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Air Law is something that all pilots must have some knowledge of or they wouldn’t be awarded a licence or certificate… it’s required knowledge. Having said that, it’s a long way from being simple and even a qualified Air Transport pilot will only have scratched the surface. In the Air Force, one might have assumed that things would have been pretty tight and mutiny unheard of.
Let me set you straight!
Early balloons
An aircraft Commander
The Signals Corps in a balloon basket
The Freeman Field mutiny
Lt Bill Terry
The RAF in Karachi
The RAF mutiny
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