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42and had therefore not had his own cue to order the Standard to march on. A Standard is never marched on without the troops being at attention. What was I to do? Usually the Standard Bearer issues orders in a low tone to his Standard Party. In a loud voice, I bawled out %u201cStandard Party %u2013 Atten-shun%u201d. Mitch got the hint, brought the troops to attention and then ordered the Standard Party to march on. The parade then continued more or less without a hitch - Colin notwithstanding. Much to our surprise, despite this %u201cliberty%u201d with the Drill manual and Colin%u2019s error, we were adjudged the winners. The judges were NCOs from the Black Watch, the county Regiment from my native Angus, There was considerable carping from others that there had been some bias. David ForsythLoitering with IntentOne of our drill instructors in D Squadron was Flight Sergeant Flight. In one of his previous existences in the Royal Air Force, Flight Sergeant Flight had done a lot of flying in Beverley aircraft. As aircrew or as a passenger, I never knew. The Beverley was an interesting aircraft. It shared a lot of its heritage with the Route Master London bus. I suspect that its aerodynamic design had been heavily influenced by the Route Master. It has similar aerodynamics and the cruising speed was not so terribly different.