ShortFatOne,
Thanks for the reminders about EFTS/FSS!
I was there late '86 and as far as I'm concerned, "Mad Mike" was the perfect first-ever instructor a young lad could have.
Loved his radio call for the world's smallest circuit:
"Upwind, crosswind, downwind, to land!"
Or the time he demonstrated trimming and short-field landing by having both his hands tapping my shoulders
all the way down to the flare at some heinously show speed !
What a star!
He made flying such a jolly affair, which is as it should be.
I remember the adjutant's assistant as some rather tasty brummie lass, too.
Wonder where they all are now?