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Old 22nd May 2007, 19:45
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Big Jugs!
 
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Had some interesting phone calls out of the blue. It does seem that the interest in the team is far and wide. I was asked recently why the post RATs team was called the Vixen Two (from Dad's Navy days). They got a surpisingly high number of display bookings from German. I went on a weeks "tour" of Northern German with displays in Auf Dem Dumple and Munster. The Munster display sticks in my memory because the 3 para dropping aircraft took off, climbed for height, then dropped 20 odd jumpers at the wrong airfield, about 5 miles away. Must have been exciting for all concerned. Years later,I lived in Germany for 3 years and got a grip of the language. It is not spelt the same but the German word for w*nker sounds like Vixen. You can see why they were so sort after. The commentary must have been fantastic. "Here come the two w*nkers........"
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