"TE" ..............god you brought back some funny memories re the Penguin runs. I could fill these pages with 'duck run' stories 'till the cows come home!
Even though at the time it was risky to say the least we few who did those runs night after night learnt a lot of airman-ship or was that luckman-ship? More so purely to stay alive:-)
'MM' was a real character & 'SR' was like his twin bro in some ways, one at each end of the 'duck run' to keep you on yr toes
The Doves where a classic, in more ways than one!
"TID" an 'XT' these days would be far better maintained than any old GA machine that's for sure !
Gee 'Centaurus' yr lucky you had one of the few PA31's that was in top shape there!
I flew one at times where the gear would only come up at random times !!
Wmk2.............ahhh the memories of days gone bye,feel sad for all the cadets of the future they will have zip in the way of old war stories to tell the grand kids