I am pleased to report that lots of inbound mail for this column is in fact penned by Qantas and other airline Captains, and First and Second Officers. One such correspondent is Second Officer “Jabs” (his old RAAF fighter callsign), who has provided one of the best and most amusing radio exchanges that I have

Convair’s Delta Fighters Convair’s highly distinctive F-102 Delta Dagger was the first supersonic delta aircraft to achieve service status. Then, planned only as a variant, the F-106 Delta Dart emerged as a sleek and powerful interceptor that went on to protect American skies fornearly 30 years . . . Origins of the F-102 project date

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