Squadron commander and the divisional aircraft engineer head out on to the line at Soest to go flying in a Gazelle.
Five minutes later the pair arrive in the line office demanding to know who signed the
pre flight as the aircraft has a u/s tailrotor drive shaft (noisy bearings).
After giving the offending tech a public dressing down, they head off for a coffee while a second aircraft is prepared.
The afore mentioned tech (Steve Gooodall) volunteers to preflight the second aircraft.
Venturing on to the line he spins the rotors of each Gazelle in turn, returns to the line office and snags all the squadron Gazelles with the same defect, noisy bearings.!!!!!!!!!!!
An apology was forthcomming, well deserved for a fine display of balls.