you'll be so glad you did Stan .. . . It may lack the touch of a tight editor , but it is nevertheless such a remarkable life, with outstanding recall for detail , and as has been remarked , overflowing with his passion for the air.
How effortlessly Reg seems to go from 707 to DC-10 to 747 , rapid progression from one command to the next. SABENA ground schools were detail intensive, (unlike the American's approach), with much counting of the threads on the knurled flange bracket.
As opposed to more practical concentration on 'need-to-know' stuff, with the 'nice-to -know' brushed over.
(One tiny tiny annoyance is incorrect form of type designation throughout the book. . e.g. DC3 and DC10)
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