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Old 3rd Sep 2009, 19:21
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ShyTorque

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JJ, Wazzing, eh? Can't think where you got that habit from.

Night flying, Belize: Myself and a colleague were ordered to night fly one sunday by a certain S/L BB (by name and by nature). We appealed as there was a film on at the O. Mess that we really wanted to watch. "Appeal disallowed, get on with it!"

The O. Mess cinema screen was a white painted canvas sheet on a couple of steel poles stuck in the grass outside. Annoyingly, we could see it from the circuit. I was slightly less annoyed when I discovered that the Puma steerable searchlight could illuminate it from downwind, apparently just enough to wash out the film......

After a few circuits, we got a message via ATC from S/L BB, who was watching the film - "Oi, pack it in!"
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