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Forum: African Aviation
30th Aug 2020, 13:46
Replies: 864
Views: 1,087,223
Posted By Nigerian Expat Outlaw

I have, once. May 1997.

I have, once. May 1997.
Forum: African Aviation
12th Mar 2018, 15:36
Replies: 864
Views: 1,087,223
Posted By Nigerian Expat Outlaw

Check display options at the bottom of the page.

Check display options at the bottom of the page.
Forum: African Aviation
19th Jan 2018, 21:10
Replies: 864
Views: 1,087,223
Posted By Nigerian Expat Outlaw

When you're in a bush bar for a cool beer...

When you're in a bush bar for a cool beer straight from work and the local "entertainment" aka distings keep bothering you so in an effort to discourage them you tell them you're gay.

5 minutes...
Forum: African Aviation
17th Nov 2017, 17:28
Replies: 864
Views: 1,087,223
Posted By Nigerian Expat Outlaw

Can you please decode JKIA ? Must be my...

Can you please decode JKIA ? Must be my Alzheimers again.......... ;)
Forum: African Aviation
26th Oct 2017, 17:55
Replies: 864
Views: 1,087,223
Posted By Nigerian Expat Outlaw

Hope you're well GV. Maybe; I was in WT 92-96, PH...

Hope you're well GV. Maybe; I was in WT 92-96, PH Aker 96-98, Sumburgh (Shetlands) for 8 months, Shell PH for 1 tour, Escravos 98-99, WA for 1 tour, Bauchi for 6 months, Calabar 99-06, PH NAF 06-07,...
Forum: African Aviation
25th Oct 2017, 21:15
Replies: 864
Views: 1,087,223
Posted By Nigerian Expat Outlaw

You were unlucky; I was the first 212 Captain...

You were unlucky; I was the first 212 Captain there and it was nothing like that. The co-pilots used to change every week (rotators out of Eket, all good guys) and we always stayed on the top floor...
Forum: African Aviation
25th Oct 2017, 13:15
Replies: 864
Views: 1,087,223
Posted By Nigerian Expat Outlaw

Booze was rationed to the onshore guys, 2 cans a...

Booze was rationed to the onshore guys, 2 cans a day. But pilots were excluded. They used to go out through the side fence and imbibe at Mama Lulu's in the evening. I couldn't as I was always on...
Forum: African Aviation
24th Oct 2017, 21:33
Replies: 864
Views: 1,087,223
Posted By Nigerian Expat Outlaw

I used to love catching the bus from the...

I used to love catching the bus from the accommodation to the PAAN office; no doors, no windows and a maximum speed of walking pace ! I wasn't PAAN so I got a room to myself (that used to p**s the...
Forum: African Aviation
24th Oct 2017, 14:44
Replies: 864
Views: 1,087,223
Posted By Nigerian Expat Outlaw

I arrived in Warri in January 92 and did my...

I arrived in Warri in January 92 and did my initial Night Base Check at Escravos. Can't remember them being there then, but I wasn't looking for them ! I was based at Escravos variously during the...
Forum: African Aviation
23rd Oct 2017, 21:32
Replies: 864
Views: 1,087,223
Posted By Nigerian Expat Outlaw

I'm Old, But Not That Old ?!

Before my time; it was Chevron Escravos when I arrived. How many "good few years" ? There were still guys who had been there since the 60s when I started.
Forum: African Aviation
20th Oct 2017, 15:57
Replies: 864
Views: 1,087,223
Posted By Nigerian Expat Outlaw

Re-reading my post, I can't see where I said it...

Re-reading my post, I can't see where I said it is. In fact I was alluding to the opposite.
Forum: African Aviation
19th Oct 2017, 21:35
Replies: 864
Views: 1,087,223
Posted By Nigerian Expat Outlaw

I recall that radio exchange, it bacame famous !...

I recall that radio exchange, it bacame famous ! I suspect we know each other; in Nigeria for 23 years with Bristow. Warri, Port Harcourt, Eket, Calabar, Lagos, Bauchi, Gombe, Jos. It certainly is an...
Forum: African Aviation
19th Sep 2017, 15:50
Replies: 864
Views: 1,087,223
Posted By Nigerian Expat Outlaw

Quality Aircraft, Quality Fuel

Nuff said.
Forum: African Aviation
18th Sep 2017, 15:41
Replies: 864
Views: 1,087,223
Posted By Nigerian Expat Outlaw

You just know you're in Africa

When:

You're on a VVIP charter in Nigeria from your base in the South to pick up a "principal" in the far North East.

