In 1964, at South Cerney(SC), we were told that there would be no initiative test for us as a student a few courses ahead of us had blagged himself onto RAF Fairford. He explained the mission he was on and the USAF decided it would be a 'good idea' to put him on the jump seat. On arriving at an airbase (Edwards or Andrews ?) the cadet rang the CO at SC to see if he had won.
The downside was that the RAF insisted that the adventurous soul stayed exactly where he was and was not to accept the offer of the USAF to fly him back. He was to await the Brittania being diverted to pick him up - big sense of humour failure.
On return to SC the hapless lad was roundly bollocked and re-coursed because there was quite a wait for the Brit.
There again it might all have been a load of b-*/*/ks spun by the DISTAFF.
