In 1963, at the age of fifteen, Steve was a young aviation enthusiast whose ambition it was to fly the newly arrived Hawker Hunter FGA 9s in Rhodesia, Africa (now Zimbabwe). He joined the Air Force as an Instrument Technician. After completing his technical training he only ever worked on the Hunter and in the Hunter Flight Simulator (they had no two-seat trainers then). He was then accepted for pilot training, and when he had passed the course, his first posting was to the Hunter Squadron. He flew them for eighteen months before being transferred to other Squadrons. The following seven years he spent on Mirages, Helicopters and Instruction. He returned to the Hunter Squadron as ‘A’ Flight Commander and Instructor for the final six months of his Air Force career.
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