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Old 29th Aug 2023, 18:14
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Diff Tail Shim
 
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Originally Posted by Finningley Boy
I'll stand corrected, I've heard a shedload of nick names for serivce trades, Plumber/Armourer, Grease Monkey/Engine Fitter, Rigger/Airframe Fitter, Sparky/Communications in any capacity, Snow Drops/Police, Rock Apes/RAF Regiment, Scopie/Aerospace Systems Operator (Now Airspace Battle Management Specialist or something, but Volley Ball Player is a surprise new one, any idea how long its been around?

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Heard it at Lossie on my first tour I think. Was around the same time the Leckies got the dog botheration nick name. Sooties, Fairies for the various aircraft electronic trades that ended up as avionics in the late 80s and of course includes the dog botherers now. What do the Mechanical and leckies/fairies call themselves nowadays? Can us old boys be enlightened or is it best left in house? Of course all technical trade on aircraft now are split brains in trade boundaries.
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