The instructions for uploading photographs were easy to follow
- less than 10 minutes from registering to hosting two pics.
I've posted two pics below as an experiment.
If they don't disappear in a few days - we're up and running.
Having now tried both, I've found www.photobucket.com is more reliable.
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22 Hunters in a formation loop (1957)
The formation was led by Squadron Leader Roger Topp, then OC 111 Squadron.
By lucky coincidence, I found myself sitting next to him on a flight to Antigua recently. Now 81 years old, he had a wonderful career, including leading the Black Arrows and, as a test pilot, worked on many aircraft up to the Tornado.
One of Roger's students at ETPS went on to become a distinguished test pilot himself - none other than our own John Farley.
Roger enjoyed reminiscing - but probably not half as much as I enjoyed listening. Our respective ladies were very patient - no doubt very relieved to discover we weren't staying at the same hotel!
(As an aside ..... who should be the Captain on the return flight but an old friend from my Tiger Club days who'll be known to many people here, Tim Barnby. Thanks to the daft new rule, I couldn't visit the cockpit but Tim came down the back for a chat.)