Thanks, Threeputt. Very sorry to hear about John. RIP indeed.
Aeroid...you may even have been one of the QFIs on our squadron?
Another memory of Linton...the wooden toll bridge I was in OMQ at Dishforth, convenient, as whilst holding for BFTS, I had latterly been at Leeming on AOITS*. Sometimes the bridge was manned, sometimes not. Always had a 2p handy in case there was somebody there to take it. Funnily enough the two flight commanders on AOITS, both QFIs, arrived with me as my course-mates on my Whirlwind course at Tern Hill. One of them later worked for the same off-shore helicopter company as me!
* AOITS...Aircrew Officers Interim Training Squadron, IIRC.