Marty
HD yes you are right about NZ. I remember the first time I saw Tricky,day one at Boscombe Steve Palmer and I were being shown the Approach Room,a phone rang at a consol(e?), the controller answers 'Lay it on me Brize', we nearly wet ourselves.
This was followed a few minutes later by the arrival of a tennis player wearing a Walkman who proceeded to sit in front of the PAR position saying something like 'I'm free'. Thus our first sighting of the late Bobby Cowell.
A few weeks later our intrepid duo were sharing the Approach One function,as believe it or not it was quite busy,when they both had Maydays.Marty had a FRADU Hunter with an engine failure on climb-out and Bobby a Lightning returning from a supersonic run low on fuel.The banter between them was priceless. Much to Tricky's embarrassment he was awarded a Good Show and had his picture in the RAF flight safety mag' Air Clues!