Ralph Eaton
Sad news indeed.
I remember Ralph from my APP course. It was the last day of work before Christmas and we were towards the end of the course in the emergencies phase. I forget the exact details other than I was carrying out the coordinator/switchboard role when the call came through about an acft with an emergency. These were the days of Int'l Rescue on TV and so, with my best Int'l Rescue Jeff Tracy accent I took the details and uttered the words "5,4,3,2,1, Thunderbirds are go!"
The rest is a bit of a blur. I recall being lifted vertically out of my chair by an extraordinarily irate Ralph and being told I was off the course. Hero to zero in the briefest time possible. Luckily for me, the always wonderful Tony Culley smoothed things over and we broke for Christmas.
To his credit, Ralph forgave and forgot my extremely immature behaviour pretty much immediately! But 42.5 years later I still remember that day!