Ah ... Morse and clever staff officers...
Many years ago, the RAF were tinkering with primary training -
plus ca change . As part of tinkering, young APO Teeters and some chums were dispatched to fly Chipmunks with the Navy (who flew 75 hrs rather than the RAF's 30).
Ah! said clever staff officers - they do morse in the navy - best you lot go and learn some. Teeters and chums off to Topcliffe for 2 or 3 weeks intensive lines and spots, with the aim of reaching the alleged RN input standard of (IIRC) 12 wpm on a key and 6 wpm on an Aldis lamp! Not the most fun we'd ever had....
... arrived with RN keen to show our expertise with "best bent wire" to be told "Oh, the FAA stopped doing that with pilots 3 years ago"
