I recall my first encounter with Dinger. It was during 'Scholarship Visit', a freebie we RAF Scholars were given before actually entering the Towers.
We were all at some do or other when Dinger came over and engaged us in conversation about flying. Of course we'd only had our brand new PPLs for a few months, so when he asked us "Would you like to come over to Whittle Hall and see a film about instrument flying?", we gladly accepted. Naïve fools that we were!
It was titled something like 'Signposts in the Sky'. After a few minutes about instrument flying, it turned into bible-bashing religious propaganda - we'd been well and truly had by the god-squad! During the break we bolted down our coffee and legged it at the first polite opportunity.
Yes, I remember Dinger.....
