We are cranking up the pace and preparing for a busy summer following up on some old stories and a couple of new ones as well. With that in mind we do not have a bottomless money pit and we need to finance a very thirsty boat! To progress the stolen Hercules Paul Meyer story … Read Article
Something to do in lockdown, seems a few missed this when it went out on Radio 4 in July. Factual dramatised account of Paul Meyer’s last flight written by my friend Emma Jane Kirby. BBC.CO.UKDrama – Bird in the Sky – BBC SoundsThe mystery of a homesick US Air Force mechanic who stole a plane … Read Article
The story of Paul Meyer, BBC Radio 4 “Bird in the sky” by Emma Jane Kirby Will be aired on Radio 4, 31st July 14.15. The forty-five-minute documentary drama tells us more about Paul Meyer, the man and is partly based on transcripts obtained through freedom of information. The story spans his time in Vietnam … Read Article
Here we go update as promised, rather long not for the feint hearted or browser thrill seeker! All a bit involved which is the way of this story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctWMe5Knh0o
While we are in lock down and I have the time I will shortly be making a video explaining where we are with the Paul Meyer story and releasing a little more information. Folks are wondering what is happening and after losing last year because of the loss of my dear wife Penny it looks … Read Article
As we get back up to speed and one year on from locating the remains of Paul Meyer’s Hercules we can now reveal a little more surrounding the tragic events fifty years ago. Only as we confirm findings are we prepared to talk in full and it is essential at every stage that we don’t … Read Article
One aspect of the Paul Meyer story has always puzzled us. Paul was in the air a danger to all on the ground, so could anyone seriously try to talk him down with the massive risks of safely landing a 60 ton aircraft involved? Getting the Hercules in the air is one thing but talk … Read Article
50 years ago today Paul Meyer made the fatal decision to fly home. Why he did it, what happened to him and the aircraft has been at the top of my to do list for over a decade. You would be forgiven for thinking finding the aircraft as we have was the hard bit however … Read Article
Fair to say this isn’t the start to 2019 I was wishing for. Family has to come first at this time but I was hoping that by now we would have some help on side to share costs and tell the Paul Meyer story in this 50th anniversary year. It is now looking like we … Read Article
Just as Paul Meyer made the decision to put his family above all else, I have also recently had to make the same decision hence news on the Hercules project has been a little slow. However, while I deal with the saddest of situations progress is still being made on several fronts following what we … Read Article