Originally Posted by
Pearly White
Were you in a Victor? I was an Air Cadet on a gliding course at RAF Swanton Morley in the late 60s, we'd just got a few gliders up in the circuit when a Victor came over our airfield dumping fuel. Our CO drove to the tower to use the phone - we could hear him half a mile away. Tearing the CO a new one at whatever RAF base North of the Wash where the Victor was heading. "Do you know my aircraft are made of wood and fabric and held together with glue? Your bloody Victor has just dumped solvent all over my cadets. It's a wonder the bloody wings haven't fallen off!"
Nobody suggested we shouldn't have breathed the stuff in... I still love the smell of Jet A1 in the morning. And the Victor sounded awesome.
Couldn't possible say Pearly - late 60s sounds about right...