Eric, I thought that except he had already left LL when I arrived.Mind you I think the use of 'old bean' which I first heard Trickett using, originated with either him or his 'opo' (name escapes me) who went to KK. They came through Stornoway when I was there, '81?, in a light a/c on their way back to PB.
Bren,
My intended's parents bought me a copy for my 21st in Sept'67,having given me his old Zenit SLR a couple of months before. They were determined I would stick to the plan and marry their 18yr old daughter in December and whisk her away to Singapore. Freedom for them was looming!
It's still on the shelf, Bennett's book that is, not my lovely wife who is making lots of cooking noises in the kitchen!
I think 'Complete Air Navigator' proved that civil aviation was ahead of the RAF in that respect then.
Brian