I've read the very interesting posts on Nigel Kemp. I had the good fortune to fly with him at Eastleigh in Spring 1983 when I did a twin instructor's course on the Grumman Cougar. Nigel ran his own business called AFTS and gave a very good competent course of around 6 hours flying. I had no idea he was an RAF ace, although he did mention having EBGEs (Everybody's got 'em medals). He arranged for me to do my test with a CAFU examiner Capt. D.Stuart who did my test on his day off from Hurn (I flew the plane from Eastleigh to Hurn).
Anyway years later in 2000 I was working part-time for an outfit at Eastleigh called Carill Aviation and doing a bit of instruction and charter work on the Seneca III. I did the base check training and then the line training for a retired BA Jumbo captain, Capt. R.Smith, who wanted to do some flying with us. He was very pleasant to fly with and very competent indeed (no surprise there then). Apart from the big size difference he took the Seneca training in his stride. It turned out that he had done his degree at Imperial College and back then was a member of London University Air Squadron. After uni he enrolled on the graduate flying training course for BA as a cadet. During our flying together he was very interested to hear that I'd flown with Nigel Kemp and told me that he was a second world war star and had been awarded the DFC. He also told me that Nigel had been an instructor on London University Air Squadron when he was learning to fly with them.
I was lucky to fly with Nigel and thought he was a very decent sort.
