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Pete Hodgson- Unbelievably, I have little to report on flying training at Craat Barkston Heath and was a major shock when my instrucyou go%u201d. 5 minutes later, I was safely on the ground, but fo- I really enjoyed the flying course, apart from Fadge failing particularly the night flying navex using true bearings from a map in a vain attempt to pinpoint your exact position.- My last flight at Cranwell, the Aeros competition, was compdo it over Barkston Heath and adjudicators used binocularTony Little won. - One amusing and embarrassing thing occurred on graduathangar. I naively assumed that the aircraft was made safeand a smelly hiss, I was not popular with the ground crew. - Tim Watson, I recall was star of our flying course. I rememflying medal. So hats off to you Tim, and very sorry, that yo- I could regail you with much more exciting stories and neaafter dinner on 23 March! Tell me to shut up if I become boJerry Willmott- In about 1982 I had a flight in a SOAF Strikemaster, with ostill recall (most of) the checklists and speeds. He also saidsystem, and that the chop rate was raised accordingly. Yepass marks according to the median scores achieved. TheMike Lanng- Wondered why I was chopped &&&Tim Watson- A lot of trainee aircrew got dumped in the mid-70s, due moArgosies, Andovers & Comets all retired in one go. But by