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Old 6th Feb 2015, 22:21
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As I pointed out at Post No 4 - it's a small noisy bird.- Scotbill

Interesting, since I have tracked down the Flight Commander of an 829 NAS Wasp Flight, which was allocated to a Rosyth-based frigate in 1967, and the aircraft was apparently always known as "the Butane Budgie".

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