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The Ace of Sewanee

Air Facts

Beginning almost forty years ago, I spent time in the cockpit with a series of pilots whose influence I have only recently come to appreciate. A man in a Nomex flight suit and brown leather flight jacket stood on the tarmac as I taxied in. Then came rolls, loops, multi-turn spins, and aileron-only spin recoveries.