Well, those took me back. Not so much the Tigers (only have an hour or so on them) but the sight and sound of Alan Bramson. In 1975 I presented myself in a high state of nerves to him at Biggin Hill for my initial Instructor test. He was quite a forbidding presence in those days - Chairman of the Panel of Examiners, umpteen thousand hours experience, author of the standard (at the time) PPL textbooks; not a hint of a smile and no effort made to put me at ease - no wonder I cocked-up the PFL on to Brand's Hatch! Still, I got it at the second attempt. I did several subsequent renewals with him - it didn't get any easier!