It was interesting, in talking to Nigel Lamb for this month's 'Aeroplane meets...' feature, to reflect on the air display scene of the 1980s. When Nigel started out on the Marlboro Aerobatic Team of Pitts Specials, the tutelage he received was exceptional. He and his colleagues flew at events large and small, right across the UK and on occasion overseas. Sometimes they'd be on their own as a solo, elsewhere they came together as a duo or trio. They had to work to different regulations depending on the nature of the event, adapting to each location's individual demands. And, with so many displays to do in a single day, good organisation and timekeeping was essential, to say nothing of navigational skills in those pre-GPS days.
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