Herod - we enjoyed 'drums' together on the 21 September 66 !!
Bill McEachern took over from John Dixon and we served together again on 1563Flt/84 Sqn Akrotiri. Bill set something of a record for the Whirlwind for endurance. He took one solo on CT and flew to South Stack, selected computer out and wound the rotor rpm down to the 190s and slope-soared !!! He was so long away that we were getting concerned.
So many names spring to mind from that period (60s/70s)MP Nobby Clarke, Dave Whitely, (?) Spikins, at Valley, Chick W-H , George Puddy (my boss at TH and 84, Frank Barnes, Cedric Simons at TH.
One of the surprises at Th when I arrived, was recognising the boss of the Instructors Flt/Sqn - Pete Rover, then a Lt Cdr, last seen as an RAF Flt Lt Navigator on Valettas in Aden.- a small (and changeable) world.