Word: hatchfield
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...brought in and stationed at Hatchfield airport. [He] had lined up a young English jet pilot, Tony Blackburn, to fly with Hughes. No one seriously thought that Hughes actually proposed to handle the plane in the takeoff and landing; he could hold down the copilot's seat and take over the controls for a while. When this was diplomatically spelled out, he objected strenuously. "What do you mean, I fly copilot?" he complained. "I've never flown copilot in my life...
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