Test pilot John Jo Lancaster strode across the ground at RAF Bitteswell in Leicestershire on May 30, 1949, the sun warm on his face and the blustery wind rippling his jet-black hair.
At RAF Binbrook in Lincolnshire, U.S. pilot Captain Bill Schaffner (pictured right) was a popular addition to the ranks of 5 Squadron. He arrived there in 1970.
In September 1991, she was reaching the end of work experience with an RAF squadron and was offered the chance of flying as a passenger of a Harrier combat jet.