Try this classic cocktail

This is one all you flying aces will enjoy. The pale blue color beckoned us to take our taste buds on an adventure, much like a clear day and favorable tail wind calls a barnstormer. Aptly enough, this cocktail is named the Aviation. It is a seemingly long forgotten cocktail that we were pleasantly surprised to stumble upon.
We surmise that the lack of popularity was because many bars in the early twentieth century did not carry Marischino or Creme De Violette (essential ingredients in our humble opinion). And certainly it did not help that many recipe books omitted the Creme De Violette, which left us with a bastardized cocktail missing the beautiful pale blue color and lacking the floral notes of the violette liqueur. 
Fast forward to present time where we can once again obtain Marischino and even Creme De Viollete with a teeny bit of searching. Trust us, a little bit of effort is well worth it to make this classic cocktail.

Aviation

2 oz. Hayman's Old Tom Gin

1/2 oz. Marischino liquer

1/2 oz. Creme De Violette

1 oz. fresh lemon juice

Combine ingredients in a shaker with ice until well chilled.  Double strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with an edible flower or twist of lemon if desired.

Cheers!