Cats and Camels.
Geriaviator,
So Tiddles is a sadder, a wiser - and (hopefully) a more placid cat - it will be a long time before he ventures within claw range of another land crab !
The hand signal pictures I have never seen before. We didn't do any formation at Primary in the States, so they weren't necessary in our Stearman trainers. I am rather surprised that aircraft equipped with retracting undercarriages, flaps and dive brakes would not also have radio, but there you go. My contempories may recall the Highway Code of long ago, and the circling whip signal to indicate a turn by the driver of a Horse-Drawn Vehicle!
The 180° turn camel trick had its counterpart in India. A bullock-cart (1mph) could be gently turned round without waking the sleeping driver, and set off back home (a rather cruel practical joke IMHO).
Cheers, Danny.
EDIT : The car in front is a Jowett Javelin. What is the second ?.....D.
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