SOAF 1969 -1970
Hi DMS
I arrived in Oman about 12 months before you. Just after they had delivered the sand. You missed the saga of split canopies and retained ammmo links etc. I had a great friend out there called Peter Hulme (RIP) and flew lots of trips with him after several teething troubles. He told me that if he was going to die doing acceptance test flying, then he was going to take someone from BAC with him. That was my intro. to flying in Strikemasters. Add to that, Beavers and one trip in the Piston Provost. (One was enpough) Do you recall, when at RAF Leeming, a certain Mike Drabanski? What was the story there. He went to SOAF as well.
Plewis