BEags,
Controllers were petty-much stuck on the mountains for the whole tour the times I was there with no time to schmooze with the fly-boys , though the road to Kent hadn't been built then and of course the 101 was a glint in some boffin's eye - I think they managed a few dining-in nights at the Death-Star but that was about it. (But don’t tell OC FIADGE it was an SAC giving Delta control the following day)
Those awfully nice chaps at 23 let me look round the place one time and gave me a patch but that was about it.
I can’t believe I’m defending controllers again