The Duke of Westminster
Very sorry to hear of the passing of the DoW at the age of 64. He came to visit Lyneham in his capacity as head of Auxiliary forces and watched a sortie in the K Sim.
Afterwards we were presented to him as members of 1359 Flt RauxAF and he asked us "In layman's terms, what is the difference between the K and the J model Hercules simulator?" I said "Well sir there are four crew members on the K flight deck all teasing out information from our various pieces of kit but on a J there are just two pilots and a computer"
"Who tell them how to get to where they are going?" he asked
"The pilots just plumb it into the computer like you would on the GPS in your car" I ventured.
"'Strordinary" he said, "And what happens if the computer gets shot up?"
"Then they're bu$$ered " said the Flight Eng.
"I see" he said
A very nice chap and very on side with the forces. Sadly missed.