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Old 26-02-2005   #1 (permalink)
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Ventura ferry flight in wartime.



A Lockheed Ventura calls into a R.A.F MU low on fuel,the aircraft is on a delivery flight,and is crewed by a female Air Transport Auxiliary pilot flying single handed with no radio aids whatsoever,and below low cloud in drizzle.
This little scene is dedicated to those pilots who delivered as many as four aircraft in a day to important locations during difficult wartime conditions,all they had was a small set of abridged pilots notes for each particular type of aircraft.

If you want to read more about the Air Transport Auxiliary then can I recommend 'Fly and deliver' by Lettuce Curtiss or if you are lucky to find a copy 'Brief Glory' now a collectors piece but you could find one going cheap.
All frascinating stuff about times past.
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