PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - B52 Air refueling
View Single Post
Old 23rd Sep 2005, 08:23
  #54 (permalink)  
BEagle
 
Join Date: May 1999
Location: Quite near 'An aerodrome somewhere in England'
Posts: 26,850
Received 333 Likes on 116 Posts
There was indeed, Dan.

I have the video of that VC10 prodding A4 event! Now safely stored on DVD.

There was originally only one copy, which the boss at the time used to keep safely locked up in his office, as he was the prodder involved. One day we were having a coffee break and he agreed to show it on the crew room video. As we were watching it, his PA came in and told him that the Stn Cdr was on the phone for him....

Whilst he was out, we rushed out to get the old TTF portable video recorder and the appropriate wires, connected it all up and made a tape-to-tape transfer, then tidied away all evidence as though nothing had happened.....

Back came the boss from his office; having told him we'd stopped the tape for him, we then watched the rest, successfully feigning innocence. He then ejected it and left saying "I'd better lock that safely away.....!"

One of these days I must get round to telling Jim, I mean, him.
BEagle is online now