Ah Yes! The infamous Kopper Tool ... Still labeled appropriately and proudly displayed on TF-ATX and ATZ in KL.
BTW, It was Alan "old Boy" Nicholson and Paul Theron (late of Hydra fame). Alan hired my scrawny butt (over the phone).... and Paul trained it (also getting me arrested in Recife !)
Sad to say, gentlemen, that the two magnificent Riley snooker tables at RV were unceremoniously bulldozed along with the rec center building. What a waste...... the Riley's gone ..not RV ! Spent many an hour helping "Cousin" Brian replacing the worn out Baise.
The Compound well to the north ..... past the Camel Round-about... was Al Durrat, North Obhur. Not a bad place really except for the apartments immediately opposite the Mosque. I had great satisfaction calling Takis and holding my phone to the window at 0407 LT when morning prayers started. He moved the flt deck crew farther from the mosque the next day.
Anyone remember Mick P. trying to jog to Al Durrat from the airport, after a CGK-JED, only to get lost running all the fence lines between RV and N. Obhur trying to follow the coast?
...or even Hank sitting semi-naked in his RV villa, fuelled with some REALLY bad sidiki, enjoying a flash-back from VietNam ...... mumbling about how we should "Kill them all". Sadly he was talking about crew planning.
Many arrows being shot at AAI in other fora ..... maybe more recollections like these would reveal the collective sense of humor amongst current and ex-AAI drivers..... who's gonna edit the shenanigans? Maybe Phil could do the Lagos section?
Accuracy may deteriorate with the years ..... but spelling and neatness should count to mitigate the questionable veracity. Besides, AAI crews absolutely thrive on a good rumour, right????
