Originally Posted by
Danny42C
Let us be upstanding and raise a glass tonight to celebrate the Natal Day (tomorrow) of one of our most respected and prolific contributors:-
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MPN11 !
My dear Sir, how very kind of you to hoist that flag!
I could be curmudgeonly and decline the appellation of 'respected', but I do admit to wittering on a bit randomly on occasions
My thanks to the rest of you, of course. I'm glad to still be here, especially with the tragic attrition rate of ATC contemporaries these days.
And what the hell was SODCAT,
FZ? That rings a bell, but that's all!
Brian 48Nav ... no recollection of the C130 puncture, I'm afraid.
roving ... yes, Singapore (and indeed all of FEAF) in the 60s could be descibed as amazing, operationally and socially. Three main RAF airfields on the island, an extraordinary range of aircraft types of assorted vintages (!) ... it was indeed an Air Force in miniature, with every single capability reflected including 1574 (?) Target Facilities Flight at Changi with their Meteors!