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MarkJJ
11th Jul 2013, 02:11
Been seeing her sat there at CYYT for a week or so, broken?
gr4techie
11th Jul 2013, 02:30
St. Johns International Airport, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Chris Griffin
11th Jul 2013, 05:02
They can't get the GE out of the Cotton Club.
Onceapilot
11th Jul 2013, 07:17
A good place to be:ok:.
OAP
There are far, far worse places for Timmy to be - like BZZ for a start!
A few days in Greensleaves, a few nights in the Cotton Club and a few meals in the Keg could be just what the doctor ordered. Enjoy it lads and lassies!:cool:
Wycombe
11th Jul 2013, 08:12
It's not 705 is it? ;)
BEagle
11th Jul 2013, 08:17
216 'Airfield denial' squadron strike again!
:p
gr4techie
11th Jul 2013, 14:21
BZZ
.......... Brize
Roger D'Erassoff
11th Jul 2013, 20:17
Now now Beags...who saved the day for your GAPAN visit? Brand shiny new Voyager? No! Your beloved 101 Sqn? No! Must have stuck in your craw having to go up in a Tristar!
Tankertrashnav
11th Jul 2013, 20:57
Thanks for the translations gr4techie. I never know these places and wonder why people don't just put the name of the airfield in clear - saved me from looking CYYT up (think I might have worked BZZ out)!
uffington sb
11th Jul 2013, 21:34
gr4techie.
The internationally recognised IATA code for RAF Brize Norton is ........ BZZ.
As anyone who worked in BZZ Ops would tell you.
smujsmith
11th Jul 2013, 22:04
If there's a proper GE on it, they will be looking in the wrong place at the Cotton Club, Eager Beaver was always the place for Albert GEs, too much for a Tristar chap maybe :hmm:
Smudge
salad-dodger
11th Jul 2013, 22:30
gr4techie.
The internationally recognised IATA code for RAF Brize Norton is ........ BZZ.
As anyone who worked in BZZ Ops would tell you.
Last edited by uffington sb; 11th Jul 2013 at 21:35.
Go on Uffington, tell us what your point is.
S-D
MarkJJ
12th Jul 2013, 02:48
sorry, I guess CYYT is a real tricky one to work out.
Motleycallsign
12th Jul 2013, 08:19
Ah yes Smuj, but being a Timmy/Tommy (OP doesn't give a/f reg) the G/E wouldn't necessarily know his way around St John's, after all it's only a hop and spit from BZZ for the mighty Trimotor, more likely to see them in the James Joyce in CYYC or some such salubrious drinking establishment.
WE992
12th Jul 2013, 20:59
Smuj - I remember the Eager Beaver however, the private shower shows upstairs in the Cotton Club come a close second - those were the days!
smujsmith
13th Jul 2013, 15:42
Didn't the Cotton Club used to have a "lady" who started her act totally naked, bringing only a bowl of glacé cherries and some whipped cream on stage with her. We gave a lift to an AVM from STC around 1990 to Boston, with a night stop St Johns. After his screeching in at the Eager Beaver, twice because someone stole his certificate, we took him to see this lady perform. Those Brass hats certainly know how to get "involved". As he left the aircraft at Boston, Logan, he made a point of coming round and thanking not only the flight crew, but even me. What a nice man he was.
Smudge:ok:
Top Bunk Tester
13th Jul 2013, 16:44
I was introduced to the Cotton Club in the very early 90's by Messers Dodds, Libbey & Tetlow. All I remember is getting some VERY strange looks wheeling a shopping trolley full of liquid refreshment across the lobby of the the Radisson and up to the party room (mine) prior to retiring to said club via the ever present Irish Bar whose name escapes me. Luckily I escaped the Screech In as I was a card carrying member of the Bulldog Club and believe me Black Death's are far more lethal than Screech. If I recall Tmoato Juice, Tequila and Lamb's Navy all floating separately in a wine glass. :yuk::yuk::yuk:
smujsmith
13th Jul 2013, 19:40
TBT,
Aha the famous Eric Tetters,
http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b572/smujsmith/image_zps03b75765.jpg (http://s1292.photobucket.com/user/smujsmith/media/image_zps03b75765.jpg.html)
Pictured with the Eddie Lockley monster.
Now those boys could drink, respect to you sir !!! Just remembered, Trapper Johns was a bit of a place as well! I suspect that was where we got our AVM screeched in.
Smudge :ok:
fergineer
13th Jul 2013, 20:55
Ah yes I was screeched at Trappers
smujsmith
13th Jul 2013, 21:24
Fergineer,
This may bring back a few memories, pity it's a bit messy after the lead in, but you get the idea.
Screechin In 2010 August "Trapper John's" - YouTube (http://youtu.be/XFYKCRbK6rs)
Smudge
fergineer
14th Jul 2013, 04:23
Must be at least 25 years ago for me!!!!! Thanks Smuj