David CL Francis wrote:

How times have changed. These men and women of the A.T.A. Delivered
aircraft from the factories to squadrons and to maintenance units. Not
quite a fair comparison as there was no suggestion of thunderstorms -
just poor visibility.

That was bad enough. Remember that John Magee, the author of "High Flight,"
actually died not in combat, but in a midair collision with another British
plane during low vis in quiet skies.


All the best,


David