Sad. One only has to have heard the growl on a quiet, warm, and nil-breeze early Darwin morning as the boys went out for the daily patrol early 80's. Sun still coming up.
Lyall (PLT) and Gibbo (OBS) always requested an early right turn off RWY11 and flew over the top of the Navy Commander's house in Coonawarra at 0530 on max power and 200AGL.
Ring, ring 'I am getting sick and bloody tired of this! Every bloody morning I get woken up!'
'Sorry, Sir, but it was the only way to get your boys out under the incoming traffic and get them on task on time. My boss's number is xxx, Sir, if you want to take it further then please talk to him. But I'd suggest we are doing the best we can to get Navy out there with minimal delay.'
Not another aircraft in the sky!