HS780 Andover C1/E3
IL Duce - Hamish was visiting Laarbruch in an Andover E3A in 1997/98 ish, so was definitely still flying then!
Re. Dick Clode - he must be retired now and not seen him in > 27 years. He was the quickest pilot to Met brief - LAF, TAF & gone in a flash!
Re. Dick Clode - he must be retired now and not seen him in > 27 years. He was the quickest pilot to Met brief - LAF, TAF & gone in a flash!
I was also on 30 Sqn, in the early '90's', but Dick Clode was a name which often cropped up when it was time to 'swing the lantern' in the co-pilot's room surrounded by empty bottles and tinnies.
IIRC, they often involved stories about taxying in thick fog at EGDL with various outcomes. Perhaps if he was not so fast in the Met brief there would have been fewer stories for others to tell?
To be fair to Dick, when at EGDN, all he had to do was take off, circle the airfield, throw some 'jumpers' out, land and do it all over again. All day long.
So he only needed a basic Met. brief and was always a nice, friendly chap when he popped in first thing.
My God that feels like a lifetime ago now!
So he only needed a basic Met. brief and was always a nice, friendly chap when he popped in first thing.
My God that feels like a lifetime ago now!
