Good news for Bicester

At one stage in my junior Met Off career I considerably upset a fairly senior Met Officer (It was, it has subsequently been confirmed, not difficult to do!!). I was posted. I thought I was going to go to the High Altitude Branch which, at that time, fired rockets into the upper atmosphere all round the world. Good game!
I arrived at Bracknell only to discover that this malignant soul had had me posted i/c the Library Photo Section. But it turned out to have its advantages. I was also i/c the Lecture Theatre (and projection eqpt). I had to go on a course (run by SKC) to learn how to be a film projectionist. This was at RAF Bicester – and a very interesting week it was (in more ways than one!!). When I came back I was able to assist some of the up-and-coming bright-sparks in the Met Office into not strangling themselves with the cords from the throat-mike in the Lecture Theatre, etc, etc.
Later on in my career (when I had upset several people in MoD/central govt) I was saved from extinction by these same people! The fact that I, by then, was a Branch Security Officer and had saved a lot of ‘em from embarrassing Mk V Manifoil lock code changes only goes to prove it’s not what you know, but who you know!
Thank you Bicester!
Takes all sorts!
Resmoroh

brilliant news…..well done!

Good news indeed. No housing then 🙂

Spent my last two years in the RAF there on 71MU and the RAF Gliding and Soaring Centre. Very happy days.

Sounds like good news. Happy memories of flying with Oxford UAS at Bicester 1961 to 1964.

That is really good news!. I’ve been there several times and it is one of the most amazing sites I’ve seen.
As sson as it’s open to the public I’ll be there again.

Peter