The RAF at 90
As a lifelong aviation enthusiast, I could not fail to note that today is the 90th anniversary of the formation of the Royal Air Force. I have always been well aware of the importance of 1 April to the RAF because, in the biography that I wrote of my wife’s father, I noted that his wartime night intruder operations started on this date.
Today the 90th anniversary was marked by a fly past over central London at 1 pm. Since I was down town for a meeting of the Postwatch Council, I was able to get to Buckingham Palace just in time for a good view of the Red Arrows and and Typhoons – stirring stuff.