Vulcan Does it Again
Story goes that the RAFC graduation fly-past some years ago was to be done by the mighty Vulcan. This happened, one of the cadets was the son/daughter of the sqn CO. However, the first Vulcan was closely followed by a second with a light fuel load that did a low pass and an almost vertical climb over CHOM. The resulting turbulance caused a young lady's skirt to rise way above her waist, but she hung on to her hat. Afterwards she said "What you were all looking at is 20 years old, what I was holding onto is brand new!"
Maybe a myth, but I larfed.
Re the above post about John Thompson. As SO(UK) to the SHAPE COS (German 4*) in the early 90's, I had the extreme good fortune to escort Sir John and his American wife from their aircraft at Chièvres to SHAPE HQ. The cars (principal and chase) were driven by COS's German staff. They practiced escape and evasion, but COS would not allow them to do it while he was in the car. They wondered if Sir John would let them, I asked him and before he could reply Lady T said. "Sure, it could be fun." And it was!
I later had the sad task of breaking the news of Sir John's death to COS and he was very sad. "If only all your RAF seniors officers were like Sir John", he said. He never spoke a truer word.
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