Table of Contents
Preface vii
Prologue ix
Prelude to Flying - 1942 to 1960 1
Early Days - 1960 to 1963 5
Advanced Flying Training and Operational Conversion - 1963 to 1964 15
The First Tour - 1964 to 1966 24
The Fleet Air Arm - 1966 to 1968 38
Learning to Teach - 1968 to 1969 56
Teaching on the Buccaneer - 1969 to 1972 60
No. 12 Squadron - 1972 to 1975 69
Hunters in Wales - 1975 to 1976 77
Chief Flying Instructor, Staff College and Strike Command - 1976 to 1982 84
Hawk, Jetstream and (Again) Buccaneer - 1982 to 1987 92
CFS Examining Wing, Brampton and Linton-on-Ouse - 1987 to 1994 102
MoD, 5 Air Experience Flight and Cambridge University Air Squadron - 1994 to 2004 115
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 123
Record of Service 126
Pilot Qualifications, Military Aircraft 128
Flying Hours 130
Civilian Aircraft Flown as First Pilot 131
Flying the Buccaneer, a Pilot's Perspective 132
Acronyms 140
Index 143
