"Cloud-flying requires practice, even if you have every……" — Charles Rumney Samson

"Cloud-flying requires practice, even if you have every modern instrument, and unless you keep calm and collected you will get into trouble after you have been inside a really thick one for a few minutes. In the very early days of aviation, 1912 to be correct, I emerged from a cloud upside down, much to my discomfort, as I didn't know how to get right way up again. I found out somehow, or I wouldn't be writing this."

— Charles Rumney Samson

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Before I went to the Mess I made the excuse I wanted to get something out of my aeroplane, and…

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