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Old 21st Mar 2016, 12:33
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Done sea drills at Mountbatten, Malta, Cyprus and Malaysia. Guess which one was the best.

Actually Malaysia was not dinghy drill as the dinghy was u/s but they still chucked us in the Strait and left us for about 30-40 minutes in life jackets. There was a buoy and using the current I tried to reach it. I did and was swept rapidly on my way.

The worst had to be when Prince Charles was doing his helicopter training. There was purple airspace over Mountbatten so we were at sea for well over 2 hours. The helo driver was very young and had rosy cheeks. Prettiest sight I can recall.
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