Thread creep
After a focussed beginning, this thread wandered off at Prune speed - thanks for dragging it back.
I was on one of the later courses on 3 Squadron at LOO - we didn't feature on TV but the "famous flap" photo in the book had us posed to look interesting. I think the piranha in the tank in the student crewroom were keener than we were.
After completing my 140 hour LOO course, I joined a nav course at Finningley on the same course as RL - as part of our Officer Training, he arranged a visit to the BBC through Colin Strong. Seemed like a nice chap.
I'm happy to take most of the credit for not making it as pilot, but my abiding memory of my year on 3 Squadron at Linton was of several instructors on my flight whose instructional ability nowhere near matched their egos. I think that was perhaps just a function of system at the time though.