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We often flew along the beaches at 1000' or less 
..........After Kudat
with rain restricting visibility it was essential to pay close attention to what lay ahead 
and it was good to know that Sandakan tower was always ready to send up a flare to help find the airport.
The pink glow of a red flare as seen through water streaming off the windscreen was always reassuring
and it avoided the necessity of climbing to lowest safe and flying the NDB letdown."
What sort of a cowboy operation was this??!!
You'd last all of 1 sector in today's aviation world, before you had your licence pulled, doing stunts like that.
It's a much different world today, old timer.
"I can recall the names of every DC3 hostess I flew with in 1965."....but can't remember what you did an hour ago?