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Old 27th Sep 2016, 13:31
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Wander00
 
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We did our Leadership fortnight in 63 in N Cyprus - Britannia to Nicosia, arrived 0400, truck to the camp at Yialla in the Kyrenia mountains. First trek started at 1400 in the heat of the day, down the mountain to the sea and back. By 1700 half the entry, me included horizontal with heat stress!


1965 the RAF could afford 2 Britannias for 2 weeks to take the two senior entries to the USA, 3 days in Washington, Gp Capt Leonard Trent VC was Air Attache, a week at the Air Force Academy, and best part of 3 days in New York, where the RAF rep had put us about 6 to a room in the Governor Clinton Hotel so we had the bulk of out Rate 1s to spend on "entertainment"! How times have changed.
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