50 years ago, at the end of January 1967, Course 32 was getting ready for our CPL GFTs. Mine was programmed for the 25th, as can be seen on the Flying Programme for that day:
Bad weather delayed my GFT until the 26th. My examiner was the legendary Captain Jimmy Joy, from CAFU at Stansted.
Progress with flying hours of the individual students was also displayed in chinagraph pencil on a perspex board. Hours were a matter of great interest to us all. This is the Course 32 board on 25/1/67:
The three Nepalese students are shown at the bottom. They were not being prepared for Instrument Ratings, but were already on the Cessna 310.