ABOUT THE AUTHOR Towards the end of senor school, without any previous ambition in aviation, George Wrigley responded to an advertisement to recruit trainee pilots into the Royal Rhodesian Air Force. Although initially struggling to adapt to what appeared as unnecessarily harsh military discipline, once he was taken for a ride on an air experience flight, he was immediately smitten with the flying bug. Once qualified as a young jet fighter pilot, he was in seventh heaven. Reluctant to miss a single chance to be part of the regular formation fly-pasts for ceremonial occasions, he was not prepar...