LCP: Welcome to PPRuNe and to the Nostalgia Thread specifically!
There was TRC giving me grief about my use of nicknames and what have you (abbreviating Jet and Long Rangers to Rangers and calling Air Gregory .. Gregorious etc.) and all along he was doing the very same thing!!!
I shall ensure that his drinks are appropriately 'spiked' when eventually we hook-up for our shindig in the UK!
Extraordinary that we should have shared the same girl .. "Katie" (ie. G-BAKT) in taking us across the threshold of 'rotary virginity' - I guess mine was a couple of years before yours! She was a lovely craft, one I can never forget.
I suppose you heard that old man Mann recently passed away? Here is an excerpt from an email I received from his son Henry a day or so after his passing:
"Thank you for your kind words of condolence.
The memorial service will take place on 3rd May at noon in Romsey Abbey, Hampshire.
There will be a reception afterwards at the house. All are welcome.
All the best
Henry Mann"
FYI: We also have an
Alan Mann thread where you may prefer to post anything so related.
An up-turned trolley-ac .. hmm .. could it be helpful in starting this:
LCP .. you are going to have to explain what prompted TRC to christen you so!
Rgds
Sav