Lyneham Lad
22nd Apr 2020, 11:34
In The Times today. (https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/4849a90e-83f6-11ea-b876-ef9d21d57c48?shareToken=d850864ffc960aa23162d6dab3892c3b)
Snip:-
Royal Navy officer who overcame seasickness and survived two helicopter ditchings to become head of the Fleet Air ArmColin Cooke-Priest seemed an unlikely prospect for a distinguished career in naval aviation. Chronically seasick, incurably airsick and deemed medically unfit for high altitude flight, he nonetheless rose from Dartmouth cadet to rear-admiral responsible for the Fleet Air Arm. He even survived ditching into the sea in a helicopter, twice. “One just has a drink with the pilot afterwards and there’s an end to it,” he recalled insouciantly.
RIP.
Snip:-
Royal Navy officer who overcame seasickness and survived two helicopter ditchings to become head of the Fleet Air ArmColin Cooke-Priest seemed an unlikely prospect for a distinguished career in naval aviation. Chronically seasick, incurably airsick and deemed medically unfit for high altitude flight, he nonetheless rose from Dartmouth cadet to rear-admiral responsible for the Fleet Air Arm. He even survived ditching into the sea in a helicopter, twice. “One just has a drink with the pilot afterwards and there’s an end to it,” he recalled insouciantly.
RIP.