More non-uniform uniform!
Which was at least preferable to the ubiquitous combat pyjamas the rest of the RAF seems to spend its time wearing these days....
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The halyçon days of the 90's..... The venerable Tri Motor. Flying in blues....
South Atlantic Detachment. A 'very' new First Officer (Huge Grant lookalike) just about to press his trousers for the first flight to MPA. Lovely Stewardess offered to do his ironing for the duration of the Det. 'I like ironing Sir'.
'Oh thanks awfully' said young First Officer.
After 2 weeks, his trousers had been taken up by an inch and a half and taken in by 2 inches at the waist. Shirt buttons dutifully moved also. He assumed it was the copious amount of G and T.
Happy days. Time of my life...
South Atlantic Detachment. A 'very' new First Officer (Huge Grant lookalike) just about to press his trousers for the first flight to MPA. Lovely Stewardess offered to do his ironing for the duration of the Det. 'I like ironing Sir'.
'Oh thanks awfully' said young First Officer.
After 2 weeks, his trousers had been taken up by an inch and a half and taken in by 2 inches at the waist. Shirt buttons dutifully moved also. He assumed it was the copious amount of G and T.
Happy days. Time of my life...
The Curator
Sounds like one of the guys who was on my lad's JP Course - he had dreams of being a film star and was going to call himself Luke Mallory 
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If it is who I'm thinking of ( JM) I think he's a BA skipper now - nice bloke as I recall!
.If it is who I'm thinking of ( JM) I think he's a BA skipper now - nice bloke as I recall!
Some branches already have insignia on No 2 shirts - Regt, RAFP, docs, dentists, Padres. No one worries about that being divisive. What's the big deal?
I saw 'Tactical Admin Wing' slides on DPM Kit in Riyadh during the 1991 Gulf War - I kid you not. The look on a scribbly Flt Sgt's face when I handed over my Pay Book (drawn as part of the explody holiday go-pack of that halcyon era) left me in no doubt that dealing with the filthy dirty aircrew was taking the edge right off his day.
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Silk cravat
Quoting P.A.
Quite fancy a silk cravat in RAF colours myself, to be worn with open necked shirt in No.2 uniform - but only for aircrew obviously!
Sorry to be a party pooper, but I still have mine - 1950s era.
Quite fancy a silk cravat in RAF colours myself, to be worn with open necked shirt in No.2 uniform - but only for aircrew obviously!
Sorry to be a party pooper, but I still have mine - 1950s era.
Quite fancy a silk cravat in RAF colours myself, to be worn with open necked shirt in No.2 uniform - but only for aircrew obviously!
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"I say, I say, I say. Ding dong....hello, my dear.....!"
Although Phillips L was never RAF - DLI in the war and -of course - RN with HMS Troutbridge.
Still doin' well - he got married again last Christmas - him 89 - she 50!
I wish the old chap well - his previous wife of 29 years of marriage took her own life under the most tragic of circumstances.
And yes, 'ding dong' is indeed more Leslie Phillips than Terry-Thomas.
And yes, 'ding dong' is indeed more Leslie Phillips than Terry-Thomas.
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I wish the old chap well - his previous wife of 29 years of marriage took her own life under the most tragic of circumstances.
Yes, his first wife, although they had been divorced for over 10 years at the time of her death. IIRC, he was overseas at the time and didn't return for the funeral, causing much angst with his children.
Of course, if the whingers such as that tiresome Mover had worked harder at school, this thread would be largely irrelevant
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if the whingers such as that tiresome Mover had worked harder at school