WWII Corsair Cockpit Interior

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Pic of my H/C 1st Ed. ~ Yes I have read this book twice and his flying experiences involved some very very shaky do's, in a DC-2 on the mail run with Ross when up-drafted putting their wheels down to slow the ascent in a cumulus nimbus in a gap that closed on them, taxiing the DC-2 and 3's which were rather contrite on the ground, Ross lighting matches in front of his eyes at night whilst trying to land a DC-2, icing up on the wings that from memory was 1/2" or so thick and the boots could not break it free with a plane load of passengers, the Taj Mahal incident with the radio antenae on board, the Hump, the Mare island incident and those spark plugs.

Scaring the hell out of the boffins who did not believe his story, the very dodgy Brazil trip to pick up a plane shooting the rats in the hotel rooms with a 45ACP (went through the walls) unknowingly solving the unporting of the elevator hinge pin that allowed the riddle to be solved a weight combination of fuel to passengers disembarked which saved their lives. And Solingen the wisest of Pelicans who had the coveted commercial license No.1. These are just a few examples of real fly by the seat of your pants. In Soligens words on one of Ernest's landings in a DC-2 as a trainee "That was not a landing, that was an arrival!"

The first few pages full of names bring it to the reader in blunt terms "For my old comrades (something to that affect) their wings forever folded" grab a copy it is well worth the read......Happy Xmas to all and a Good New Years to you and families.