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Old 6th Apr 2009, 14:08
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Double Zero
 
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Boscombe were / are famous for 'zapping' visiting aircraft with virtually indestructible orange dayglo stickers.

When a visiting Sea Harrier ( forget the squadron, the lot with the white gauntlet on the fin - 809 ? ) stayed overnight, it came back to Dunsfold resplendent with a dayglo version, middle finger extended !

As far as I know it stayed there for the life of the aircraft.

The earlier account of a Lightning being tampered with sounds about right - my ex- boss's squadron hosted a 'Tiger' Lightning just before a display, by the morning the aggressive looking Tiger on the fin had been replaced by the dippy looking 'Tony, They'rre Great' as in the Sugar Frosties Ad'...

BTW, a pink Harrier T4 ( P.R ? ) is a new one on me, or was that the victim of another overnight job ?!
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