There But for the Grace of God “Clearto go,” my passenger intoned through the Gosport speaking tube from the front cockpit as the steady “green” from the controller’s Aldis lamp shone out from the tower windows. I eased open the throttle of Tiger VH-AZP, feeding in left rudder to counteract the swing. The tail came

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50 Years Ago… August 1-Sardinia. 458 (Wellington) Squadron, now part of No 328 Wing, continues antishipping sorties. F/Lt Douglas and crew are shot down attacking a heavy cruiser off Sardinia. Sicily. 450 (Kittyhawk) Squadron flies in from Malta. Sgt Fourneau’s engine fails and he ditches. His No 2, Major Theron (SAAF), circles his dinghy for

The Cessna Citation VII The Cessna Aircraft Company used to have a product numbering system familiar to all fliers. The 100 series were light piston singles (120, 150, 152, 172, etc, with names like Skyhawk, Commuter and Cardinal). Larger singles came into the 200 series, from 206 Skylane to the 208 Caravan. The 300 models