Well the bit about the airlines arriving is absolutely true. nobody had the faintest idea what was going on, and now I understand what Hichins was on about when after landing, he drove up in a jeep and asked me WTF do you want? Um, I said, I have to pick up ladies from the hospital who are about to give birth, he looked me up and down and said, "half your luck" I found out what he meant later. He told the bloke who was driving to take myself and the other pilot over to a hangar that was still standing and give us a cup of tea. I liked the bloke immediately, and we became firm friends in later years. Trying to cordinate the impossible was a big ask for Hitchens, especially as he had been overlooked for Stretton, which had to be political, but I don't think he took any notice just kept directing traffic, and probably did most of the work himself if the truth be known. The right man at the right time I imagine.