I would imagine that Reggie had much to reminisce about. I only met him briefly during formal ‘inspections’ of RAE outstations - Bedford.
A quick update on what was new - Reggie was always well informed, then “what are we going to fly”, seeking a new aircraft type or at least an unusual test activity.
Any formality of inspection was usually a walk through the offices, comparing the quality of plastic models; and beware anyone who mentioned the wind tunnel ‘model shop’, which would delay lunch even further.
He was the master 'model' for all test pilots.