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I made it into the UK National Press, wow!
Well the online version anyway!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017...ft-first-time/ [scroll half-way down to the red-and-white cockpit view].
The gentleman with glasses in the right hand seat (furthest) is fit-as-a-fiddle 94-year-old Eddie Habberley who flew Spitfires in Burma in the war (and in fact flew his Spitfire from England to Burma...quite a feat back then, when most went on a ship...and he was only 20 years of age or so at the time!) Today he flew me from Northampton to Gloucester in England (and back), although he did allow me to do the take-offs and landings!
It was a very great privilege for me to be involved in such a day, and a humbling experience to be in the company of so many aircrew who put their lives on the line in the War. The Newspaper link above is worth a read.
Well the online version anyway!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017...ft-first-time/ [scroll half-way down to the red-and-white cockpit view].
The gentleman with glasses in the right hand seat (furthest) is fit-as-a-fiddle 94-year-old Eddie Habberley who flew Spitfires in Burma in the war (and in fact flew his Spitfire from England to Burma...quite a feat back then, when most went on a ship...and he was only 20 years of age or so at the time!) Today he flew me from Northampton to Gloucester in England (and back), although he did allow me to do the take-offs and landings!
It was a very great privilege for me to be involved in such a day, and a humbling experience to be in the company of so many aircrew who put their lives on the line in the War. The Newspaper link above is worth a read.
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