Warped Factor
Those were the days .... wish I could remember half the stories we were told by one of the most unassuming pilots (but definitely the most brilliant hands on flyer) I have ever known.
The stories I remember were of him being able to bounce and camera gun every NATO fighter/bomber in sight during his days on the Jav, all except the Buccaneer. All he could ever get in his gunsight of them was the top of the tail. If he depressed the nose any lower, then he'd hit the ground.
He also flew in the Paris airshow, and had to land without nose gear in Borneo (I think), or maybe he did that at Paris
.... the stories all run in to one after so long.
I never did find out what he got the AFC for .... but he was a fantastic role model and as one of his 'urchins', I am sure he is up there and proud of what we all achieved. (Even if 3 of us ended up in ATC
)
His spirit and esprit de corps lives on in another cut from the same cloth .....
Wholigan
Fare thee well ....
Bravo 25 ... the Boss