Why did I choose to
Just because some guy
he told me it was
job on the aeroplane,
The pilot just does what he's told,
But now I'm playing for the RAF,
player who flies on Vulcans.
He's a navigator,
And I tell him,
I'm going to be a navigator,
you know, if all goes well."
He said to me, "Harry, why -
you went to Biggin Hill?
I said, "Well, I asked to
He said, "Why did you ask to be
I said, "Well, because Sergeant Navigator
the most important person
and the pilot just
He said, "Harry, you are an idiot."
He said, "I fly in a Vulcan."
He said, "I sit in the back of a Vulcan.
It's all dark down there
He said the two pilots
and they're sitting
He said the only way
if something goes wrong is
He said there's only one job
And I thought, ah, well,
But I can do nothing until
I can't say, so I do nothing.
Eventually I'm invited
the Station Commander,
Now I'm an SAC, I'm the lowest
he's the highest rank
not somebody I normally see.
I'm in his office, I salute him
"Congratulations, Apiafi,
officer training and for training
And I just stand there and
He said, "If I may say so, Apiafi,
I said, "I'm not pleased, sir."
He said, "Well, why not?"
I said, "Well, because I want to be a pilot."
He looks at me with a
He said, "Leave it with me.
Let me sort this out.
But in the meantime,
Leave it with me."
And I disappear.
I get called back about
And he said, "Apiafi," he said,
They are convinced that you
What do you want to be?"
I said, "I want to be a pilot, sir."
He said, "I've told them 4 times.",
and he crossed out navigator
and he wrote pilot and sent it off.
And hence I became a pilot.
