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1st Dec 2006, 12:31

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Originally Posted by thing

I bet most techies remember it for the ludicrous hangar scenes, where Jengo and the Sqdn WO actually came out of their offices and made engineering decisions........'No Chief, you can't unblock the thrunge filter like that, let me show you.....'....much hilarity all round...

I remember it for the horribly patronising depiction of the one solitary SAC who appeared in the thing

They characterised him as some fick as pig**** street urchin with a glint in his eye and a scam up his sleeve getting a rollocking off the SWO.
Someone did a cartoon for the Wittering View, 'Squadron's idea of an RAF Station'. It showed Sqn Ldrs manning the gates, squads of Wg Cdrs and Groupies marching about, not an erk in sight.

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