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Old 16th Jun 2011, 12:18
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Fox3WheresMyBanana
 
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I remember Sir Simon from Leeming.
He is an AD nav. The state of the F3 radar at the time meant that the navs spent 90%+ of their time trying to get some sense out of it. The pilots used to do most of the actual nav, especially low level.
..or if we're not being kind to AD navs; on my first crew solo my nav took precisely 2 mins 15 seconds at LL before he took me smack over a red dot. Always had a self-planned map after that.

My favourite from GW1. C5 Galaxy lands at Thumrait. Keen RAF mover has the unload 25% complete before the USAF pilot strolls up to him and says "Geez, I thought Bahrain was nearer the coast". "It probably is....Put it all back on, lads!"
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