Neville was one of my instructors at Stapleford Tawney in 1965: great man to fly with
As our steed was the stable and unspinnable Ercoupe, so we would spend 20 minutes in a Chippie prior to solo being taught spin recovery. Neville's SOP was to do a low (< 50feet) beat up on return: inverted
He was also renowned for creating a bit of a disturbance during Farnborough, which year I can't recall. The nice man from the CAA called him a few days after the show to ask if he'd been flying at 'x' location, and whether he'd seen a formation of Sea Vixens? The conversation went along the lines of
Neville, were you flying last Saturday about 5nm west of Farnboro'
Yes
Did you happen to see some RN aircraft, in formation?
Yes, bloody things nearly ran into me, don't know what the world's coming to, no lookout, etc etc
Did you happen to read the NOTAM about Farnboro' Air Show?
No: did you send me a copy?
Please don't do it again, it rather spoilt the Sea Vixen's day, and put the programme a bit off schedule at SBAC
Classic Neville
