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Old 5th Sep 2015, 14:51
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Rossian, don't know the attribution, but concur! I once went to the MO and said "Sir, I worry about night deck landings, should I?"

His response was "The day you STOP worrying about night deck landings, tell me and I'll ground you!"

For further vivid accounts of operating Gannets from the deck, carrier flying, flying training in Jet Provost and Vampire - and the RN in general, see if you can get your hands on a copy of "The Raging of the Sea" by Charles Gidley.

Better known to those of us who flew with him in 849 Squadron as Gidley, Charles Gidley Wheeler was a prolific writer of both books and TV scripts some years back ("Wings" and "Warship" come to mind). His death from ALS was a real loss to the world of semi-military literature, mainly 20th century but his range was wide and included the Portuguese wine trade.

Reverting to topic, I knew of, but never flew the Seamew and Alize.

Mike
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