En route you stop at a mid belt airport for fuel (having contacted them...
Forum: African Aviation
5th Aug 2017, 20:15
Replies: 864
Views: 1,087,223
Posted By Nigerian Expat Outlaw

Half way through another interesting book by...

Half way through another interesting book by Kenneth C Ryeland. It's called The Up-Country Man.

The guy was working in Nigeria when Biafra declared it's secession. He was caught between the sides...
Forum: African Aviation
31st Jul 2017, 22:18
Replies: 864
Views: 1,087,223
Posted By Nigerian Expat Outlaw

Sitting in your office counting notes by hand to...

Sitting in your office counting notes by hand to pay the local monthly wages, you've brought one of those sponge pad things that bank tellers used to have to keep your fingertips moist, but in the...
Forum: African Aviation
29th Jul 2017, 21:42
Replies: 864
Views: 1,087,223
Posted By Nigerian Expat Outlaw

No, I don't do F**book. I'm in a Whatsapp group...

No, I don't do F**book. I'm in a Whatsapp group with a bunch of guys (some of whom are also in that F**book group), who used to work on the North Sea and in Nigeria (I reckon you would know the guy...
Forum: African Aviation
29th Jul 2017, 16:21
Replies: 864
Views: 1,087,223
Posted By Nigerian Expat Outlaw

You must have been very young ?

You must have been very young ?
Forum: African Aviation
28th Jul 2017, 18:10
Replies: 864
Views: 1,087,223
Posted By Nigerian Expat Outlaw

I've just finished reading "Shadows - Airlift &...

I've just finished reading "Shadows - Airlift & Airwar in Biafra & Nigeria 1967-70" by Michael I. Draper. Very interesting from all aspects, especially aviation (obviously !).
Forum: African Aviation
26th Jul 2017, 22:22
Replies: 864
Views: 1,087,223
Posted By Nigerian Expat Outlaw

True, but the idea of a 5 Star hotel and a warm...

True, but the idea of a 5 Star hotel and a warm trolley dolly had great appeal at the time ! ;)
Forum: African Aviation
25th Jul 2017, 23:36
Replies: 864
Views: 1,087,223
Posted By Nigerian Expat Outlaw

You're In Africa........

When you're sitting on a rusty satellite platform in the Bight of Biafra burning and turning single pilot in a Bell 212 watching two guys fighting under the rotor disc, doing a tug of war with the...
Forum: African Aviation
6th Jul 2017, 23:31
Replies: 864
Views: 1,087,223
Posted By Nigerian Expat Outlaw

The "drugs" were Paracetomol ! Too many fakes...

The "drugs" were Paracetomol ! Too many fakes made from compressed chalk locally.

Gave him £2 in coins........ gotta love the initiative though.
Forum: African Aviation
2nd Jul 2017, 23:43
Replies: 864
Views: 1,087,223
Posted By Nigerian Expat Outlaw

"Sah, do you have drugs in your bag ?" "Yes;...

"Sah, do you have drugs in your bag ?"
"Yes; plenty."
"How many Sah ?"
"Very many !"
"We can solve this problem Sah."
"I know. When I have a headache, I take the drugs. No more headache."...
Forum: African Aviation
14th May 2017, 22:04
Replies: 864
Views: 1,087,223
Posted By Nigerian Expat Outlaw

Piltdown Man, B2N2 is dead on. Tasted just...

Piltdown Man,

B2N2 is dead on. Tasted just like chicken. At first I was a bit p**sed off that my friend had bamboozled me, but after a while I realised that almost all of us eat dead animals of...
Forum: African Aviation
14th May 2017, 16:59
Replies: 864
Views: 1,087,223
Posted By Nigerian Expat Outlaw

noflynomore, The term "404" is used describe...

noflynomore,

The term "404" is used describe dog meat suya in some areas of West Africa. To be fair it didn't taste too bad ! Consistency was a cross between chicken and pork.

Cheers.
Forum: African Aviation
12th May 2017, 21:41
Replies: 864
Views: 1,087,223
Posted By Nigerian Expat Outlaw

When your friend takes you to the local suya...

When your friend takes you to the local suya stall and says "404" to the vendor. After 20 years eating suya you didn't know what that meant.

Upon finishing it your friend explains what 404 suya...
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