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It cleared up some of the views I had which were inaccurate. I was working in Zambia at the time. I was also on the tarmac at Lusaka when the Rhodesian Air Force (Green Leader) attacked the camp on the outskirts of Lusaka.I am an aircraft engineer and having refuelled and completed pre-departure inspection on a Zambia Airways B737, we were held on the ground until given clearance from Lusaka Tower.
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A tragic true story that leaves an indelible sense of loss with all those who lived in Rhodesia at the time. The author writes lucidly and with expert knowledge, not only in aviation terms, but also of the prevailing politics at the time. The story is powerful and one cannot escape the "what ifs?" which could so easily have averted these two horrendous atrocities, and the aftermath of the subsequent failed state of Zimbabwe.
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A story the world should know,once again I am stunned by how well Ian Pringle writes,I have been a pilot for 42 years and could not put it down, The Skipper
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