Originally Posted by
Fareastdriver
Way back in Borneo with our lowly Whirlwinds 10s when we were visiting a longhouse for intelligence gathering we used to fly around it a couple of times before landing. This was to give them time to organise all the children to line up along the veranda and hang on to the roof when we arrived.
We were going back to the UK so our area was handed over to the FAA.
'The Navy's Here' and they landed in front of the longhouse without warning. It took them a week to rebuild the roof, during the monsoon season.
No doubt the RAF prior to your visits had experienced a similar thing and learned from it...or were you clairvoyant?
