“Now shut the engines off. Come down and flatten out, feel the long float, and at the given moment pull the stick right home. She's down. Now taxi in. Switch off. It's over - but not quite, for the port engine, just as if it knew, as if reluctant at the last to let me go, kicked, kicked, and kicked again, as overheated engines will, then backfired with an angry snorting: Fool! The best is over ...But I did not hear.”
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Cecil Arthur Lewis
Cecil Arthur Lewis, a pilot, was born on March 29, 1898, and passed away on January 27, 1997. He had a rich experience in the field of aviation and made contributions to the development of flight technology. more
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