Nas Brunswick Closing

[1771 DELETE]

The last P3C has departed NAS Brunswick, another sad day for ASW in the North Atlantic.
Has the USN given up totally on ASW Ops?
I know the Red hordes dont come streaming down from up north as often as they used to, (every weekend when i joined up) but are 12 Nimrods and about the same number of Canadian and Norwegian aircraft all that stand between us and the FSU submarine fleet wandering around unmolested?
Correct me if i am wrong but i just dont see how 24 hour ops can be done with so few players.

[Charlie Luncher]

I have fond memories of the place, blue light taxis and Marky Marks doughnut shop next to the review bar. Even remember having to give a really old man my driving license so he could get into the bar:ok: after we checked our rather blunt dinghy knives at the door:D.
Is the foul mouthed parrot still alive in the Atrium, took us days to train him, he was smarter than the average AEO though!:uhoh:
Charlie sends

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Charlie
The parrot has been gone for quite a while, the Atrium got knocked down last year, one of the better bars was Winners in the Atrium.
I guess you havent visited our pleasant shore for a while then?

[enginesuck]

The parrots at the Atrium argh !!!! cant believe its been knocked down. The best bloomin onion in N.E

[stbd beam]

never been there, no-one saw me, can't prove anything...

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Stbd Beam
I think i have some photos that say different but the parrot is no more. Only 3 real bars left in the town now.
I guess the Atrium parrot was more important than the disappearance of the the P3`s, Talk about putting all your eggs in one basket with Jax in the hurricane area, better hope what happened at Homestead does not repeat it self.

[DFM]

Charlie,

"Fond memories, blue light taxis, remembering really old men and foul mouthed average AEOs" is a scene from a day in the life of your average fruit n nut loop SEMmeister................please tell me you haven't started to smell of wee and smash one armed bandits to bits as a hobby!:ugh:

luv to K

DFM

And I think the blunt dinghy knife you remember was probably the co pilot!:ok:

[Charlie Luncher]

Stbd I believe there is a bin and definitely a piece of porcelain with your DNA still engrained on/in it, not to mention a pair of M&S left on the COs lawn by your room mate:8.
DFM
I refrain from eating UK beef thus not suffering the BS experience....yet. My drinking keeps me away from the pokies for their safety. I can only claim an assist with BSE, between Nige and Kev as leads he was well on his way:ouch:.
1771
You started the memory release I cant help were it takes me you understand I know:confused:. It is a sad day as the Brunswick crews were the better at ASW and had more of their BT crews. The Dutch have gone all sausage side again:E.
Charlie sends

[The Old Fat One]

A sad day indeed,

Only place in the Western world where women pulled me. Maybe they were on grimmy contest? Not that I cared.

What was that bar....Thirsty Dolphin...Spiders Web?? Ring any bells?

42 Sqn farewell tour summer of 92. Oh Happy Days.

[The Old Fat One]

......Also NAS Brunswick circa 79, me and the dry guy who went off to fly F4s had the AEO arrested on base, after he dressed up as a russian sub captain. He never did suss out who it was.

[Sempre 206]

OF1

I wouldn't be too sure on that...

Anyway think it was Jul 78

S 206

[1771 DELETE]

Your memory is failing you, old fat one, the names were the Barking Spider and the Dolphin, the Dolphin is still here but now called Joshua`s after Chamberlain of the civil war fame. The Little Round Top burger is superb.
I did find out why the blue light taxis were so helpful, it would appear that the owner of the taxi company was chief of police and off duty policemen were the taxi drivers, so when the off duty police went home,late at night when the bars emptied and only Brits were left wandering the streets the on duty police, with blue lights were happy to do the taxi job.