Fleet Air Arm jiggery pokery
Hello Chaps & Chapesses
Can anyone help please? I am trying to find details of an event that I'm sure I read about ages ago. The essence of the tale is that a R.N carrier, (in a harbour somewhere like Malta) was turned 180% about by having aircraft (back in the propeller era) stationed at either end of the flight deck, all lashed down, and facing into the centre of the ship, and given the signal, all applied power and gradually the ship turned on its axis. It might well be someone was shooting a grog-inspired line. If anyone could throw some light on this I would be obliged.
Thank you. N.Z.