651 Sqn Verden 1970 a
PR excercise to show how we really loved the Signals Regiment we lived with.
Was it possible to get their latest highly secret aerial to the top of the tower near the barrack gate ?
No probs !!
In a moment of madness I voluntered to be strapped face down on the side pod to guide the pilot.
Few dummy runs and we were away !!
Over the top of the tower, no load swing.
This is a doddle !!
Then an over eager Signals Sergeant leaned out from the railings and grabbed the aerial.
He was desperately clinging on to his new toy connecting him to 3000 pounds of Sioux in a very dodgy hover a few feet above his head to a 300 foot metal tower !!
“Drop load - go left !!”
Aerial and strop tumbled in slow motion to the “pave” below
.......yes it did cost a bloody fortune in beers in the Sqn Bar that night !!