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Forum: Military Aviation
12th Dec 2006, 16:50
Replies: 1,075
Views: 780,159
Posted By GlosMikeP

What a pity.

What a pity.
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Nov 2006, 22:16
Replies: 1,075
Views: 780,159
Posted By GlosMikeP

Actually I'm not sure anyone else did either but...

Actually I'm not sure anyone else did either but it's a bloody good tale!
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Nov 2006, 16:46
Replies: 1,075
Views: 780,159
Posted By GlosMikeP

Recent bendover banger incident to mind, I don't...

Recent bendover banger incident to mind, I don't suppose he was a pongo was he by any chance?
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Nov 2006, 14:43
Replies: 1,075
Views: 780,159
Posted By GlosMikeP

Chicken at Sea

This is the transcript of the actual radio conversation of a US naval ship with Canadian authorities off the coast of Newfoundland:

Canadians: Please divert your course 15 degrees the South to...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Nov 2006, 21:59
Replies: 1,075
Views: 780,159
Posted By GlosMikeP

NATO Adversaries

Two old boys who, having fallen out at university, never reconciled their differences, met again many years later at Heathrow while waiting for the same delayed flight to Brussels. By then one was an...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Oct 2006, 12:23
Replies: 1,075
Views: 780,159
Posted By GlosMikeP

Brillaint if, as you say, off thread. It does...

Brillaint if, as you say, off thread. It does appeal to the warped aircrew sens of humour though!:ok:
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Oct 2006, 21:53
Replies: 1,075
Views: 780,159
Posted By GlosMikeP

Well I suppose someone could have asked if the...

Well I suppose someone could have asked if the cap fitted.......and at least he wasn't asked to squawk...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Oct 2006, 08:14
Replies: 1,075
Views: 780,159
Posted By GlosMikeP

Reminds me of the Andover returning UK from...

Reminds me of the Andover returning UK from France:

"London Mil, this is Ascot XX; I'm an Andover at Dover on handover, over!"
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Oct 2006, 16:54
Replies: 1,075
Views: 780,159
Posted By GlosMikeP

In the FC community you could be excused on...

In the FC community you could be excused on occasion for being a bit confused.

One chap at Benbecula after a funny few instances, not least I'm told, giving the Staish some hasty advice, was...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Oct 2006, 17:39
Replies: 1,075
Views: 780,159
Posted By GlosMikeP

Ref Beery and his pipe... We were on a Fan...

Ref Beery and his pipe...

We were on a Fan Angel off Keflavik talking to Drainage, when Beery lost his pipe down the coaming. Much cursing and swearing ensued on intercom. The pipe, aircraft and...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Oct 2006, 13:04
Replies: 1,075
Views: 780,159
Posted By GlosMikeP

SWOs

One told me by my father from his time in Germany in the 50s. I don't believe it for a minute but it's a good tale all the same, but then again.....

Young airman on the gate is told by the...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Oct 2006, 20:45
Replies: 1,075
Views: 780,159
Posted By GlosMikeP

While filling in on the Herc thread, I remembered...

While filling in on the Herc thread, I remembered another at my own expense.

After Uni I held at Lyneham as the ops officer on HTES until IOT beckoned me forward in early 77. There I was in the...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Oct 2006, 20:04
Replies: 1,075
Views: 780,159
Posted By GlosMikeP

The very same. Fine chap with a decent sense of...

The very same. Fine chap with a decent sense of humour.
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Oct 2006, 17:54
Replies: 1,075
Views: 780,159
Posted By GlosMikeP

My own happened in the 8 Sqn crew room in about...

My own happened in the 8 Sqn crew room in about 1981. I'd broken my ankle while running and had, rather foolishly in hindsight (hindsight that came as quick as a flash, all too late and too soon)...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Oct 2006, 15:24
Replies: 1,075
Views: 780,159
Posted By GlosMikeP

Told me by the embarrassed miscreant who shall be...

Told me by the embarrassed miscreant who shall be known as Lofty.

Lofty was standing under the wing of a Shack in his No 1s some time during the mid 70s when he was spotted by an old Nav school...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Sep 2006, 13:24
Replies: 1,075
Views: 780,159
Posted By GlosMikeP

I suspect there are as many versions as story...

I suspect there are as many versions as story tellers. Good all the same, and I rather like the extra cover of the R/T crackle!
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Sep 2006, 08:56
Replies: 1,075
Views: 780,159
Posted By GlosMikeP

Shack days in the early 80s with 8 Sqn. ...

Shack days in the early 80s with 8 Sqn.

Returning to Lossie after a long day in the Neatishead sector, flying at range speed (about 180kts) we hit a 100+kt headwind. Made not much better than...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Sep 2006, 22:45
Replies: 1,075
Views: 780,159
Posted By GlosMikeP

And completely believable!

And completely believable!
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Sep 2006, 10:03
Replies: 1,075
Views: 780,159
Posted By GlosMikeP

Woman pilot approaching airfield somewhere USA...

Woman pilot approaching airfield somewhere USA requests the QNH, and gets the ATC response in mb.

LP: "Can I have yours in inches, please?"
ATC: "29.65 inches"

Anon "Feed it to her real slow...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Sep 2006, 21:38
Replies: 1,075
Views: 780,159
Posted By GlosMikeP

Sounds about right doesn't it!

Sounds about right doesn't it!
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Sep 2006, 10:57
Replies: 1,075
Views: 780,159
Posted By GlosMikeP

Another one I recall about Paddy, the 'Abandoned...

Another one I recall about Paddy, the 'Abandoned Earl'

Air Marshal Bandon landed a Vampire in the early 50s and overshot the end of the runway, going clean through the perimiter hedge. Air...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Sep 2006, 09:33
Replies: 1,075
Views: 780,159
Posted By GlosMikeP

Often told tale about Paddy Bandon, known to many...

Often told tale about Paddy Bandon, known to many as 'The Abandoned Earl', as he arrived at an Officers' Mess bar in Egypt in WW2 with a small entourage - a little the worse for a few weeks of dusty,...
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