| One for the line book!
There I was a young Air Cadet and full of enthusiasim for flying, so much so that I saved up my pocket money and bought a copy of the pilots notes for the Chipmunk!
Then came the day, we had a days flying lined up at 12 AEF RAF Turnhouse! I duly took my notes with me and as I had to wait for the arrival of the pilot, I sat in the cockpit reading the notes.
Up came the pilot who asked me what I was reading and I replied "The pilots notes"! He then said "How interesting"! and climbed aboard!
About twenty minutes into the flight and somewhere over Fife, the engine started coughing and spluttering and over the intercom the pilot asked me if he could have my pilots notes!
I handed them over and he opened up the cockpit pictures in the back, he then started saying,
"Thats okay"!
"Thats fine"!
Thats good"!
Then,
"So! Thats what that does! I have always wondered"!
then the engine started running smoothly again and we turned for Turnhouse!
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