I've met Al on a couple of occasions and would agree he is a credit to the piloting and astronaut fraternity. I can only hope the flag ends up in an RAF museum rather than the CAS office.
The Viscount story reminds me of a story recounted about Buzz flying a 787 Simulator recently and raving about the technology and how cool it was to fly......I guess these guys have ticked the Moon and Shuttle boxes and like to challenge themselves with new ideas and technology constantly rather than just live in the past.