint the ferocious combating of the outmatched Bristol Blenheim and the thumping thuggery of the Bristol Beaufighter, analyzing what made Bristol plane so particular and their exceptional wartime exploits.
Via tales of daring missions, technical breakthroughs, and the sheer scale of wartime manufacturing, the discuss highlights how a single metropolis and its industrial ingenuity contributed to defeating tyranny. Attendees will achieve perception into the engineering challenges, strategic significance, and human tales behind Bristol Plane, seeing how these machines weren’t simply instruments of conflict, however devices of freedom.
In case you can abdomen the festering evil of Twitter, I’m there . Additionally accessible on BlueSky:
I can often be discovered being horrible on Instagram too.
Yours in radial, V, inline, H and Wankel,
Hush-Equipment
