Ainippe from your post No.1004,8th Oct 2009
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"As life was a bit monotonous we were always playing practical jokes on people - we decided that our CP Ken Osbourne should get up early one morning even though he was due to lay in - we started a Cobra drill in his tent at 5 a.m. to much swearing and shouting. However two days later he then flew a 212 over our tents at 5.30 a.m. and blew us all into the surrounding sand whilst blissfully asleep!! Aaaah those were the days. Gachs Saran - now theres a nother story"
I was the loadmaster on that flight unless it was done more than once.
Ken's tent was just behind mine and I was woken up by people tripping over my guy ropes and a cobra drill starting up so I got up to watch.As we were on dawn launch the next morning he got me to position us over the line of tents blowing Jim Ayer's down and several others.
Great times.
Cheers
Nigel Elliot
Last edited by Tacho Genny; 24th Oct 2010 at 15:04.