Treasures from the op. shop. 'Best of Paradise.' 1978. First edition.
Of the 133 selections, seventeen are about or relate to aviation.
1. Gold - but no rush.
2. Three Zeroes - and Bertie hangs up his goggles.
3. Life with the Junkers G31
4. On a wing and a prayer.
5. At the end of the rainbow. (Piece by Dave Tholler with many of his
DC-3 pics.)
6. Tapini.
7. An affair of the air. (Larry Blackman.)
8. Liklik balus.
9. Hoppy and the Swallow
10. Amelia - the jigsaw is falling into place.
11. Nadzab.
12. Jackson's Airport.
13. 'Old John' Jackson, DFC.
14. Wewak.
15. Rabaul.
16. Lae.
17. Skyway to Hong Kong.
Included in the Blackman memoir - 'Sitting on Guadalcanal, writing up the load and trim sheet using the tailplane as a table. Co-pilot on the other side doing a walk-round raises the elevator inflicting on me a nasty bruise just below the ribs. Explained all this to the wife when I got home. Her retort -
'I know of your long standing love affair with this aeroplane, but when the thing bites you, it's just too much!'
Copies are on Amazon from about 10 quid to 30.
A night cap now . - a tumbler of ST VINNIES SACRIFICIAL WINE. Cheers.
P.S. Where is CB (Bryan) Grey today?
Last edited by Fantome; 13th Feb 2010 at 09:51.