Originally Posted by
Bill Macgillivray
"Black Flag" at Linton in the late '60's meant no flying (weather) and generally a 'march' by the students to the pub, followed by us QFI's in various forms of transport ! "White flag" was unrestricted flying - dual & solo. If I remember correctly there was also a black/white flag that denoted only dual and certain student solo elements (senior course etc.) The appropriate flag was flown by ATC and announced on the tannoy when changed. As far as I can remember this was purely a Flying Training Command issue.
Bill
In the 1970s, a succession of Black Flag days ay Linton prompted something more organised than a pub visit which resulted in the Tannoy message, "There will be an Inter-course Sports Competition in the Gym starting at 1300. All students are to participate". We all went along eagerly, wondering who was going to supply enough WRAF/Nurses etc for the events.