Originally Posted by
BEagle
VSO = Very Senior Officer. Or in the case of PTFN, one who thinks he is.
VASIs did indeed work well, but PAPIs were even better.
You beat me to it Beags; VASIs were replaced by PAPIs, even at RAF airfields, about 30 years ago.
207592; was that your number? I was 210093, just a bit after you.
You missed out a tier of the ATC structure, Regional HQs headed by a Gp Capt and 'parenting' about 6 ATC Wings.
I can't remember the name of our Regional Commandant at Henlow, but he was a hell of a nice guy, ex GD pilot, as was our Wing Admin Officer, a Sqdn Ldr RAFRO ex Wg Cdr Rock Ape!! Although this last guy wasn't aircrew, he fully supported putting as much 'Air' in Air Training Corps as possible by helping with the admin side of 'officially' flying cadets in microlights from Halton, where our Wing HQ was situated.