slim said:Of course Sgt P the time wasn't given up, rather it was stolen from those serving. I remember hating air days when I was in and vowed never to go to another when I left. Twenty five years later I still haven't been to either an air day or navy day.
Junglie_killick said:I was in the junglie Finale, afterwards at Jesters, Brigadier Noble described his utter disgust at how much the civvie company, not sure if it's okay to mention the name so I won't, make out of the air day, yet the service personnel who do give up a day get no benefit and can't even get there families on for free, the cheapest they can get on is £17, It doesn't seem like much but it makes a big difference if the people who live and work on the base actually want to be there! I think Slim may agree.
Junglie_killick said:...yet the service personnel who do give up a day get no benefit and can't even get there families on for free, the cheapest they can get on is £17, It doesn't seem like much but it makes a big difference if the people who live and work on the base actually want to be there! I think Slim may agree.
colour photo of some of the fixed wing line up from that dayAll these took off from VL many moons ago :wink: Fairey Swordfish (pilot, Rear Admiral P. D. Gick; observer, Rear Admiral H. R.
Janvrin; telegraphist/air gunner, Lt Cdr C. Topliss).
Wasps of 829 Sqn (Lt Cdr K. Mitchell) and 771 Sqn (Lt Cdr J. R. J. Rutherford).
12 Wessexes of 819 Sqn (Lt Cdr P. J. Lynn), 706 Sqn (Lt Cdr J. E. Kelly), 737 Sqn
(Lt Cdr R. Leonard) and 829 Sqn.
Gannets of 849 Sqn (Lt Cdr W. H. Barnard) and 831 Sqn (Lt Cdr J. G. Grindle).
12 Hunters of 738 Sqn (Lt Cdr J. W. Beard) and 759 Sqn (LtCdrA. H. Milnes).
12 Scimitars of 803 Sqn (Lt Cdr P. G. Newman) and 736 Sqn (Lt Cdr J. Worth).
12 Sea Vixens of 899 Sqn (Cdr D. C. Matthews), 890 Sqn (Lt Cdr R. G. M.Campbell)
and 766 Sqn (Lt Cdr G. P. Carne).
12 Buccaneers of 800 Sqn (Lt Cdr J. C. Mather) and 809 Sqn (Lt Cdr J. F. H. C. De Winton) For the 50th Anniversary