On 24 Jan 2004 15:33:05 GMT, (Veeduber) wrote:

Even older. Virtually every book about the early days of flying the mail (ie,
1920 on ) includes such an account.

Ernie Gann's "Blaze of Noon," for example....but Gallery tells it better
(in "Stand By-y-y-y to Start Engines").

Closest I ever came to it was to buzz a convoy of CAP cadets (in my trusty
CAP Citabria) with the backseater flicking the landing light switch up and
down like a machine gun.

Ron Wanttaja