Summary: It is the beginning of 1981 but for me it was the conclusion of my first front line tour of duty. When my posting came I was devastated. I had been sent to instruct at No 4 Flying Training School, RAF Valley on the island of Anglesey in North Wales. A remote corner in the middle of nowhere doing a job I didn’t want.<br> <br> An F4 Phantom FG1 of No43(F) Sqn.<br> <br> <br> <br> The Hawker Harrier GR1.<br> <br> <br> <br> Survival Scramble.<br> <br> <br> <br> The A10 Warthog.<br> <br> <br> <br> The BLC Malfunction emergency checklist.<br> <br> <br> <br> Greek Gunboats!<br> <br> <br> <br> My posting to become a QFI loomed!<br> <br> <br> <br> My much loved Yamaha along with our poo coloured Rover!<br> <br> <br> <br> Climbing Mt Snowdon.<br> <br> <br> <br> Dave would perish during Exercise Red Flag when he crashed his RAF Jaguar avoiding a simulated SAM engagement.<br> <br> <br> <br> Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to Mike Freer, Senior Airman Matthew Bruch, CC BY-SA 3.0, the USAF, the RAF and myself!
