That brought back some memories, especially of the first time round at Lindholme, on the STCBS.
As you say the people who designed the NBS were indeed incredibly clever. Tell us a few tales about the AVSCU, the Square Routing Pinwheel and the Triangle Solver; our current crop of QWI's and WSO's probably wouldn't believe the engineering skill and ingenuity it took to solve those navigational and weaponeering problems.
Despite the passage of time you seem to remember better than most and are better qualified than most, having been a Nav Rad Ldr. What happened to "John Willie" by the way?
JG