TWO MINUTES SILENCE -

"One day I was with Jim on the way to Rottnest with a full load of passengers. I was piloting the plane. Jim suddenly looked at his watch and leaned over and closed off both throttles. I thought 'Oh well, Old Jim must have decided to finish it all.' We were at about 6,000 feet so I put the plane into glide mode. We were losing height pretty rapidly. After a couple of minutes (we were down to about 1,600 feet by this time), Jim looked at his watch again and opened the throttles. 'Armistice Day', he said. 'Two minutes silence'.

From the book 'Jimmy Woods, Flying Pioneer' by J. Lewis.

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