Alan Bristow
Bristow (Alastair Gordon actually) gave me my first job in civvy street. First sight of the 'Old Man' was in the hangar in Aberdeen where he harangued one of our US pilots for having long hair. Rumour was he was followed everywhere by a guy who had to re-employ all those that AB had taken a sudden dislike to and summarily sacked. Quite a character. Had the pleasure of flying him down to Hickstead one year - an intimidating prospect as my boss insisted he sit in the front of my 206. All went well however and there was no attempt to take control - I deliberately left the duals in the boot!
A strong character that set the standards for our industry and provided an able foil to what seemed an inept group of regulators at the time.
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