JS> Don't know WHEN he won it but he did.... He retired from DeHaviland
JS> in 1939 and when war started became a Group Captain in the RAF. Was
JS> some kind of expert on accidents. For Fighters and gliders.
 
Amazing how some people had to get into things. Back in WWI in East
Africa there were a number of fifty and sixty year olds who joined to
fight in East Africa.
 
JS> Freddy also held many early glider and sailplane records. Remember
JS> he was a pilot before the RFC was formed. I believe he said his
JS> license numbber was 14 or there about. I asked once how much flying
JS> time he had. He said the first 14 or 15 years he was not required to
JS> keep a log book after that he logged between 35 and 40,000 hours..
JS> Freddy died of a brain hemorrhage in fall of 1954 on the way to
JS> Denver. He and his wife, Doty were touring the US at their
JS> leisure...
 
He seems to have lived a long and very interesting life. between 35 and
40 thousand hours? Now _there_ is a number to contemplate!
 
Bruce
 
 
 
 
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