Bob Prest does/did fly for Gulf Air. When in SOAF (now RAFO) he flew Jaguars, not Strikies. He ejected from a Jaguar in circumstances I will not discuss and was dragged a long way across the desert, on which he scraped large quantites of his flying kit and skin. When it re-grew it was rather pink and we put him on a diet of drinking chocolate and the occasional Guiness, to restore the proper colour. If any of you have seen John Walmsley's excellent photo history of the F4 OCU you may recall that at the bottom of each page there was an extract from the 'Line Book'. IMHO the best one related to an US Marine major who turned up for AOCs (as it was then called) in full uniform and medals; one nav was heard to say to another "Look out, here comes Magnetic North"! Happy days, apart from Bill and Doctor Death! I also have an excellent story about Al Vosloo if anyone wants it posted? Relates to the use of Service telephones to make calls home when delayed at work night flying etc.