Originally Posted by
Brian 48nav
PN
No offence meant but I'm finding your post hard to follow.
Did you and your crew display in NZ?
Yes
RNZAF, captained by a pilot officer no less. All the A4 drivers opted for a bus ride back.
How did you get from NZ back to Singapore,
Via Amberley and Darwin
Was there another crew, so meaning you were then going to be VC10ed back to Blighty?
Yes. Two. One ferried the aircraft out via Bombay and the return flight with a third crew via Chenai.
We took the VC10 back to Akrotiri via Sri Lanka.
[Quotr]Once Changi had closed and transport aircraft were being routed to Tengah, we used to stay downtown in the Equatorial Hotel on Bukit Time Road - then very modern.[/QUOTE]
Indeed, we had to go to the Mandarin and Shangri La for happy hour and preferred the roof top bar at the Hilton though they only served 3 for 2 but the pool was better than the Equatorial.
Enough detail?
Getting the 'no accommodation' slip from Slops cost a beer and a meal.
Don't ask me how we ever got funding.