To mark the 50th anniversary of the Harrier entering RAF service, Roy Gamblin describes learning to fly the legendary type
In the spring of 1981, I was enjoying a few days’ leave with my wife June at our home on Anglesey, North Wales, when the telephone rang unexpectedly. On the line was an old friend from my first squadron tour at Tengah in Singapore, in the mid-1960s. I knew he was working at the RAF Officer Personnel Centre, and was the postings specialist dealing with aircrew wing commanders.
He told me the exciting news, that I’d been selected for promotion on July 1 and that he wanted to discuss options for posting in my new rank.
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