Length of sorties at 2ANS Gaydon
Just checked my logbook tilleydog. Sortie lengths varied from 3hr55mins to 4hr15, except for the map reading exercises carried out at 500' on the old low-level route, which were shorter. We had two routes, one went out over Wales and the Bristol Channel then down the Irish Sea and back in over the Scillies and Cornwall. Cant for the life of me remember where the other route went, but the choice of route was made after looking at the met. You must have been bored as a passenger, but we were working like one armed paperhangers grappling with the ADF doing 3 position line fixes, or at the bubble sextant at night doing astro fixes. Mine were rarely within 10 miles of where we were - I always found astro a black art which I could never really master. Does anyone anywhere still use it ?
By the way, ONLY a medic? Dont do yourself down, we were all part of the service, with or without wings/brevets on our chests