To 17-year-old Ulrich Leibbrandt an airplane was just about the most exciting thing in the world. Every free moment he had, Ulrich spent at a small airfield near Capetown (used by two aircraft companies for charter flights and flying instruction). There, Ulrich made fast friends with Pilot Peter Lome and Flying Instructor Dave Worthington, a couple of ex-R.A.F. men, who to Ulrich's delight sometimes took him up for a flip around. It was much more fun than going to school or helping with his headmaster's pet project, i.e., planting grass on the school's playing fields. One...
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