Post #2930 on the "What's New in West Africa"
"Leading Edge" posted the following:-
You mentioned....Bill Barrel....what a great instructor. Did my initial instrument training with Bill in AVII round and round the Norwich hold. When it came to doing the initial approach checks and the item "seat belts and no smoking sign on" old Bill, with his fag still going would say "don't worry about that shag, just fly the f...in' aircraft and get after that QDM!!"
I don't have any confirmation of this, but Bill was most certainly one of the most colourful characters that this industry had.