Originally Posted by
claron
I remember these Zaps and T shirts causing a bit of a stir at IAT Greenham Common 81,
The organizers didn't see the funny side, and the guys from 8 sqn were asked to withdraw them from sale.
8 Sqn had a semi-professional cartoonist in its ranks (pen name of "Gwyn" who used to draw for Air Pictorial and such magazines), plus a screen printer. Zaps various ("Old Age & Treachery will Triumph over Youth & Skill" for example) made it to T-shirts/ sweat shirts and even ladies' underwear which were very big sellers around the air shows. I wore an old and torn 8 Screws sweatshirt to an aircrew party at an airshow in Ramstein once - it was immediately demanded, and swapped for an American cold weather flying jacket which kept me warm in Lossie for a good few years. The booty from the sqn memorabilia stall at airshows kept us stocked for a good few aircrew parties!