Sat Jan 19, 2019 6:57 pm
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My boy when he was in the RAF was held with 100 sqdn at Leeming and was seconded to the Reds for their posting to Cyprus for pre-season training.
He backseated all the way out, was treated like one of the team and shared hotels on the way out (Nice and Italy somewhere IIRC).
Because he was trying for a branch change to pilot (he was Nav) they let him hand fly all the way there and back.
He spent a very pleasant 3 months in Cyprus : his job was to brief joy-riding dignitaries on safety stuff/ejection procedures among other things: he got numerous back seats in the training sorties.
I cant exactly remember the year (late 90s ) but it was the year the Blue Peter girlie was there (nudge nudge wink wink)
Sadly his taste for stick waggling but his inability to get a Branch change despite glowing support from the Reds team among others, led to his deciding to come out.
Peter
He backseated all the way out, was treated like one of the team and shared hotels on the way out (Nice and Italy somewhere IIRC).
Because he was trying for a branch change to pilot (he was Nav) they let him hand fly all the way there and back.
He spent a very pleasant 3 months in Cyprus : his job was to brief joy-riding dignitaries on safety stuff/ejection procedures among other things: he got numerous back seats in the training sorties.
I cant exactly remember the year (late 90s ) but it was the year the Blue Peter girlie was there (nudge nudge wink wink)
Sadly his taste for stick waggling but his inability to get a Branch change despite glowing support from the Reds team among others, led to his deciding to come out.
Peter
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