Originally Posted by
oldandbald
Out of interest, and I’m sure Vintage ATCO would agree , [rest snipped]
Yes, totally agree. A NE'ly wind was the worst but as you say, after a few to get your eye in, you got use to applying the correction before it was needed. I never understood why certain individuals insisted on everyone swapping round after a while 'to have a rest'. If you've done 5 SRAs, you may as well do 45, as I did one day.
It was my practice to rest the ball of my left thumb on the ridge of metal of the central console so I could operate the aerial tilt switch with my index finger. On more than one occasion I caught the aerial rotation switch and switched the bl@@dy scanner off!!