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Old 29th Apr 2013, 22:32
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Recall a tale about Sylt in the 1950's by a friend (sadly no longer with us). Mike was on detail as the recovery for the target which was dropped by the Meteor F8. Fortunately for him the mornings tea had worked its magic and he was out of his nice shiny new rag top Landie attending to a call of nature when the Meteor duly appears and drops the banner. Trouble is the pilot forgot to allow for drift on the way down on this occasion with the upshot that the draw bar went smack through the canvas roof of said new toy and just about wrote it off. MT Chiefy was not, apparently, best impressed!
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