Norman Tebbit would be proud of you, Danny!
On the hat front, far be it for me to disillusion you, but have a look at Post 23 at
http://www.pprune.org/military-aircr...rs-hats-2.html
No place here for me to tell the story of my one and only visit to Thorney Island, which resulted in a week in the Royal Naval Hospital Haslar of blessed memory.
Jack