Yes, QFI's are seldom wrong. Being exceedingly old, i was Warton ctp 2 before Dereck. The ctp at RR at that time was a superb man name of Cliff Rogers. He owned the Vulcan test bed with the RB199 in which we observed our first 199 surges,(but by no means the last), and he owned a Spitfire which i was exceedingly grateful to be allowed to drive. It was a Mk 14 and for me completed a boyhood dream.
In 1969 (i think), Cliff had the first of the British F4K's and needed to acrue some engine hours for the company before it went into service with the Navy. Things were quiet at Warton and i somehow managed to get my name on the list. More heaven! One of Cliff's pilots at that time was another ex-Navy man, Alan Deacon, sadly killed in a Tucano when later working for Shorts out of Belfast, doing flutter with stores. Alan gave me my first ride on joining Boscombe Down-- in a Buccaneer Mk 1, in Jan 1964.
The RR tp's were a good bunch.
Originally Posted by A2QFI
I am not Sherlock Holmes but I think he is Dave Eagles not D Reeh!