I first met Cliff about 1967 on a course at Hatfield, along with Don Strange. I was still in the RAF at that time, and Cliff and Don were instrumental in some part to me making the decision to join Bristows.
I met him again in Abu Dhabi, when I did a months leave relief, at that time it was just one Whirlwind, me cliff and Ali the labourer were the engineering department. My bedroom doubled up as the tech records and admin office, so in my spare time, I could study the log books and learn how a Bristow operation functioned.
I also saw Cliff again in Nigeria, when he was doing a spell at Eket, and I was at Port Harcourt.
I learned a lot about running an operation from Cliff.