page 193 of this PDF (4.5Mb) has this quote from a long ago Pearce Vampire trainee:
Group Captain Mick Haxell, DFC – Pilot [No.57 Pilot Course c.1964]
"...first solo night flying in the Vampire, which was being carried out following a very recent fatal accident involving a student from the course ahead who had misread his altimeter and flown into a hill in the Pearce circuit area at night. On walking out to get into our aircraft on a very dark night, I recall all of us being in a high state of trepidation. Suffice to say that the crosschecking of altitude against altimeters that night received a lot of attention."
http://www.radschool.org.au/Books/Wo...years%20on.pdf
Found an old funny story here:
http://warships1discussionboards.yuk...e#.WQrNmOS1uZ8
Last edited by SpazSinbad; 4th May 2017 at 06:48.