Ah - Barratts
Yes I was there then. Seem to remember the ex-Army chap who flew the new Barratt's Agusta 109 didn't realise that his military 'Master Green' counted for nought and had to do a check-ride with the man from CAAFU. The candidate turned up at Fairoaks wih his shiny new toy only to be confronted by a puzzled examiner who said, "where are the screens". "What screens?" came the reply.
Never in the field of human endeavour has any pilot been so unprepared for what followed. The kind examiner did not give up but came into our office and borrowed a copy of yesterday's Daily Telegraph and some masking tape and duffed-up some screens out of the newspaper.
I am not sure at what stage the examiner realised that Johnny Pilot couldn't tell a hold from an iLS but let's just say that he, Johnny, expected a military style test and - FAILED.
Per Ardua etc
G.
Last edited by Geoffersincornwall; 19th October 2012 at 06:54.