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  1. Not too much expierience when it comes to flying for real compared to you guys but for what it's worth here goes.... Just before going into the RAF I thought it might be an idea to have something aircraft related to talk about in the interview so I had a couple of one hour lessons in one of these out of Goodwood (RAF Westhampnet in WWII)... Piper Tomahawk Many years later whilst in the Fire service my friend Dave offered to teach me to fly unofficially in the aircraft he had access to in the "Spitfire flying club" out of Popham airfield near Basingstoke..... Ikarus C42 microlight. He only charged me for the fuel and I enjoyed about 40 odd hours flying over a four year period. Side slipping into Bembridge airfield on the Isle of Wight. Notable rides.... RAF Gazelle. The pilot was a nutter and did some fun manoeuvres. As a leaving present just before the end of my time in the RAF (1989), I was given the chance to go up to RAF Coltishall and have a "jolly" in one of the 41Sqn two seat Jaguars as a thank you for the work we at "Exhibition Production Flight" RAF Henlow, had done for their open day.... I was told by the ground crew that my pilot, Sqn Ldr Bagshaw had more hours on Jags than any other RAF pilot and that he held the record for the longest "wheelie" on landing. Had a fantastic 52 minute flight including some low level stuff over The Wash then over Porsmouth and RAF Henlow before the "wheelie" landing back at Coltishall.
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  2. Just next time he calls 20 seconds and you are behind him, shoot someone else instead...
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  3. Thank god you don't charge for this advice FT..... You do? Oh shit.....
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