Originally Posted by
212man
RNAY = maintenance base. RNAS = operational station. (cf "dockyard" and "port").
Regardless of the flying qualities of the Banana Jet, I think it should be obvious by now that the ramblings of Jimmy Saville, as quoted by Davies, are a mix of misunderstanding, delusion, fabrication and self-aggrandisement.
It may be worthwhile adding some context for our colonial correspondents who may not be fully familiar with Mr Saville. In his lifetime he was a radio and TV personality, DJ and philanthropist who devoted his off-duty hours to unpaid charity and voluntary work in hospitals and children's homes. He fronted a long-running TV show which granted wishes to young people and his madcap personality endeared him to the public. He was widely regarded as a national treasure and his apparent generosity was repaid in spades by the public; presumably accounting for his Buccaneer experience.
In the weeks following his death it quickly became apparent that he was actually a predatory serial-paedophile who used his position of trust to abuse vulnerable young people who were under the legal or de-facto guardianship of hospitals, media organisations and children's homes. The extent to which these organisations were transfixed by his Svengali-like persona, and granted him almost unbridled access, has been a cause for much subsequent soul-searching, and reviews of their governance.