Wings Over Africa: How the R.A.F. Swept the Italians from the Sky
... Wings Over Africa How the R.A.F. Swept the Italians from the Sky By Captain H. C. Biard (Schneider Trophy winner and world record breaker y IT is not easy for us at home to visualise African flying conditions. Cockpit temper- atures sometimes reach 130 degrees (ground shade temperature is often 110 degrees); gas masks are worn while flying to prevent dust nuisance in Ghibli storms; dust ...