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Get Your Rotors Running: All You Need to Know About Gyrocopters!

Look, up in the sky! Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No – and it’s not Superman either. They’re gyrocopters! If you love James Bond movies as much as we do, that memorable scene from “You Only Live Twice” might crossing your mind right now, with James Bond flying in his gyrocopter “Little Nellie” in the attempt to locate a SPECTRE base in Japan. These funny looking aircrafts have captured the hearts of many people since then, so we’ve decided to put together a handy guide that outlines all you need to know to fly these amazing machines!

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Five of the Best Discount Cards

Days outs, beauty treatments, sightseeing, fabulous food and a whole lot more is on the cards with this fine selection of special membership discount cards! Giving you money off, two for one and promo deals all year round, these cards are excellent value for money and make superb gifts. We’ve listed our five favourites for you.

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New Year, New Experiences – Bucket List Ideas For 2017

You know what it’s like in every year in January - ‘Do more sport’ ‘Lose weight’ ‘Get a new job’ ‘Get fit’ being screamed at us after the excesses of the festive period. We’ve taken a sideways look at New Year’s resolutions and resolved to offer you the craziest new products we added in the last year. Each and every one will make you feel alive and will put a smile on your face. And whilst we can’t guarantee it, they might well make you feel like a brand new you, so make it your new year’s resolution to go...

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How to become a Pilot UK

Becoming a pilot in the UK is the ultimate dream for many aviation buffs, and thousands of people each year get their first taste of flying lessons with IntoTheBlue flying experiences. With this in mind we thought we would put together a handy guide outlining just what it takes to get your wings and become a pilot.

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The Origins of the Two Seat Spitfire

 Spitfire flights would not be available to the public today if it wasn't for the creation of the Two Seat Spitfire. With that in mind, here at IntoTheBlue we began wondering why the conversion was made in the first place, who were they modified by, and what happened to them when the single seat Spitfire was decommissioned? To answer all this and more, we've once again enlisted the help of aviation historian and author Robin J. Brooks.      Learning to fly three different types of aircraft during wartime was the RAFs standard requirement, before a pilot could join a squadron...

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