Rear-Admiral Colin Cooke-Priest obituary

[Lyneham Lad]

In The Times today.

Snip:-

Royal Navy officer who overcame seasickness and survived two helicopter ditchings to become head of the Fleet Air Arm

Colin 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.