Padhist,
I know someone who would have loved to have met you at that time. He worked for me on permanent nights and bought a house just outside Bedford where he thought it would be quiet during the day. He didn't discover that it was on the centre line of the main RAE runway until it was too late. The worse the weather the more you annoyed him as you droned over in your Varsity every 15 minutes or so - just enough time to drift off before you came round again.
A great story, please tell us more.