My goodness Peter, this brings it all back! Marvellous. We must have glanced off each other at Sylt, I was a staff PAI '54 to '57 with the likes of Ken Goodwin, Lee Jones, Chunky I'Anson and all. Recognise several names and faces from those days. And I agree, the Venom looked better with tip tanks!
I remember the Venom fire problems, very sad. Apart from that, a very nice fun aeroplane I thought.
My turn in an aeros team came later, ex RAF, and in No.3 slot. Great fun.
Very much looking forward to future installments, all the best.
Tim