The V-force continued the beauty show meeting for the first time, for the newbies, at Mountbatten. Usually two crews worth.
Not in my day. I was allocated to any crew who were short of a co-pilot. This happened again and again all through my thankfully short V force career. At one stage I was a 'Select' co-pilot on a 'Combat' crew. After my Intermediate Co-pilot's Course I could fly LHS and claim 1st Pilot hours except that I was crewed with a Combat captain who was not permitted to supervise me???????
Thank God I went to helicopters when the Valiants folded.