Fincastle 2008 [Archive]

LPD

17th May 2008, 08:48

Congratulations to 201 Sqn Crew 2, who retained the Fincastle Trophy despite stiff opposition from the Aussies, Kiwis and Canadians. Great teamwork by Crews 2 and 5 along with huge efforts from NLS meant that the 3 weeks in Comox were well spent (.....and receipted).

Well done guys and gals

Mad_Mark

17th May 2008, 09:44

Congratulations to Chuckmeister and his boys. Must have been those lucky charms :ok:

And well done to all those others involved out west (back-up crew, ground-crew and ops) that made this possible.

MadMark!!! :mad:

Shadwell the old

17th May 2008, 09:59

Well done indeed.

What will the reward be................. a trip to Kandahar!!??

Flight Detent

17th May 2008, 11:14

Reminds me of the 'ol....."Ontop..now..now..now".

I missed it...I retired from Maritime RAAF a very long time ago, but still have vivid memories of the 10 years of flying the P3B/C in both 10 & 11 Squadrons.

Hey LPD, can you recall which squadron represented the RAAF this year?

I was supposed to be over in the Seattle area a couple of weeks ago with my current business, and was planning to drive up thru Vancouver to Comox to look see, but alas it has been delayed (the best laid plans..etc).

Cheers...FD...:\

LPD

17th May 2008, 14:41

The Squadrons representing their nations were as follows:

UK 201 Sqn RAF

Australia 10 Sqn RAAF

NZ 5 Sqn RNZAF

Canada 407 Sqn CF

All were a credit to their service

Duncan D'Sorderlee

17th May 2008, 15:42

Well done Chucky!:D And of course the rest of the crew.:D

We won, even though we sent the second team! Just think how good Fauldsie and 42 Sqn would have been:O

Duncs:ok:

circle kay

17th May 2008, 20:28

well done to crews 2 & 5. What was the full results and what was the sport for the Ramnee trophy?

getsometimein

18th May 2008, 02:05

Aussies took the groundcrew trophy... probably cause there was 30 of them compared to our 8....

Canadians took the Ramnee trophy due to their Aurora pull win...

Charlie Luncher

18th May 2008, 04:25

Congrats to Guernsey's Own, glad I am away next week. I won't have to listen to the whinging:{.
Hope the moosemilk played havoc as usual:yuk:
Charlie sends

maniac55

18th May 2008, 05:27

Charlie Luncher,

They seemed to be doing their best to get it all out of their system last night. :rolleyes:

Hats off to 407Sqn and CFB Comox for staging & hosting an excellent event. :D

Sorry about the Shuffleboard & Piano :E:E

BTW Fellowship went to Australia.

andgo

18th May 2008, 08:23

Congrats to Crew 2. Only made possible by the hard work of the guys and girls from NLS, thank you.

Dave Angel

19th May 2008, 12:43

We may not have won the Fellowship or Lockheed trophies, but if it wasn't for the tireless work of both groundcrew shifts in getting the a/c serviceable for the last flight and crew 5 supporting crew 2, we wouldn't have won the overall competition.

A real all round team effort (and a bloody good time).:D

P.S. The look on OC 10 Sqn's face was priceless :ok:

talk_shy_tall_knight

19th May 2008, 13:52

Excellent, well done.

So..what is it about then?

RubiC Cube

19th May 2008, 14:13

Congratulations, I always knew 201/2 would come good some time!

Cattivo

19th May 2008, 17:10

Well done Chuckster, this just might be the sort of success that gets you a girlfriend.

Shadwell the old

19th May 2008, 19:28

Steady on Cattivo. His crew may have won the Fincastle but he is still an Irish PORG.

Only Joking!

TheSmiter

19th May 2008, 19:29

tall shy kernigit - wondered when someone would ask this!

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fincastle_competition

Fincastle & Rum Punch (RIP) - maritime's answer to Red Flag.

Congrats to Chuckmeister and all the boys from 201 / NLS, shame Crew 5's livers weren't up to raising the Fellowship Trophy, surely the only prize worth winning!

circle kay

19th May 2008, 20:02

Shadwell,

You know the P1 Captain always wins the Fincastle (almost on his own).... But you had a good grip of the Tea Tray for Sqn Photo as I recall :)

monkeytamer

19th May 2008, 21:12

The Mighty Hunter does it again... Congrats.

MT

Flight Detent

20th May 2008, 02:00

But...I understood a Nimrod was operated by the RAF winning crew!!!

PFMG

20th May 2008, 11:55

Well done all.

Takes me back to my own Fincastle competition as a member of 201/2.

We were known as Stumpy and the Stumpettes in those days.

We didn't win but I learned a lot about Purple Death:}

Had Enough 77

20th May 2008, 12:34

Well done boys, proving yet again we are the muts nuts at flying round in circles at 20,000ft, oh wait a minute..................................

Well done fellas excellent job.:D:D:D

RAF_Techie101

20th May 2008, 14:37

More Cowbell!

Plus, a few videos I took...

Kiwi Orion Flypast:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBBXJptlddI

Nimrod Flypast:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZLUfiqrreA

RAF First Aircraft Pull:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_RFfwW8cFM

culloden

20th May 2008, 19:30

excellent news. Well done 201. Bas Heath would be/ will be proud.

FE Hoppy

20th May 2008, 19:42

Bas would have been on the crew I think.

Well done chaps!

RussAbbotsouperhero

21st May 2008, 11:01

Congratulations from Down Under (well, actually out in the sandpit at the minute). Glad to see a few better trips on the board. Well done :D