Talking of guns, the Americans brought a detachment of Chinooks to Odiham in 1979 or '80, I think it was (before ours were delivered). They went over to Salisbury Plain to work with the army. They got tasked with underslinging the participating regiment's "number one" gun (the nice shiny engraved one, used for ceremonial purposes). Unfortunately the pilots forgot it was on a 100 foot strop and flew over a wood at less than 100 feet above the trees........
Didn't do the barrel much good but it made a nice new firebreak, anyway.
