Charliegolf - I too was on 8 Flt starting on 29 Aug 79 (my 17th birthday!) with the DS Sgt Robbie Robertson and I think the Cpl was Dave Garstang. Top blokes who were utterly professional in everything that they did. I started off as a techie and then did the AAITC in the early 80s but I seem to recall that there were 3? people bound for Finningley - one a jolly ginger haired Scot, first name Jim, who I subsequently bumped into when I arrived at Ice Station Kilo.
Tantallon:
Slightly taken aback by your comments. If you had bothered to read my post, you would see that I hadn't actually used any 'gutter' language and I was simply stating that provided it doesn't cross certain boundaries people should be allowed to express themselves - as I said, it's views like yours that is just the sort of PC nonsense that people get fed up of - if people can't take the criticism, they shouldn't dish it out.