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Old 24th Apr 2023, 10:59
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Originally Posted by reefrat
Back in the day half the bush pilots I flew with would invert the map when heading south, others could read the map properly north up.
North up man myself. Recall a walk, friend grabbed the map of me as deliberated at a footpath junction, turned it upside down and confidently led us off down the wrong path... I let him go a mile before pointing out his error.

Originally Posted by ShyTorque
I heard a tale of a retrieve crew who drove many miles to fetch a glider only to find on arrival that the trailer contained a three piece suite.
Heard that story too, pretty sure it was at the Long Mynd and the saga involved several other happenings that were so contrived it must be true.
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