Oh come on, Gainesy - you know how you used to enjoy reading those Letter From the Front articles and the 'air pahhrr' ones about how the ancient Babylonian use of defensive counter air was such a spiffing wheeze....
Yes, he was indeed an utter pratt!
Now, perhaps your wooly-pully thesis should be combined with an aircrew forage cap / baseball cap / beret (I understand some aircrew untermensch actually like to dress themselves as onion sellers or Frank Spencer these days?) dissertation?
Perhaps there'll be some I Learned About Double-Entry Book-Keeping From That articles for the penguins?
Seriously though, it's good to know that Spry Is Back!! His crisp and dry prose will surely make a welcome change to the biz-speak wanque-words which started to permeate the RAF just as I pulled the B&Y.