Air Law is something that all pilots must have some knowledge of or they wouldn’t be awarded a licence or certificate… it’s required knowledge. Having said that, it's a long way from being simple and even a qualified Air Transport pilot will only have scratched the surface. In the Air Force, one might have assumed that things would have been pretty tight and mutiny unheard of.

Let me set you straight!

Early balloons

 



 

An aircraft Commander

 

The Signals Corps in a balloon basket

 

The Freeman Field mutiny

 

Lt Bill Terry

 

The RAF in Karachi

 

The RAF mutiny

 

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