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Dorian Crook, uncontroversial Air Traffic Controller, acclaimed Comedian and a Trans-European aviator, graduated with a BA in Fine Arts towards the end of the last century, but has never had a solo exhibition, until now. This is your chance to enter his misspent teenage years of note-taking, underlining, sandwich-eating and hangar-entering. The life of a …
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WE’RE S-P-O-T-T-I-N-G. WE’RE SPOTTING: another song the Pet Shop Boys should have made, but can be forgiven for overlooking. No, ‘plane spotting’ never was and never will be fashionable. It’s only now, decades after I fell under its spell, that I can dare to share with you some of the strange experiences that my early …
Most pilots learn to fly simply to annoy Air Traffic Controllers. We asked our favourite ATCO, Dorian Crook, for the top 8 ways to keep these coffee-sucking control freaks furious. 1. Calling yourself “THE Bluebird 342”. No, you’re just “Bluebird 342”. You’re not The Dude. It makes you sound like a Hospital Radio DJ. So …
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