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Old 20th Nov 2011, 10:00
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John Eacott
 
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Geoff,

6 Spot: what a delightful place to land, and later we were relegated to the starboard wait, out of sight & out of mind!

Chris Johnson was Flight Commander of Ark SAR in these photos:







This one was on Eagle, taken from the LSO platform:



RFA Resource often wandered around after us, hoping that some of the Pinger gloss would rub off upon them. They were even allowed to play in our games, just to encourage them: one attempt during a Helicopter Gymkana:



Although Humphrey from Hampshire had to show them how....



Having one donk in the Wx 1 was an issue when it went cough, but CJ was a pinger by trade and was able to provide a re-useable airframe after the landing. Just

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