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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Troubador" data-source="post: 3286674" data-attributes="member: 109211">Covered cockpits! Might as well pilot from an arm-chair! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />My first flight was in a Stampe biplane, a sort of Belgian Tiger Moth, with open cockpits although both had a wee windshield.Second was in a Cessna which was much more amenable.Third light aircraft was a Beech twin, flying between Johannesburg and Victoria Falls. There was a crate of beer in the back with me acting as steward to the other two passengers. To his credit the pilot (Bill Jelly) did not indulge. Throughout the flight I was clutching my Dialyt 10x40s trying to get glimpses of the ground below.Fortunately none of the pilots tried to find out if they could recover from a spin while I was on board.  Phew.Lee</blockquote>