John and Alan had a trip down memory lane when they had a special trip to see planes they once flew with the RAF. John said: “I had a great time back in my flying days and loved revisiting the planes at the museum.”
“I had a great time back in my flying days and loved revisiting the planes at the museum,” said John.After joining the RAF aged 16 as an electronics engineer, which saw him work on damaged machinery in Germany and cross the Berlin Wall, John became a flying officer and was stationed in the south of England., organised a guided tour around the Thanet museum’s collection of jets, where neither men “had any struggle knowing what every single button and dial did.
, Hampshire. He remembers converting a hanger into a social space so he and his colleagues could play badminton and basketball to pass the time. Home manager at Harrier Lodge, Sadie Porteous, said: “It’s true what they say – a pilot never stops acquiring knowledge as both John and Alan demonstrated. Everyone at the museum was astounded by the knowledge both of them had of the jets and just how comfortable they both felt being back onboard – something most of us would find nerve-racking.
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