Oldest ATCO in Scotland

[Lon More]

Give my regards to Gordon McKenzie. I thought he'd retired a while ago but just heard he's still in harness.

[Big-G]

Nearly oldest ATCO in Scotland

Shhh Lon, I`m under ATCO Protection and can`t reveal my whereabouts !!!

[Lon More]

I was talking to RGM last night and your name came up. . I didn't think you were the golfer.

[Big-G]

Nearly oldest ATCO in Scotland

Hi Lon, quite right, I`m not the golfer but he was on the same initial ATCA course so like me has been in a long,long time.

[Lon More]

We've all come a long way from Queen's Terrace.

[Talkdownman]

Originally Posted by Lon More

We've all come a long way from Queen's Terrace

AAAAAGH!! Queens Terrace!! Pink nylon sheets!!
Those were the days, '67/'68 ! You'll be talking about Ardayre House next....
Yup, we've all come a long way from Queen's Terrace!!

[Lon More]

Ardayre House, where the rats wiped ther feet on the way out.

[eastern wiseguy]

Maybe Lon...but we had crackin' parties!

[Lon More]

Yeah, especially when we got into the loft above the bathroom in the girl's flat.

[Talkdownman]

Useful orifice, that...Yup, crackin' parties. Chased the rats out with a frying pan....I lived in Flat 2 for a year. Don't tell me you slept in those iron bunk bedsteads too...Drew's 'Heavy' was one and a penny a pint in The Links...then staggering in to Redbrae for a second half on the Ocean for the eastbound flow...Happy Days...

[Big-G]

Nostalgia ain`t what it used to be !! As Olazabal said "All men die, but not all men live", that was Ardayre House parties.

[Talkdownman]

I felt like death for most of 1967.....

[mad_jock]

Just got visions now of a load of blokes in dodgy shirts and even dodgier trousers and hair styles spreading the love like rabbits.

[Talkdownman]

Very perceptive...

[mad_jock]

From the state you see some of the current students going through bournmouth not alot has changed to be honest.

Last time I saw a group of them out one lad took on one of the locals which he was completely unlicensed to tamper with.

You would have needed an engineering license or a widebody type rating just to taxi it past the kebab shop on the way home never mind shoot an approach when you got to destination.

[Lon More]

Had a great time when I was at Sopley as an ATCA. Had a part time job driving for Schweppes. Used to get into a load of places full of nubile young language students for free in exchangs for a few extras on their order (we carried 5% extra to cover breakages. I was very careful) From the last time I was there it looks like it's a different sort of Coke being pushed now.

[mad_jock]

Well from the pics on fb that's the 183 days up.

Have a good one, even though you did try and insert a Polar cargo up my jacksee while doing circuits in G-ATOM while I was a PPL.

[Eric T Cartman]

Thanks MJ - correct - last ever shift done & dusted !
Hope I didn't scare you too much with the 747 (G-OM is still at it btw)

[mad_jock]

Nah it was more than likely do able but I was a big girls blouse.

I think you had a 767 and A320, me and something else in the circuit and fitted the Polar in between the lot of us. Didn't have to orbit once either.

[Eric T Cartman]

That would have been a while ago then, after I'd had a brave pill - I wouldn't try that sort of thing these days ! ;-)