I used to listen to it in Hampshire in the 50’s and 60’s, not knowing that it was AFN. Sport programs (sorry) were of particular interest. When I told a publisher of sport books about it a few years ago at the Frankfurt book fair, and how I got to know the names of some of the heroes of baseball through AFN, he promptly gave me a book on the sport, and there they all were, names I had heard of over the ether.

On an aviation note, however obtuse, I also visited a British publisher of motorracing books and mentioned in the course of conversation that I had met Mike Parkes on a number of occasions when he used to fly in to Frankfurt in a Beech (Baron, I believe), belonging to his buddy from Bulova watches. Mike was involved with Lancia at the time. The chap whose stand it was turned out to be a very good friend of Mike’s and was to be his best man, however Mike was killed the day before the wedding in a road accident.

Pete Arundell is another flyer who used to visit the office. Nice bloke, German wife, like me…told me he was going to the States to open up fish and chip shops, ‘software’ according to Wikipedia!

In order not to have hijacked the thread entirely – my daughter, soon 16, will invariably switch to AFNEagle in the car, for their choice of music.

cheers
Alan