I have read several first hand accounts where wartime Test Pilots were given a dreamers' paradise, flying virtually anything & everything - until one realises they had to do it with no notes !
Hat's off to the ATA for doing similar, although maybe with the odd note...
In particular I seem to remember an early Meteor pilot ( Test or otherwise ) having his instructor lean against the cockpit, point everything out then " off you go ! "
IFPS man, I may have some good gen' for you re. Upkeep / Highball from a seemingly unlikely source; let me check, but if you don't hear within a week kick me with a PM !
Last edited by Double Zero; 8th Dec 2009 at 20:47.