Ian Macmillan

Ex-RAF/USAF Exchange Navigator & MOD warrior. Co-author of From Brooklands to Brize, centennial history of No 10 Squadron. Ex-Tenor with @Cambridge_Phil chorus.

[Ian Macmillan @old141nav]

@sallyacb275 The Reverend I M Jolly, if memory serves.

[Ian Macmillan @old141nav]

@LydiaJane13 Jane, I’m a bit too old for such a move now - but when are you moving? 😆😆

[Ian Macmillan @old141nav]

@sallyacb275 @bj13johnson1 Sally, perhaps I could add a word about the closure of the Officers Mess at RAFH Wegberg in mid-1993, with the nursing staff (not all female) moved to join us in the HQ Mess at Rheindalen, adding joy to my last 3 years in the Service!

[Ian Macmillan @old141nav]

@LydiaJane13 I believe the film is based on Whisky Galore and another, Keep the Home Guard turning, also by Compton Mackenzie. All god stuff!

[Ian Macmillan @old141nav]

@LydiaJane13 Specs and all, Mary was a class act!

[San Francisco Ballet @sfballet]

Welcome home, Artemis II. 🌕 #moonjoy

(📸 San Francisco Ballet in Tomasson's Swan Lake // © Erik Tomasson)

[Ian Macmillan @old141nav]

@AirMobilityRAF Changed days! Back in the late 60s that training was carried out at El Adem on the Argosy.

[Ian Macmillan @old141nav]

@RadioTimes Powerful, emotional, and a very fitting finale.

[Ian Macmillan @old141nav]

@sallyacb275 Quite emotional, no question!

[Ian Macmillan @old141nav]

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[Ian Macmillan @old141nav]

@gregbagwell How true!

[Ian Macmillan @old141nav]

@militaryhistori @VeteranIrish I managed another 5 years in MOD as a RO but really wasn’t ready to stop regular service at 55. Approaching 85 now, I guess it’s a bit academic for me now.

[Ian Macmillan @old141nav]

@RoyalAirForce One of a variety of successors trying to replace the C-141A

[Ian Macmillan @old141nav]

@Richmuskheart1 Yes.

[Ian Macmillan @old141nav]

@BBCSteveR @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer First class Panorama programme - congratulations!

[Ian Macmillan @old141nav]

@TrueVC10derness Not the only VC 10 in that race. See pp 224-226 of “From BtoB” for the story of the somewhat unofficial 10 Sqn entry!

[Ian Macmillan @old141nav]

@MannGeorgia @BBCRadio3 Many thanks for a version of Parce Mihi Domine without saxophone counterpoint. The final line always gets me: ��. et si mane me quaesieris non subsistam. True for all of us one day.

[Ian Macmillan @old141nav]

@AmbJapanUK And gie’s a hand my trusty fier, and here’s a hand o’ mine. We’ll tak’ a richt gude willie-waught for Auld Lang Syne.

[Ian Macmillan @old141nav]

@gregbagwell I have to say that it’s entirely beyond me to understand how you might have offended. Your posts strike me as calm and reasoned, all deriving from your RAF background.