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Rough-and-tumble delivery by Lysander



 
 
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Old August 22nd 17, 06:35 PM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.aviation
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Default Rough-and-tumble delivery by Lysander

"Flying without any navigation equipment other than a map and compass,
Lysanders would land on short strips of land, such as fields, marked out by
four or five torches. Or to avoid having to land, the agent, wearing a
special padded suit, stepped off at very low altitude and rolled to a stop
on the field." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westland_Lysander

THAT took some guts.

I wonder what that suit looked like?
 




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