One of the older QFIs was flying with his student at The Towers in 1974.....
"OK, Bloggs, where are we?"
"Errmm...."
"Well, get out your local area map then"
(Rustle rustle"
"Good grief, Bloggs, that looks like a bit of old newspaper!"
At which Bloggs turns to his QFI, offering the map:
"Chip, Sir?"
The old chap thought this a huge joke and they continued their GH sortie very happily.
But at one Happy Hour, one of the ATCOs came into the bar with a tape player, which he connected to the Steak Bar disco system. He then pressed 'Play' and we were treated to several minutes of a stuck transmit cockpit conversation between a QFI and his student. Constant aggression and swearing; eventually they realised that Cranwell Approach wasn't replying; Bloggs is told to RTB with a radio failure. "Cranwell Approach, this is XXXXX with a practice radio failure" was followed immediately by "It's not a f*****g practice failure, it's a real f****** radio failure, you c**t!" Then CLICK as it dawned on the QFI that they had probably been stuck on Tx for quite a while.....
The tape became famous, the student received a lot of sympathy and the QFI had a rather one-way interview with OC Stds......