Originally Posted by
Hugh S
the real problem will have been making a round of drinks without the teapot. Doesn't have the same headline though - Nimrod crew fly without a teapot!
We didn't make the news for "Shackleton crew diverts to get tea cup".
True story.
Duty galley rat failed to check if there were any cups on board. Emergency fix was to wash a baked bean can after breakfast to revive the pilot, J*hn *l**s IIRC, followed by a PD to Leuchars. The real fun had been conveying the message through ATC but they came up trumps and delivered our salvation in the Rover.
Mind you, best cuppa "in-flight", same pilot J E, lying on the grass outside the hangar at Bitteswell listening to th ebirds twittering. I wasn't deaf in those days. Ever the hours hog, the skipper claimed all the time on the ground as flight time even though the aircraft was shut down and no one on board.