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Old 25th May 2011, 21:01
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Only two spring to mind....

Late eighties at Lossie, while bimbling back onto camp I got to watch the SWO go to 80,000ft in no time as 8 Sqn towed a couple of safety raisers accross HIS grass and proceeded to rob the gate guard of its rudders as they had less life than any on the line! Something along the lines of "I don't car who authorised it!.... Did they give you permission to cross MY grass!"

And one I chortle about from time to time even now, Bruggen in the early nineties I came out of SHQ behind the SWO to see a scruffy airman in dirty overalls, and no beret, hands in pockets, merrily scuffing along the road. SWO bellows at 200db "AIRMAN"! Airman jumps, points at SWO, jaw drops, points at SWO and yells "SWOman!", then legs it of through the woods towards 17Sqn as fast as can be.... priceless! Never seen a human get as red faced without suffering heart failure!
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