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Old 11th Oct 2015, 22:33
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BEagle
 
Join Date: May 1999
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Well tooled up SPs as well.
Several years ago, we took our Vickers FunBus to Griffiss AFB for a static display. Later in the day, there was a short flying display which included quite an impressive B-52, followed by the brand new B-1B....

...which came roaring in at the speed of heat with all afterburners blazing, then pulled up sharply before levelling off from a wingover, followed by a landing. Rather sporting, we thought, for something that big. It then parked behind us and was promptly roped off with some humourless gun-toting SPs keeping onlookers at a safe distance....

The aircraft commander, some chisel-featured young Major wearing dark RayBans, climbed down from the jet and promptly drove off after a few words with a grey-haired Crew Chief of the old school. A little later we went over to ask if we could look around the jet; whereupon the Crew Chief muttered "Sure, no problem - that dumbassed kid jus' overstressed ma' bird an' we're gonna be stuck here for f**k*n days now!"...

Even the SPs managed a smile.
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