Barry, will update when I get details.

For your interest, my entry on the Army Aviation Absent Friends website:

First met Tony in Malaya in 1974 Jungle Warfare School in Pulada ... he was a Sgt. Sioux jockey, I was a section commander in 3RGJ.
At that time he was supporting us on his own, no observer - which meant I got a ride to resupply water to the blokes in the jungle. His skill holding hover position while I lowered jerry cans of water 100' into a tiny clearing was unbelievable.
Later on during that exercise the WO & Sgts had a party in the mess and thought they would have sport with Tony and get him bladdered. He stayed the course and took a few mess members up for a jolly next morning... they all returned greener than the jungle, he settled for a full English brekky.
That gained their total respect.
Imagine his surprise when I turned up at Wallop 5 years later on my pilots course.... he was now much promoted, but he hadn't really changed.
I believe in times past he also had fun with the Harland & Wolff crane in Belfast - something to do with an impromptu airshow, this got him into trouble, but didn't really surprise the people who knew him well.
One of the true characters of the AAC from a time gone by.
We will miss Tony, but I'd lay odds that he's test driving some wings, having discarded the harp already.

David,

  I just read your notice, we were QHIs at Wallop early 1990's...Is this the Tony Davies that lived in Grately and was an instructor at Shawbury when I attended in 1988.  If so , I got to know him extremely well, and his need to drive around roundabouts the wrong direction to get his "colonial cousin" to stay awake on the long drive back and forth from Shawbury on the weekends.  He was a great stick and I enjoyed learning from him.....He will be missed.

Earl C. Myers II

LTC USA AV (Ret)