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Old 15th Aug 2014, 14:10
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Mal Drop
 
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Two recollections of the Big Green Bag phase of GRANBY.

1. A 30 Sqn Nav who had in a previous incarnation banged out of an F4 had his flying career ended by the effects of manhandling those bloody things on and off Albert.

2. OC 30 (who did not have a big fanbase although I liked him) came up with the bright idea of using folks who were in holding posts to meet the inbound aircraft, do the heavy lifting and storing of the Big Green Bags in a hangar, and to similarly help out when it came to departure. Given the way that the standard TASF/Inflight/Ops/Armoury/Messes mystery bus tours of Novelty Island ate into ground time, it was one of the better cunning plans that I encountered...
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