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Old 23rd Jan 2006, 17:38
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If we are talking photos, will cock-ups fit the thread? 845 NAS took a large number of Wessex Mk5s (certainly 12 and maybe the full 16) to display at Biggin Hill in the early 70s, under the truly unique command of Neil Skelton F****r. At the end of each day, the aircraft would land, lined up on the north side of the runway to face the crowd on the south side. The keen AEO was mindful that each aircraft had a very large single white letter on the nose and took care to avoid any real words. Meanwhile, the usual jungly aircrew wildlife did what they do so well and one young Lt, last seen as a senior Captain in the diplomatic world, did rather well in drag and blonde wig on a Honda monkey bike. At the end of the last display, we used all available transport to get us to the beer tent and proceeded to ignore the high priced help and most of the Press - to start with. At about the third beer, it became obvious that there has been a glitch in the refuelling order and the line-up was wrong. Facing the tent in the middle of the line-up, were Charlie, Delta, Uniform, November and Tango. Delta was new and so did not have a letter. It was too late to change it so the instruction was simple: find everyone with a camera and get them pi$$ed. Aye aye Sir.
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