> Don't know how old you are, but if you can do CCF/ Air cadets,
> you may be able to get a ride in a jumpseat of a Tristar from
> Brize to Akrotiri. That hasn't stopped after 9/11.
It's amazing how people trust air cadets. Years ago when I was one we spent a week on an active RAF air base. By way of introduction we were split into groups and were set an exercise that required us to make a map of the base. We then had to work out where three 'bombs' should be placed in order to 'take out' the base and cause the most disruption. The team that did the best job in the opinion of the CO would get extra rounds on the range, or some prize like that.
Our team decided to go to the main gate house and ask for a map. The armed man in the gate gave us a photocopied map but it didn't say on it what each of the buildings contained. So we went back and explained to him that we wanted to know where to place three bombs so as to cause the most damage. To our surprise he told us exactly what we wanted to know! "Don't bother blowing up that hangar, that actually the gym so it's got no aircraft in it, Oh and that building is the ammo store, and that one's the aircrew mess...
I wonder what happened to him?
Colin