Sir Colin has quite a reputation for being, amongst other things, forthright. I was SDO at Benson c 1997 when I learned that Sir Colin was in-bound to fly at the AEF. He arrived late and I met him in my No 1s. He was surprisingly down-to-earth and expected no extra attention. We happendd to know each other from teh RAFSA fraternity. More recently (last year), I ran into him at the RAF Club and it was he that recognised me...