These apocryphal tales and memories are fantastic..........
I have one.....
I arrived at MPA Officers Mess 'fresh' from the Tristar to grab a stiffner prior to settling down to my first tour in MPA on the 78Sqn Wokkas. Next to me at the bar drinking was a guy on his own. I said
'Hello mate - I'm blah who are you?'
'I'm Kenny Ev@@@@t he answered.
'You been here long?'
'No not too long' he replied.
'What do you do around the bazaars cos you're not the comedian'
'No I'm a Phantom driver on 23 Sqn'
'When you due back then?'
'Today on the Tristar - the barstards are short touring me'.
'Why's that then?'
'Well they didn't like the low flypast I made at Saunders cos when I landed back here I was still wearing the HF aerial from the house!'
'That's why the flag flies when Seniors are visiting the house!!'
Well I was 'kin impressed with that and there proceeded two months of unmerciful ribbing and p@ss taking of the 23 Sqn attempts at low flying during 'Firey Crosses'. This led to lots of low-ish wazzes of the 78Sqn hangar, leading to a magnificent inter-Sqn p@ssing contest, with lots of 'Wokka 23 re-joins' which hugely improved moral and gave everyone (including the blunties) a reason to live!!
Who could ever forget (esp 23 Sqn!) the dousing of the BBQ by Wokka firebucket!!
I bet the 23 Sqn exponents reading this still haven't fathomed how the Britania birds preferred occasionally to visit our 'Big Choppers' as opposed to their Phantoms when they arrived wide-eyed and soon-to-be legless at MPA........that's definitely need-to-know!!!!!
