Was involved at OASC very recently; hangar exercises still very much what they were - same routine but bigger "crash mats"!
Pour moi - joined 26 Feb 68 (after OASC at Biggin), first Chipmunk solo 19 Aug 68 (with the Navy - a long story!); first jet solo 22 Jan 69 (JP4
no Mk3 - part of same long story); first rotary solo 5 Nov 69 (Sioux), C Cat (Op equivalent) on first Sqn 28 Sep 70.
At which point the young Teeters was 21 and 3 months, and qualified P1 day/night on 3 types (JP, Whirlwind and Wessex) and P1 day only on another 2 (Chipmunk and Sioux), all with a grand total time of 402 hrs 35 mins!
And ye tell that to t'young folk of today ,,,,,,,,
