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Not Aden, Sycamore.
I was in the Wessex/Puma formation which was lead by a Sycamore to a landing on Upavon on 11 Aug 72. After lunch, the Wessex and Pumas gave a flypast for the parked Sycamore. AOCinC signalled his "thanks for an immaculate flying display. It gave thje Old Lady a fine send off."
I was in the Wessex/Puma formation which was lead by a Sycamore to a landing on Upavon on 11 Aug 72. After lunch, the Wessex and Pumas gave a flypast for the parked Sycamore. AOCinC signalled his "thanks for an immaculate flying display. It gave thje Old Lady a fine send off."
Zetec2, re. the gypsum, quite so.
'55-'58 era the hangar was given over once a year to the Kormaksar 'Fair' ... misnomer for a ginormous drunken thrash!! The I S troops at the time were the K.O.Y.L.I. Their RSM did a 'patrol' late in the evening with a couple of his 'sturdiest' Cpls and spotting any of 'his' in advanced falling-down mode would put a Cpl either side and remove them to a waiting 3 tonner and thence back to Barracks. The Regiment (RAF) guys, on the other hand were left to their own devices.
The following morning parades were noticeably contrasting!!!
'55-'58 era the hangar was given over once a year to the Kormaksar 'Fair' ... misnomer for a ginormous drunken thrash!! The I S troops at the time were the K.O.Y.L.I. Their RSM did a 'patrol' late in the evening with a couple of his 'sturdiest' Cpls and spotting any of 'his' in advanced falling-down mode would put a Cpl either side and remove them to a waiting 3 tonner and thence back to Barracks. The Regiment (RAF) guys, on the other hand were left to their own devices.
The following morning parades were noticeably contrasting!!!
Apologies for the thread drift, but I found this photo while searching through my Hastings slides. It was taken from the RHS during a refuelling stop at RAF Habbaniya on April 12th 1958, enroute from Bahrain to Nicosia after a short detachment in Khormaksar. Remarkably similar to Aden, but without the Rocks.
Presumably that was Habbaniyah Plateau, not Main.
Not even close!! Aden was truly awful, climate, accommodation, food, entertainment, facilities etc. truly ad nauseam!
Hab, on the other hand had pleasant accommodation, shopping centre, civilised Messes, even a ZOO!!! - absolutely chalk and cheese! Mind you, spent 10 days in Hab hospital recovering from food poisoning (post Aden greed!) - would have been happy to stay.
Remarkably similar to Aden, but without the Rocks.
Hab, on the other hand had pleasant accommodation, shopping centre, civilised Messes, even a ZOO!!! - absolutely chalk and cheese! Mind you, spent 10 days in Hab hospital recovering from food poisoning (post Aden greed!) - would have been happy to stay.
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Flosy for Eve
Always reminds me of the amateurish insurgent attempts before IS and Al Qaeda.
A slogan writer fled leaving his paint so an obliging squaddie finished it off
A slogan writer fled leaving his paint so an obliging squaddie finished it off
started at noon