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.
Off topic, but a couple of RAF guys I knew managed to wangle a trip with the Services to Mexico to see the Aztec ruins, the plan was to fly them VC10 to Belize then on to Mexico by other means, the planned aircraft was cancelled so they were offered an alternate, the RAF would fly them on the Dulles to Washington the weeks before and then provide them with Greyhound coach tickets and hotels etc to "tour" the USA on the way to Mexico, they said it was better than seeing the ruins.
