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Old 18th Feb 2005, 17:41
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RAY

It was Heseltine alright, but it was Pt Stanley to ISK direct, not ASI to ISK, and it was early 1984. I was down there on Sea Kings (another story) at Navy Point, we had to fly behind the S of S to make sure he didn't get captured by the Argies!!!!

If I recall the trip was done twice, each trip taking 17hrs odd, cant remember who the crews were though. There might have been a claim made about the longest ever operational trip once they got home so they could justify it for Heseltine, I can,t really recall.

On the Heseltine trip, I believe all the ground crew (even the Crew Chief) were kicked off at the last minute to allow Heseltines tribe get on (and no doubt a couple of Journo,s too) the groundies ended up getting home by Herc.

Small Spinner

Check your log book, I reckon it was "27, the flaps fix job took rolls of Speed Tape, still at least you stopped before the end.

BT
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