The old man just dropped by my office, and just to show there's nothing new in aviation, he related a couple of stories. The first is the usual 'learning aerodynamics the hard way', when he was solo in an Oxford, couldn't reach the P tube, so he made the usual mistake of 'going out of the window' with subsequent inflow rather than outflow. What made it a tadge more unusual was the slow roll to an inverted dive before he managed to get back into his seat and regain control
On posting as a very junior pilot to 219 Sqdn (night Beaufighters) he was sent to pick up a Magister. Before getting back to Tangmere, he found a secluded spot for a bit of (unauthorised) aerobatics, and had a bit of fun.
The subsequent summons to the Boss, without a cup of tea, did enlighten him as to the location of the requisitioned country club, then used as Officer's Mess for Group: slap bang under his secluded spot
