Originally Posted by
DaveReidUK
Somewhere I have a few issues of Tee Emm (the RAF's "Training Memorandum"), which is where I believe P/O Prune and his Irremovable Finger made their debut.
There's an older thread about him
here.
Another RAF 1960s safety mag was 'Air Clues', which featured cartoon characters 'Bloggs'* (clumsy JP trainee pilot) and his long-suffering instructor. Typical sequence:
Instructor: OK, Bloggs, stall turn left
Heads swivelling randomly and out of sync left and right . . .
Blogg's face (behind O2 mask) - eyes wide in panic
Instructor's expression (ditto): What a prat!
Instructor: OK, Bloggs, spin recovery . . .
In another article an instructor records his impression of a 'difficult' trainee, who he refers to as BUS (big ugly student). I recall the line: 'BUS bends throttle, breaks switches'.
*I'm not 100% sure this was the character's name.