PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Barry Paton
Thread: Barry Paton
View Single Post
Old 26th May 2019, 14:22
  #10 (permalink)  
Thud_and_Blunder
 
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: SW England
Age: 69
Posts: 1,500
Received 89 Likes on 35 Posts
So sad that we're only getting to see that photo whenever another good 'un has departed the fix.

'Spitoon' was on another Flight when I joined my first Sqn, 72, at Odiham. However, unlike some of the older pilots on my own Flight he always had time - especially on det to NI - to help and encourage the noobs; I used to enjoy spending extra time in Aldergrove when he, BM and some of the other people who were less 'full of themselves' were there. And - as already mentioned - he was funny as ****. I had no idea he'd preceded me in Brunei, but certainly heard plenty of the dits from his time in Sek Kong (he seemed to have a large part of the Line Book dedicated to his timely utterings).

CFS(H) has had some really good bosses - can they now please stop leaving early so we can appreciate them for longer?
Thud_and_Blunder is offline