Anonystude

As one of the 450 or so who are almost certainly in the bracket for redundancy, it's true that the RAF hasn't exactly handled this well... And unfortunately, thanks to European regulations, we can't get a straightforward crossover to civilian flying. It's at least a £25k ($40k) bill for me to get my civil licences, and I'm halfway through the British equivalent of IFF! P.s.: M2, that female Flight Lieutenant is now an instructor...

"acrobatic flight" -- there's something I would like to see. Any of you got space in your cockpits for a large mat and some parallel bars? :D

Haven't seen it mentioned on here, but for a British WWII perspective, check out 'First Light' by Geoffrey Wellum -- goes through his experiences in pilot training at the very start of WWII, then the Battle of Britain and finally flying from Ta'Qali during the Siege of Malta... https://www.amazon.com/First-Light-Geoffrey...ie=UTF8&s=books