Question about Lyneham

[Whaaa newark]

Why has the Britannia gate guardian at Lyneham had lights placed all around it?

[On_The_Top_Bunk]

It's coming up to XMAS so there are plans to decorate it accordingly.

[BEagle]

To confuse all the spotters who thought it was a Comet?

[pr00ne]

It's a Britannia? Wow, I thought it was an early Nimrod................

[rej]

Bit of a silly question really ....

How else are you going to spend the excess money in the defence budget?:rolleyes:

[LunchMonitor]

This is a Whaaa then is it Whaaa?

[truckiebloke]

i'll shout it now.... wwwwhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[1256C]

The same could be said about the path from the mess to SHQ. Why have they surrounded it with low level lights?

[Whaaa newark]

Aha

I see you have seen my whaaa but I was really expecting someone to see my whaaa and raise me a whaa.

Maybe by asking why there is a Sea King as a gate gaurdian in Akt but they have called the road Whril Wind rd???

[Lara crofts pants]

Oh, haven't seen the Sea King. My eye is always taken with the Phantom just down the road from it.

[KPax]

And who were the naughty people who redcorated the front of the newly painted officers mess. I'm sure that LXX sqn are a fine bunch of upstanding individuals, (aircrew excepted) however the yellow is not quite right.

[Whaaa newark]

Can you believe that 30 sqn could do such a thing, yellow and blue aren't even thier colours, I thought they were red and black!

[bayete]

Anyone got any pics of the "redecorated" mess before the inevitable crinkle and repainting on Monday?

[maximo ping]

Surprised at the lack of a rejoiner from Beags yet, telling us that whaaaing is rubbish because;
a) the RAF was a much better place thirty years ago and,
b) if it is slightly amusing it's only because he invented it/wrote the paper that first proposed it as a form of service humour...
:ok:

[Whaaa newark]

I have a pic of the O's mess at lyneham in LXX colours how ever I can't work out how to put the picture on the thread (NO WHAA). Can someone tell me how to do it. Give me 20 mins and Im sure I can work it out

[Truck2005]

Last time I looked it was a Whrlwind and a Lightning in AKT.

[BEagle]

To post your own images, you need to host them in a suitable website photo album such as http://photobucket.com/ in .jpg format. Then copy the Img link into your text and voila! For example, since we were talking of Pinky and Perky (sorry it's a bit big, but re-sizing causes undesirable artifacts):


http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a341/nw969/PinkPig.jpg

It's a very straightforward process.

[Lara crofts pants]

Took a while but..... Truck it IS a lightning


waaaahhh

[Logistics Loader]

LCP,,,

I hope you are on the same side !!!!

I'd expect the yanks to screw up aircraft rec !!!!!

[maximo ping]

Ohhh dear...:rolleyes:

[grey_not_green]

Further to LL above..

Waaaah

Surely?

[Whaaa newark]

BEagle I don't care what everyone else says I think you are great.

Thanks and here is the said picture of the O mess decorated by 30 sqn http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a63/greenie773/DSC00120.jpg

[Logistics Loader]

Awesome re-decoration of the Mess...
Pity snowdrops dont have a sense of humour !!!!

[Lara crofts pants]

I'm a bit confused now. Have I just been Waahhed by LL, or is he attempting one or what. I know by asking that I'm falling for it but.........

The mess looks lovely. Then again those tiger squadron paint jobs always do

[maximo ping]

:D :D :D

A pprune thread that makes you laugh out loud, whatever next?!

:ok:

[Whaaa newark]

LCP

Don't be stupid 30 Sqn aren't a Tiger Sqn. If they were don't you think they would have used Tiger type colours (come on m8 think about it)

Anyway only FJ sqns are Tiger sqns and all the Sqns at LYN are anything but FJ.

[Logistics Loader]

i know a rotary driver who would strongly disagree with the FJ tiger statement !!

[maximo ping]

Nobody from 7 Sqn going to stick up for themselves??

Honestly, no esprit de corps anymore...

;)

[BEagle]

That looks very well done indeed, chaps! But the 'LXX's don't actually need to be there as it's implicit in the paint colours.

I think that an acceptable compromise would be to leave the yellow and blue and remove the 'LXX's - and invite the other squadrons to do as well in their colours!

It obviously took longer than a couple of minutes to do, so what were the doughnut-scoffers doing at the time? Playing with themselves? Or their dogs?

Hope the Stn Cdr likes it!

[Gainesy]

Morale outbreak at Lyneham? Shurely shome Mishtake?



Great effort!!!:ok:

[Role1a]

7 Sqn!!!!!

Oh yes

Verrrrrry Good

r1a

[Lafyar Cokov]

I think you guys are all mad, none of the rotary squadrons at Lyneham are Tiger sqns!

[Whaaa newark]

What about 216 there a timmy sqn

[Lara crofts pants]

Yes, they are a timmy squadron, but that is the only thing that the VC10 and the animal off the rice Krispies box have in common.

LL - you really haven't got the hang of this have you?

[Always a Sapper]

Gentlemen .... The re-dec :ok:

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a13/Always_a_Sapper/OffrsMessLynham.jpg

It goes up Wednesday :E :E :E


Now takin cover and awaiting incoming .... :D

[rej]

Always a Sapper

That photo is now very accurate:

the light is on but no-one is in! :E

[Whaaa newark]

Always a Sapper

That is F'ing Brilliant, you have got a real flare for decorating mess, but you must of upset someone because I have just been over to the O's mess and it has been painted back in Tiger colours again.

I am very impressed though, it is a real shame that you put all that time and effort in (I would say money as well but I presume you nicked the paint) and someone has come along and painted over it so quickly. At least you have evidence that you actually did paint the front of the mess.

You truly are a mess artist.