Originally Posted by
sharmine
Thing "quote"
"made me want to join the RAF, as I vividly remember watching the Simon Dee show when he went for a supersonic flight in one of the first Tooms to be delivered to the UK"
Interesting that you were inspired to join the RAF
after seeing the Simon Dee show. He actually went for a flight in an RN toom out of Yeovilton. In return he invited a number of Yeovilton personnel along to see the show and I was one of them. Good show, both Lulu and Cliff Richard appeared. However the plane made the show and kept me busy for many years afterwards.
Sharmine
Who in all seriousness joins the Navy? Oh....er....
Anyway, thanks for the heads up, it was just a big noisy aeroplane to me at that age and at 12 years old jets = RAF and boats = navy.
Funnily enough my cuz has just moved across to the Navy from the RAF. She's an ATC type and is marrying a fishead. She was married to an RAF jock but sadly that didn't work out, so she cast her eye seaward. I didn't know you could transfer between services like that. I know you can be attached but didn't know you could do the full cross dressing thing.
ZOOM
Middy was/is a great bloke, when me and my pal were chasing after his daughters he always made us most welcome. I can still see him sitting there in his dressing gown smoking his permanently lit Dunhills. He used to go to work on this bloody ancient moped, most incongruous.
SATCO? I was a jet techy. Didn't know any ATC folk. Wouldn't have spoken to them if I did. Apart from my cuz obviously.