THE SKY WAS THE LIMIT by Ramunny, Wing Commander Murkot, IAF ( ret )

New Delhi, 1997, first Indian edition, hard bound in dust jacket, VG/VG CONDITION, 6 x 8 1/2, xi, 123 pages, illustrations, B&W and color, appendices, index. ------------------------------------------This is the story of an ordinary Pilot of the Indian Air Force during the early days of the Second World War. As a Seventh Course Pilot of the I.A.F. he gives his personal experiences of training and life in the Air Force, the aircraft flown, operations in the North West Frontier and against the Japanese in Burma. Aviation training, aircraft and war in the air have changed dramatically since the Second World War. This book provides a glimpse of flying in the early days and the conditions under which pilots and airmen worked in pre-independent India. In between the story of actual flying experience, a short history of the Indian Air Force has been interspersed. Air Headquarters has helped to update the history of the Air Force, which has crossed many milestones, including the entry of women pilots