FLIGHT of the MITCHELLS

摘要

It was nearly dusk at Luton Airport on Thursday 11 May 1978. The approach controller spoke into the mic on his headset; there was no mistaking his Scottish lilt as he said, "November 9494 Zulu, the visibility is not too good. If you have any trouble, we can give you instrument radar approach". An obviously English voice responded, "No, it's OK, sir. We've flown 4,000 miles together, we'll do a straight run-in". The English voice was that of Jersey resident Bernhard Haddican who was in the co-pilot's seat of a North American TB-25N Mitchell, with three others in its wake. A few days later a fifth Mitchell would join them but, for want of a tyre, that particular aircraft was presently stranded in Newfoundland.