Thanks so much for this! I saved it to send to a couple of ex-IAF brothers-in-law, but found myself reading the whole article! Good one! An aside: when I was 15 I often accompanied my cousin to the only Glider field and training school in Poona, where a jeep was used to aid in the glider take-off by cable attachment. I will never forget the rush of being airborne and becoming part of the earth and sky. Later trips in noisy 2-seater planes were no comparison! Claire B.