1st April 1918
Has anyone in the RAF thought about next Tuesday? The way things seem to be going, in ten years time we may not even have an air force.
01/04/1968, the fiftieth anniversary, 229 OCU Chivenor's finest took to the air in a massed 5 sec pairs stream take off of Hunters and Meteors ( I flew one of the Meteors, so was "sucking the hind t*t ) It was very impressive, and not a little exciting, from my position. We then formed up and flag waved over Plymouth, Exeter and Barnstaple. No doubt other units did similar things. Their Airships had made no official plans which prompted Al Pollock to wave his own flag under Tower Bridge. Not that one could expect that kind of thing now as it might give a part time secretary of state a heart attack.
But it will be a pity if the 90th anniversary passes unnoticed by the Great British Public.