Winging It With The Deltas
‘Winging-it’ is a colloquialism for ‘having a go without any forethought’. Nothing could
be further from the truth regarding the preparation for the Deltas and their
participation in the RAAF’s Golden Jubilee displays in 1971. I have used the term as a
metaphor for my slot as Delta4 in the middle of the five-ship close formation element.
This post is intended to be read as a supplement to Dave Robson’s excellent ‘The
Deltas’ on the 77SQN ASSOCIATION website. Dave was Solo 2 and while his accounts
are extremely comprehensive’ my experiences and recollections are obviously going
to be of a different slant in some respects. Also, putting down thoughts so long after
the event possibly blurs fact and fantasy.