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Former Navy fighter pilot Geoff Litchfield, 90, is hanging up his wings in Port Macquarie after a lifetime of living in the clouds. The Hastings District Flying Club member has accumulated more than 18,000 hours behind the stick, flying everything from bi-planes to propeller fighter planes, navy jet fighters and passenger aircraft over the last 72 years. He has made 350 day and night landings, and 205 catapult launches on aircraft carriers such as the HMAS Sydney, HMAS Melbourne, HMS Vengeance, HMS Illustrious and HMS Bulwark while flying over Australia and England. Born in Glen Innes and attending school in Tamworth, he was briefly employed by the Commonwealth Bank. He began his journey to the skies when an ex-airforce pilot took him on a…
