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Forum: Military Aviation
18th Mar 2014, 11:55
Replies: 422
Views: 138,834
Posted By Wensleydale

"It got the chop, anyway" Part of "Joint"...

"It got the chop, anyway"


Part of "Joint" Operations perhaps?
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Mar 2014, 18:57
Replies: 422
Views: 138,834
Posted By Wensleydale

I think the the best come back someone offered on...

I think the the best come back someone offered on hearing this was...."You should have put out a CALF Amendment

In which case, the song was "Veal meat again, don't know where......."
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Mar 2014, 15:32
Replies: 422
Views: 138,834
Posted By Wensleydale

Sounds like a load of Bullocks to me! (or...

Sounds like a load of Bullocks to me! (or perhaps OC block had called for a Bull Night).


Edited to add.... perhaps the Canberra pilot had asked for a Steer?
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Mar 2014, 17:06
Replies: 422
Views: 138,834
Posted By Wensleydale

In the 1970s, Linton on Ouse possessed a couple...

In the 1970s, Linton on Ouse possessed a couple of very rudimentary instrument navigation trainers for the Jet Provost - not a proper simulator but it allowed one to navigate a route while flying on...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Mar 2014, 20:14
Replies: 422
Views: 138,834
Posted By Wensleydale

Stevef, If I remember correctly, the...

Stevef,


If I remember correctly, the Shackleton crash-landed near Culloden Moor and burned out although all of the crew got out OK. I heard that the crew were picked up from the local...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Mar 2014, 17:29
Replies: 422
Views: 138,834
Posted By Wensleydale

Mistaken ranks? Many moons ago, on a...

Mistaken ranks?


Many moons ago, on a Shackleton Deployment to Keflavic, one of the mission crew (who had imbibed a few drinks) introduced the Flt Lt Shackleton captain as the Detatchment...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Mar 2014, 08:33
Replies: 422
Views: 138,834
Posted By Wensleydale

Re the story of the mess bill with the household...

Re the story of the mess bill with the household cavalry. This happened to two aircrew chaps from Lossiemouth who were detached to London during the fireman's strike at the end of the 1970s. I...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Feb 2014, 09:16
Replies: 422
Views: 138,834
Posted By Wensleydale

Going off at a Tangent as usual - I always...

Going off at a Tangent as usual - I always thought how silly it was to have an airman guarding critical points during the Cold War while armed with an SLR that he had perhaps fired 5 times during the...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Feb 2014, 07:16
Replies: 422
Views: 138,834
Posted By Wensleydale

I was once told the story about a bored Greek...

I was once told the story about a bored Greek conscript who was guarding a line of F100 Super-Sabres one night... to relieve the tedium he started doing pull-ups on the pitot tube on the nose of one...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Feb 2014, 16:01
Replies: 422
Views: 138,834
Posted By Wensleydale

The Germans get their own back occasionally.........

The Germans get their own back occasionally......


During a NATO deployment to Norway, a few Brits are teasing the Germans about WW2 ("Battle of Britain" was on the tele). One of the Germans...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Feb 2014, 10:55
Replies: 422
Views: 138,834
Posted By Wensleydale

"meat seeking missile" Obviously it had...

"meat seeking missile"


Obviously it had gone "Sausage Side"!http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/src:www.pprune.org/get/images/smilies/shiner.gif
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Feb 2014, 12:48
Replies: 422
Views: 138,834
Posted By Wensleydale

"Investigating he had found the Nav had purchased...

"Investigating he had found the Nav had purchased a washing machine or the likes and the helpful guys loading it for him at the other end had lashed the box to the elevator control cables, so he had...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Feb 2014, 12:33
Replies: 422
Views: 138,834
Posted By Wensleydale

"A story I can't verify - my mother's RAF...

"A story I can't verify - my mother's RAF boyfriend apparently decided to fly down one of the main streets of Salisbury Rhodesia below building height in a Hawker Hunter. Must have been the late 50s...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Feb 2014, 07:20
Replies: 422
Views: 138,834
Posted By Wensleydale

A USAF E-3B on a training sortie with a senior...

A USAF E-3B on a training sortie with a senior Army officer pax on board. The Mission Crew use the simulator function of the software to good effect....


"Sir, this is very secret and you must...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Feb 2014, 20:49
Replies: 422
Views: 138,834
Posted By Wensleydale

Victor Tanker operating somewhere in the Far East...

Victor Tanker operating somewhere in the Far East has a problem with his system and calls the local ATC with the message:


"Request permission to jettison my hose".


"... Tower - Say again...
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