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Davaar · 18th July 2007, 07:02

A propos Double Zero's post # 13, Wing Commander Jock Dalgleish was the RAF officer with King Hussein in the RJAF Dove on 10 November 1958, when they were attacked by Syrian Migs. He had taught the King to fly. Jock was CFI at the Edinburgh Flying Club in the early 1960s, a man of many talents and interests. He bought one or more Austers, I think they were, some kind of high wing dragger anyway, which he leased to the club; and he also bought a butcher's shop and a greengrocer's shop. He was happy in any of the varied milieus, flying or supervising the lamb chops or ladling out a few pounds of potatoes for the old lady shoppers with whom he was a favourite. He had quite the sense of humour. I rolled up once to fly one of the Austers, not having flown for a year or two, and he said it would probably be wise to give me a quick solo check flight before I went off on my own. Made sense to me, so off we set on what turned out to be a full IFR ticket test, in actual IMC.

18th July 2007, 07:02	#17 (permalink)
Davaar I'll mak siccar Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Tir nan Og Posts: 246	A propos Double Zero's post # 13, Wing Commander Jock Dalgleish was the RAF officer with King Hussein in the RJAF Dove on 10 November 1958, when they were attacked by Syrian Migs. He had taught the King to fly. Jock was CFI at the Edinburgh Flying Club in the early 1960s, a man of many talents and interests. He bought one or more Austers, I think they were, some kind of high wing dragger anyway, which he leased to the club; and he also bought a butcher's shop and a greengrocer's shop. He was happy in any of the varied milieus, flying or supervising the lamb chops or ladling out a few pounds of potatoes for the old lady shoppers with whom he was a favourite. He had quite the sense of humour. I rolled up once to fly one of the Austers, not having flown for a year or two, and he said it would probably be wise to give me a quick solo check flight before I went off on my own. Made sense to me, so off we set on what turned out to be a full IFR ticket test, in actual IMC.