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Old 10th Feb 2014, 21:52
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RRNemesis
 
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Apart from being the driver of a pirouetting tractor and Jag combination between one and two hangar at Lossiemouth; the other notable towing debacle was at a south clutch station in the early eighties in a group of HASs where the Jags were loaded with weapons I can neither confirm nor deny their presence on Federal German soil. The power failed in one HAS, choice of options: get a spare aircraft and up-load (not likely on a Sunday) or move the loaded aircraft to another HAS. After much discussion by the Stn Execs approved the move the aircraft ’as casually as possible’. Tractor attached Pilot as brakeman; as I pulled the aircraft out thirty plus RAF Plods shoulder to shoulder were providing a barrier to stop people seeing the weapon. As we moved the police cordon shuffled in a scene reminiscent of a Keystone Cops movie and note as casual as planned!
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