Tony Cunnane's Life and Times

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Ceylon 1954-56
SNCO Years 1956-59
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Pakistan 1969-70
Tanker Tales 70-75
Victor Examiner
Learning Russian
Berlin 1978-80
Kuria Muria 1985
Intelligence Tales
Scampton 1989-01
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This is your life 1996
Red Arrows shorts
Trains 1997-2000
Retirement at last
Diary writing
My Pre-RAF Years
Afterthoughts

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Me about to fly in a Soviet MI-8 Hip helo in Ukraine 1990

Most of the stories on this website are about my 47 years in the RAF from 1953 to 2001 and are written in such a way that they will, I hope, appeal to, and occasionally amuse, non-aviators as well as the professionals. I'm not a historian and so you will not find very much original research in these pages.

Any opinions expressed in these pages are mine alone.

All the images on this website are either my copyright (2012) or are reproduced by permission of private photographers and newspaper editors and credited appropriately. Red Arrows-related images are indicated (C) UK MOD Crown Copyright and are reproduced on this website with permission (2012)

I really do welcome comments, questions, or just a chat, and I reply, usually within 24 hours, to all sensible messages.