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Old 26th May 2015, 21:06
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I think I was on the last ever RAF Albert Canyon Recovery to Nellis.

A* H**l was the Captain.

Flying the Canyon was awesome, the treatment I received at Nellis less so.

If you remember, the det was at the bottom of the taxyway on the right. We were actually inbound to Mather AFB (Sacremento) to support the Victor Tanker det but had lobbed in to Nellis with some stuff for the Tornados.

Having left Albert parked up, upon entering the crew room I realised I'd left some stuff on the flight deck so I returned to the aircraft in the most direct manner (ie a straight line).

Those of you who have been to Nellis will remember that the ramp was separated from the adjacent roadway by a painted red line. Said red line had gaps in it every few hundred yards representing access points to the ramp.

A much younger ExAscoteer knew nothing about this until becoming surrounded by USAF Police, pointing M16s and screaming "You crossed the line, you crossed the line!"

Telling them they were a bunch of feckin' eejits didn't actually go down too well...
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