That reminds me of the spoof put on for the late Harry Secombe, also there to entertain the troops. This involved a "bus stop". the Wessex was landed somewhere in the middle of nowhere to pick up a "waiting passenger".
I can't remember the full details; can anyone recall the story?
Not in NI, but I was promised the task of flying the lovely Carolyn Seaward, who was "Miss Great Britain. She cried off and I got her replacement, Tommy Vance, who had been out on the lash with the staff at BMH Hanover. Not a pretty sight! He nearly crapped himself when we had a birdstrike and we landed to check the aircraft, and again when the nose bay black bodge tape started flapping against the panel like machine gun fire!
