offshoreSLF (#11458),
This really links up with "Final Landing" ("Out of the blue" book series - Thread somewhere *) - but it opens up quite a question for us all : how did you feel when you climbed down, handed your flying kit in, and [pilots] wrote "DCO" in the Authorisation Book for the last time ?
Note * -
EDIT: "Out of the Blue: The Final Landing" - Here - Military Aviation - of course !
Me: in 1946, as if I'd had a leg cut off. In 1954, no great pang. I'd had my flying years, and they'd been good years, but now the end had come. Today, no particular yen to grab the stick again, although I'm told: "It's like riding a bike - you never forget". It was fun while it lasted !
What do you think, chaps ?
Good luck to the old chap anyhow, hope he enjoyed it ! (can we get him on here, btw ?)
Danny.
PS: (Still small voice: did the BBC ask to have a look at his logbook ? - there are "Walts" about, we had one up here a few years ago, conned BBC "Look North" a treat, and all the local papers hereabouts as well).