Machrihanish 'fish runs' were quite common in the 1970s.
The idea being to collect a bag of Dublin Bay prawns, then bring them back for a feast at one's station.
There was plenty of room in a Hunter Sabrina for quite a big bag of prawns; however, one idiot decided that he'd fly back from Machrihanish to RAF Brawdy at 250ft rather than flying a prawn-chilling high level bore-ex. This was the Summer of '76, so by the time he got home he had a warm, smelly bag of part-cooked prawns in the Sabrina. No-one wanted anything to do with them, so they ended up in the nearby drain. What a mistake to make!
My late father told me of a 'fish run' to RAF Merryfield in the early 1950s. One fine day, a 236 OCU Lancaster arrived from RAF Kinloss and bounced its way along the runway, to be met by some of the local Vampire QFIs. The rear door opened and a large Speyside salmon was handed over, it was to be the centrepiece of the Officers Mess Summer Ball buffet. The Lancaster didn't even shut down and was soon its way North again!
Last edited by BEagle; 1st Jul 2017 at 06:00.