Originally Posted by
Mickj3
Not always the journalists to blame. My son is the aviation desk editor of a wellknown aviation/defence publication. His background is that he was brought up on many married patches and spent some considerable time in the harrier simulator at Wildenrath in return for making many cups of tea for the residents. He has constant rows over the correct rank titles that have been changed by editorial staff after the copy has left his desk. He only sees the changes made after publication. Group Captain changed to Capt seems the most common error.
Crikey, that’s 46 to 52 years ago - I think the last of the Harriers left Wildenwrath in 1976 having arrived in 1970. Surely he’s done something connected to military aviation more recently than that?