18th century prophecy. The time will come, when thou shalt life thine eyes to watch a long-drawn battle in the skies, while aged peasants, too amazed for words, stare at the flying fleets of wound'rous birds ... (Translated from Gray's 'Luna Habitabilis', Cambridge 1737). Make it come true. Just two hundred years ago this remarkable vision of the war in the air was written down in Latin verse by the great English poet ... Save regularly week by week
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