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Old 25th June 2002 | 16:13
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ace freighters
 
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Wink 600,000 TURN-ONS

I know Fallows (up the Vics!), Shack (Vive La France), my mate at Luton and the instigator of this topic. To the rest of you Grubby, Block 33 etc, thank you for the interest. Yesterday I had a great afternoon duty culminating in my Watch arranging for BAW2 to be my last turn-on. Coincidentally, it was Conc 'AD' who starred in the Jubilee Flypast, which I was also involved in. Anyway, I kept him on the frequency and was able to give him landing clearance and QSY to 121.9 after landing. He replied' "I didn't know you could see from there!" I replied, "Yes, we have a giant periscope which we use occasionally". I think he believed me! Funnily enough, the penultimate turn-on was ACA868, who joined in to the extent that I nearly forgot to put him over to the tower. Can you imagine the uproar if he had gone around. My last act would be writing a 1261 as I left the building for the last time.

Thanks all you 'nutters' for taking an interest. I may write again.

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