When 8 Sqn (Shackleton AEW) formed up at Kinloss, one of our first tasks was OP Tapestry, which was a regular patrol of the early oil rigs/fields in the North Sea. Mr Ferguson was introduced (sic) to us as 'an expert' by Bristows at one of the first meetings at Aberdeen Airport on deconfliction between ourselves, rotary and other mil traffic in what was then a free for all piece of airspace. Certainly he visited us, and seemingly wrote lots of articles about North Sea ops, which appeared in both local press and some aviation magazines.
Last edited by Shackman; 5th Jul 2012 at 10:21.
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