Man in the sky. ( jack hawkins ) 1956.
Yes. I am geoff philbrick. I started my PPL course on the 24-march 1956, and completed my test on the 24-june 1956. The CFI at the time was Flt LT. Gibson ( Gibby !! ) . The training was on austers, although at the very last minute before the test, we were suddenly required to do spinning and recovery solo, which involved switching to Tigers for that exercise. !! ( not funny ) . The only other instructors at the time were Boyle and Bradley , who was just a week end instructor. The name " Woody " just does not ring a bell. (sorry). The Silver City plane being used in the film finished up on top of the canal, and held up the film. I was in one of the shots in the film, but in all these years have never seen the film advertised any where. I have only just learnt today ( for the very first time in all these years ) that the film was released in USA in 1957, under a different title. !!