It turns out, back in June I was photobombed while having my photo taken with Rob Brydon…

Apollo 12 stories from Newspapers on the 12th November 1969.
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Just like I did with the Apollo 11 landing, I’m tweeting the Apollo 12 landing 40 years late.

I’m using the same account so you can find all the tweets at http://www.twitter.com/apolloecho.

Apollo 12 stories from Newspapers on the 10th November 1969.
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Although I’ve done my bit of Aerial Photography, I’ve always wanted to give Kite Aerial Photography (KAP) a go.

Back in September I started to acquire a few bits. Since the main component was a kite, I decided I’d start with this first. After a lot of research, I decided that a Delta Conyne was the best bet. This particular kite is a hybrid of a standard triangle shaped delta and a box kite. Most KAPpers report that it has the lifting power of a Delta kite with the stability and high flight angle (ie: the string is almost vertical) of a box kite.
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Five year old Noah Biorkman from Michigan, USA is celebrating Christmas this weekend.

The reason santa is coming early this year is that Noah is in the finals stages of cancer that he has been fighting since he was 3 years old.

It seems all Noah wants for his (early) christmas is christmas cards….
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