Thats brought back a few memories, Co. Tyrone looks almost picturesque!!??
Remember when the practice loads were iced on to the concrete - you pulled how much torque?!
On my first BBK we did put a "slice" in a hedge with the tailrotor!
I was looking forwards when I should have been looking backwards.
Well, a Puma NEVER did that, and if it did you were done!!
"Operating hazard" said OC72, so I lived to f**K up again.
"Gimlets" Op:
He had a rather nasty complaint, so they operated and laid a tube in.
Thus he lost all the "rifling in his barrel", sprayed everywhere and the safest place was, according to him, dead ahead!
Was in the bar when he rushed-in, all smiles:
"Ground run & serviceable, just needs an airtest now"!
thars moor!
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