ROBIN,
     In a message dated 02-19-98 you wrote ...
> Hello, Jim !
>
> My son Toby (of whom more anon), shortly after he got his PPL
> (Private Pilot's Licence) a couple of years ago took his
> great-uncle for a "spin".
>
> Ralph will be 90 come April.  He flew Lancasters in the RAF during
> WW2; he'd not been up in anything but "scheduled flights" for 45
> years.
>
> Toby asked if he'd like to take control.  Would he ever ?
>
> Toby had one hell of a job wresting control back again afterwards !
>
> Ralph IS a little deaf - but we reckon he was playing on it !
      I will assure you that he is NOT faking the hearing...
 Mine went (high frequency) long before I retired... Those short
 exhaust stacks on the Merlins were about like the B-25 before
 collector rings... My loss started there and was finished by
 the B-52.  Both my pilot and I flew on hearing waivers.
     I like that last name, CLAY.  My Name is James Clay Sanders
 and there are several Clays in my ancestry.. :)
   -=*  Jim Sanders  *=-
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