Richard
Final Approach
- Joined
- Feb 27, 2005
- Messages
- 9,076
- Location
- West Coast Resistance
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Ack...city life
"Only by continuous self-badgering can one achieve a proper attitude of alertness for flying. Reverence for the machine. Gentle handling, train to be uncareless."
This was found in the flight log of the British man who started his primary training in float planes on the Hudson River, later transitioning to Piper Cubs and Fairchild F-24s. He went on to fly more advanced machines including the Fairey Fulmar, the precursor to the Spitfire.
The Brits did not want him to come home from America. This was a big disappointment to him because he wanted to join the RAF. After some string pulling by a fellow pilot who was also his enemy, our man was accepted into the flying branch of the Royal Navy.
This was found in the flight log of the British man who started his primary training in float planes on the Hudson River, later transitioning to Piper Cubs and Fairchild F-24s. He went on to fly more advanced machines including the Fairey Fulmar, the precursor to the Spitfire.
The Brits did not want him to come home from America. This was a big disappointment to him because he wanted to join the RAF. After some string pulling by a fellow pilot who was also his enemy, our man was accepted into the flying branch of the Royal Navy.
