Originally Posted by
SLXOwft
I hope there are no objections to me posting this here.
I had the privilege of knowing Sir Brian, who died last this week, some years after his retirement. I knew he was a former Second Sea Lord and former Supply Branch Officer. I was surprised when in one of our conversations he turned to his experience of deck landing Sea Hawks.
As we never discussed the details of his career I have had to rely on Wikipedia for the following.
....which is well worth a read on it own, namely
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_...l_Navy_officer)
Originally Posted by
SLXOwft
The training of aircrew for such a short period in frontline appointments was a solution of its time, I suspect it would give today’s bean counters apoplexy when considering the limited return on training costs. I understand that in the late 60s there were also a small number of pussers who were trained as rotary aircrew – anyone on here know more?
I will shortly return to goofers before I am chased out of the crew room.
More early 1960s I believe, and the names of Commodore Noel (Jimmy) James and Captain Stuart Thompson come to mind, although the former, sadly no longer with us, later transferred to the Seaman Specialisation and commanded HMS ROTHESAY as a Commander and RNAS Culdrose as a Captain.
Jack