ORAL AVIATION TESTIMONY
THE FOLLOWING ARE SHORT EXERPTS FROM RECORDED INTERVIEWS
JOE CROSSLEY witnessed the take-off on the maiden flight by the Saunders-Roe Princess flying boat at close quarters on 22 August 1952, and his father and uncle were passengers in Waterhen [Waterbird’s successor] on 25 August 1913:
Wings Over Windermere
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