Occupation hazard of flying the "Widowmaker" I understand. I recently read an account of German Navy F104's having trouble staying with RN "Banana Bombers" at low level, and it included a reference to some RN planes being intercepted off Cuba by US ANG F102's... ("misunderstanding" about overflight agreements)
while returning from a "visit" to Honduras from Ark Royal - launching and recovering somewhere south of Bermuda..
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Gavin
Linslade
Bedfordshire
UK
Garratt Locomotives
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