EMUAS mid-70s as a Cadet Pilot
Many happy memories of those halcyon days at Newton (nights out in Nottingham), summer camps at Bicester (are there still so many nurses homes in Oxford?) and Brawdy (female druids). Oh - and some flying in the Bulldog (16 turn spin, prepare to abandon...but a lovely little aeroplane). And most of my fellow VR members did eventually join up as aircrew - any of you guys still out there or should I post to Friends Reunited?
Overall, I think it was the sort of fun time guys used to have when the majority of young officers joined the full-time Service directly from school. As for sacrificing a good degree to go FJ, suspect its largely irrelevant - you've either got the aptitude or you haven't, and more time at the UAS will not change that.