Originally Posted by
BEagle
Absolutely NOT! It's important, given the current international situation, that people know how just how much has been lost over the past 2 or 3 decades.
For example, most of the aerodromes mentioned in this thread no longer exist as RAF aerodromes. It was easy enough to close them and sell them, without any thought about how to deal with any surge need for more aircrew....
I'm not sure how relevant it is to the current international situation for folk to regale us with recitals of Mk3 and Eagle winch check lists. As I say, discussions which are more appropriate to the Aviation History and Nostalgia forum.