Originally Posted by
teeteringhead
I was at Headley Court with John Aldington in '73 or '74. IIRC he had slipped off an icy wing of a JP and badly broken his leg....... small world innit.
It was the beginning of the 1973 season, I believe it was spilt fuel on the wing that John slipped on. I was number 3 that year and we continued the season as a 3 ship.
The following year we had moved to RAF Leeming and switched to MK 5’s and renamed The Swords. John flew number 2.