FED will remember when the Whirlwinds were all grounded after the QF aircraft crashed due to a gearbox failure, so the Training Flt Cdr ,Roger ,decided we should all go and do the `Dunker` at Vernon,good tick in the box for AOC`s.
After much briefing the first crew were of course ,the Squadron wheels,led by the Boss ,DT,who all seemed to arrive back on the surface,hardly wet,or gasping for breath as they were `helped along by the divers`.
The rest of us were made to wait until all motion of the dunker had stopped inverted,and then undo the harness.One chap came up ,eventually with his shoulder straps around him as the release had jammed and the cable had broken,due to corrosion,and his efforts to get out.