Originally Posted by
sharpend
Actually, years ago I sat in the righthand seat of a VC10 wearing my rank of Sqn Ldr and sporting grey hair. Next to me was the captain, a Flt Lt with black hair. At a foreign airfield a local gentleman arrived to talk to the captain, took one look at him and then proceeded to deal with me, the co!
When I was 'retired' from the RAFVR(T) I was granted the privilege of using the title 'Flt Lt RAFVR(T) Retd'. Does this mean I can wear Flt Lt insignia (2 bars for the uninitiated) on my flying suit? I am entitled to wear 2 different sets of wings too, the Air Cadet Glider Pilots wings (for G1 grade not cadet Gliding Proficiency or whatever they call it nowadays)and the Air Cadet Microlight Pilots wings (very rare - about 19 cadets qualified and about 8 adults were authorised to wear them)