WIWOL

[newt]

We meet tomorrow! If you flew the beast then come and join us:ok:

[Courtney Mil]

At the North Pole, Newt?

[newt]

Not quite Courtney!

[Petrolhead]

A good turnout today! So many hanger doors open and we drunk the pub dry

Aaah WIWOL

[Tarnished]

Great day out,

However, I think I perspired more than I consumed. Hotter than an Akrotiri Kebab House with the windows closed in August!!

Until next year.

T

[Sandy Parts]

good to see you old boys still getting out :p Looking forward to the WIWON meets in decades hence...;) By the way - do you ever invite the chap (Jengo?) who had a brief unexpected trip in one many years back? (I know the whole story is on pprune somewhere - no need to repeat it here). Guess he qualifies as WIWOL - even if it was a short flight!

[4Greens]

WIWOL ???????

[Schnowzer]

When I Was On (English Electric) Lightnings. Look for a group of small, mouthy types in a pub on the Strand, I wonder if the F-35 boys will be invited.

[4Greens]

Friend of mine on them always referred to them a 'Frightenings'.

[salad-dodger]

Friend of mine on them always referred to them a 'Frightenings'.
so did half the Air Force!

S-D

[cuefaye]

More dirt needed!!

[Haraka]

We had a "Sporting Sam" lookalike Lightning pilot ( L.. H... ) doing a tour as an O T Flight Commander at the Towers c.1973.
He was so proud when his flight presented him with their tie, which had ( he was told) a latin phrase initialised on it, meaning "Look unto our flight for all things"
.............. LPPMO


It was actually sung to the tune of "Camptown Races"

" Lightning Pilots P*ss Me Off! .......doo dah, doo dah....."

[CoffmanStarter]

What a brilliant idea ... :D:D:D:D

[Pontius Navigator]

Sandy Parts, I thought they did, or was that WIWOS? Or for real oldies, WIWON or even WIWOW:)

BTW. I met a WIWOW a few years back in the RAF Club. Always worthwhile taking a punt, saw a chap at Runeymede with an Air Gunners Association badge on his car. He showed me his photographs, many in colour; humbling.

[BEagle]

LPPMO - the work of Dick 'Whizzbang' W*s*l**e who, despite doing very well at RAFC, Valley and Brawdy, with a posting to Harriers awaiting him, decided to jack the whole thing in and to emigrate...

Nice chap - and an Oxford rowing Blue.

L*s H*w* did at least see the funny side of LPPMO. Or perhaps it was the news that he'd been selected for an exchange tour on the F-106 in Florida, IIRC?

[DeepestSouth]

This brought back memories. The first time I ever heard "WIWOL" was from the aforementioned L*s H*w*. He was not my Flt Cdr (that was J*h* M*tc*e*l) but I recall L*s, the LPPMO ties and the song very clearly. IIRC from one of the Flight involved, no-one actually told L*s what LPPMO meant but ... he suddenly worked it out himself. His reaction was apparently 'You b*s*a*d*' repeated several times, with feeling!, but he was, apparently, quite amused. A thoroughly decent bloke and Flt Cdr!

DS

[Haraka]

DS
Your recollection ties in exactly with mine. My Flight Commander ( 10 G.E.) was M.ke P..tc...d who allegedly was heard singing the ditty as he walked past L.s in the College Hall bar.
L.s H.w. had "1 " Flight and the dog Latin was knocked up by W..f G.w..g
I totally agree with your assessment of L. H. and indeed I think it applies to all of the O.T. Flight Commanders that we were fortunate to have at the Towers at that time.

[Basil]

LPPMO? Hmm, yes, I can imagine that :E

[1.3VStall]

I am reliably informed that the WIWOL Bash in the Marlborough Head on 2nd Oct was attended by over 200, including three Knights of the Realm, and the pub started to run out of certain brands of brown beer midway through the afternoon!:ok:

[jindabyne]

and the pub started to run out of certain brands of brown beer midway through the afternoon

Something that would be unheard of at a Buccaneer reunion:sad: And before you say it Newt, we could/can

[BEagle]

Haraka, I'd mostly agree. L*s H*w* and 'Gentleman John' M*****ll were good guys. But a couple of others certainly weren't in 14 GE days - including one nasty Scot and another Flt Cdr ('007')who accused the late Don Turbitt of having 'unofficer-like bone structure'.....:rolleyes:

But those two were the exceptions.

As this was the 'Greenshield Stamp' era, one chap on (I think) 18 GE arrived to find himself higher up the Air Force List than his blanket-stacker Flt Cdr. Fortunately they both saw the funny side and it was never an issue.

The WIWOL pi$$-up sounded great, newt - good to know that there are so many of you still about!

[newt]

It was Beags but there were still a few who did not attend! As usual, I had to be steered home! Then had to go to the 92 Squadron lunch next day! Bit of a headache on Sunday morning but a jolly fine time had by all:ok:

[1.3VStall]

jindabyne - are you saying that brown banana crews drink lager?!!!!!!!!!