' evening D D, I'd be very interested in a copy of the "History of the Air Engineer" if you could let me have one.
It's of interest that when I started my Flight Engineer's course at RAF St. Athan in 1950 it was an 18 month course but that this was "abridged" to 6 months because it was thought that the new aircraft with which the RAF was to be equipped wouldn't need an Engineer and recruitment ceased. I went on to complete a 42 year flying career, 2/3 RAF and 1/3 civilian. It seems that the Air Ministry was no more efficient at forecasting future requirements then than the Ministry of Defence is now, more than 60 years later.