LIONEL,
     In a message dated 03-12-98 you wrote ...
> Now those tent-hangars from WW I days, I used to have some pictures of
> them on the Western Front: one good reason to be thankful that I wasn't
> alive back then. That was one war that I am happy that I missed.
    If you have access to the National Geographics CD set,
 got to the January 1918 issue. The whole issue is WW I air
 operations. RAF, French, Italian, US and Russia.
    Freddy Raynham said they would not let him fly combat
 in WW I. Said he was too valuable as a test pilot. He said
 he did make a trip to Russia to make some tests or do some
 instructions over there. He was given credit fro being
 first to spin and EXPLAIN HOW TO RECOVER.
    I listened to lots of Freddy's tales. We did not have tape
 recorders in those day.  I had a WIRE recorder but it was too
 large and tempermental to haul around. I enjoyed a lot of
 his 16 mm movies. Taken back in the 20s. When mapping India
 and later the Dutch East Indies. I believe he was awarded the
 George Medal for the mapping of Imperial Airways routes in
 India.
   -=*  Jim Sanders  *=-
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