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Forum: Military Aviation
27th Oct 2020, 14:00
Replies: 843
Views: 352,276
Posted By MPN11

My thanks to all contributors for fascinating...

My thanks to all contributors for fascinating stories and photos. I missed all these Arabian Nights, after a posting to somewhere (was it Salalah? Masirah?) was cancelled, so my ‘adventurous’...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Oct 2020, 17:19
Replies: 843
Views: 352,276
Posted By MPN11

Thanks, bigjok, a nice succinct narrative of what...

Thanks, bigjok, a nice succinct narrative of what was was obviously a well-planned departure.
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Oct 2020, 19:08
Replies: 843
Views: 352,276
Posted By MPN11

Thanks for the re-transmission ... bloody...

Thanks for the re-transmission ... bloody Photobucket! Killed a lot of my posts on numerous websites!

As for the ‘end of Empire’ comment ... yes, haven’t so many of them done brilliantly!!
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Oct 2020, 16:56
Replies: 843
Views: 352,276
Posted By MPN11

Confused by the picture of 20 Sqn FGA9s in that. ...

Confused by the picture of 20 Sqn FGA9s in that. They would have been unexpected in Aden, though.
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Nov 2017, 09:14
Replies: 843
Views: 352,276
Posted By MPN11

Congratulations, Brian. :ok: Only 37 here,...

Congratulations, Brian. :ok:

Only 37 here, but then OH is the enhanced Mk 2 version of spouse.
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Nov 2017, 08:56
Replies: 843
Views: 352,276
Posted By MPN11

I have migrated to imgur, which seems to work...

I have migrated to imgur, which seems to work fine ... once I mastered the processes.

Or just use the "Go Advanced/Manage Attachments" button here, as I did with this image from my desktop.
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Nov 2017, 09:04
Replies: 843
Views: 352,276
Posted By MPN11

Ahhh ... thanks again. I clearly wasn't...

Ahhh ... thanks again. I clearly wasn't concentrating on the Thread back then ;)

(Page 14 in my setup, YMMV)
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Nov 2017, 16:23
Replies: 843
Views: 352,276
Posted By MPN11

Well, well, well ... total enlightenment! :ok: ...

Well, well, well ... total enlightenment! :ok:

And presumably distributed in small numbers to outposts of Empire with fractious populations!
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Nov 2017, 16:11
Replies: 843
Views: 352,276
Posted By MPN11

Thanks for that. I know very little about Army...

Thanks for that. I know very little about Army vehicles!!
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Nov 2017, 12:34
Replies: 843
Views: 352,276
Posted By MPN11

What's that odd-looking vehicle in Photo #1,...

What's that odd-looking vehicle in Photo #1, please. Local modification, along the lines of a large Humber Pig?
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Nov 2017, 11:26
Replies: 843
Views: 352,276
Posted By MPN11

Brian 48nav ... 1574 it was. I may possibly have...

Brian 48nav ... 1574 it was. I may possibly have an OT photo of one somewhere, ready for when a FEAF Thread gets started ;)
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Nov 2017, 18:59
Replies: 843
Views: 352,276
Posted By MPN11

Ah, preserved for posterity!! Nice imagery and...

Ah, preserved for posterity!! Nice imagery and the associated story :ok:
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Nov 2017, 18:17
Replies: 843
Views: 352,276
Posted By MPN11

As a long-time ARRSEer, I have now now abandoned...

As a long-time ARRSEer, I have now now abandoned it (and eGoat and the Navy thing) ... this forum tends to be a bit more 'polite', 'civilised' and generally 'informative'.

Yes, it's always...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Nov 2017, 10:14
Replies: 843
Views: 352,276
Posted By MPN11

IIRC, of the 8 plt offs on my ATC course, 5 went...

IIRC, of the 8 plt offs on my ATC course, 5 went straight overseas (I remember one went to El Adem and one to RAFG).
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Nov 2017, 19:58
Replies: 843
Views: 352,276
Posted By MPN11

For today's generation, it was a reasonable bit...

For today's generation, it was a reasonable bit of drama[?].
For those who had been there, or knew those days, it was reasonably close.
For those in Singapore at the time, we had much more fun :)
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Oct 2017, 20:04
Replies: 843
Views: 352,276
Posted By MPN11

Ah, but MUCH more room in the back seat, with...

Ah, but MUCH more room in the back seat, with those handy under-carpet jacking-point access panels "for the disposal of" ;)

I paid £40 in 1964. My first car! No problems, apart from a slipping...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Oct 2017, 20:55
Replies: 843
Views: 352,276
Posted By MPN11

As a 2-car a/plt off at Shawbury in 65, for...

As a 2-car a/plt off at Shawbury in 65, for complex reasons [including spending my uniform allowance unwisely on a better car] I had a rent-a-car too. The humble price of 10/0 a night, and make your...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Oct 2017, 17:12
Replies: 843
Views: 352,276
Posted By MPN11

Parades? I did two in 29 years, excluding the...

Parades? I did two in 29 years, excluding the Graduation thing.

1. Freedom of Louth, Plt Off with Storno trying to coordinate Varsity and JP flypast with Parade with some guy with R/T on a...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Oct 2017, 13:30
Replies: 843
Views: 352,276
Posted By MPN11

Well, if I may continue to digress, there was the...

Well, if I may continue to digress, there was the occasion when a group of us took a newly-arrived chap from 45 Sqn to Bugis Street for his first night out. He had been cautioned in detail about...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Oct 2017, 11:38
Replies: 843
Views: 352,276
Posted By MPN11

Bugis Street was pretty harmless, as long as you...

Bugis Street was pretty harmless, as long as you looked after your wallet. :cool:

However, during my time there was a bit of 'local unrest'. One one occasion I was driving back from Nee Soon...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Oct 2017, 10:52
Replies: 843
Views: 352,276
Posted By MPN11

Just finished watching Episode 1 on iPlayer ... I...

Just finished watching Episode 1 on iPlayer ... I have no idea about the accuracy of the portrayal, but it certainly gives me a sensation of not wanting to be posted there back then. Singapore was...
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