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The Secret Service pentathlon team planned to use bicycles as they couldnt get horse on AF1
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.. s/b the whole horses on AF1- but they had several horses A*** aboard in the press section.
Last edited by CONSO; 15th Jun 2017 at 02:49. Reason: added location of parts of horse aboard for clarity
The bikes were quickly removed when it was noticed they were all made in China.....
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Whilst two of each was preferred on Trumps Ark, nobody really liked the Unicyclers so they never mentioned the 'two' to him.
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"Look, Daddy - No Hands !" .............. "Look, Daddy - No Teeth !"
[CONSO (#43129): read the following sad story from an old Post of mine:]
Shouldn't happen to a dawg !
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[CONSO (#43129): read the following sad story from an old Post of mine:]
..."My second gaffe some time later was really not my fault, but it was to go down in Manby legend. There was nothing on the board (ATC Nirvana !). R/T monitor pipes up: "M-ABCD on 117.9 for you, sir". What followed I will never forget.
Verbatim: "M-CD, Manby Approach, pass your message"...."Manby, CD approaching from the North at 2,000 ft, range 20 miles, request landing instructions"...."CD, 11 left, (QFE), circuit clear, call joining"....
(Manby is Prior Permission Only, we have had no advice of this visitor, but that is not my business: I cannot turn him away - but he must answer for it when he gets down)...."CD, what is the purpose of your visit ?" .... "To drop off a horse" .... "Say again" ...."Horse"...."Spell it !"...."H-O-R-S E" ....."What is your aircraft type ?...."Anson".
My brain reeled. Reason tottered on her throne. You clutch desperately at straws. "Perhaps it's a very small horse", I consoled myself, "might a Shetland pony go in all right ?" (In my defence, I must add that only a mere dozen years before I'd seen Dak-loads of mules go off, and wished the pilots the best of British).
Now the final bitter twist in the story: Manby had an Equitation Club. My equally stupefied Assistant grabbed the Station phone book: "It's S/Ldr (X) i/c, sir"...."Ring him, tell him he's got a horse coming in in about ten minutes". S/Ldr (X) gets dragged out of Important Conference, not well pleased, organises groom and whistles up horsebox to the Tower. Anson comes in, parks, groom advances with horse-tackle at the ready. Crew see horsebox arrive alongside Tower.
Out of Anson comes a wooden hobby-horse.
It appears that this was an adjunct to one of the silly games that are played at Dining-in nights. Station (x) had borrowed it from Manby for some occasion, and were now returning it. Pilots roll about Anson in mirth when they realise that they've not only fooled the Controller, but the College as well. (This will keep them in free beer for yonks). Even with door closed, Anson rocks on its oleos for some time before crew sufficiently composed to ask for taxy clearance.
Danny is Buffoon du jour. Joke is all round Manby within the hour, round Strubby by nightfall and all round Lincolnshire by weekend.....
Verbatim: "M-CD, Manby Approach, pass your message"...."Manby, CD approaching from the North at 2,000 ft, range 20 miles, request landing instructions"...."CD, 11 left, (QFE), circuit clear, call joining"....
(Manby is Prior Permission Only, we have had no advice of this visitor, but that is not my business: I cannot turn him away - but he must answer for it when he gets down)...."CD, what is the purpose of your visit ?" .... "To drop off a horse" .... "Say again" ...."Horse"...."Spell it !"...."H-O-R-S E" ....."What is your aircraft type ?...."Anson".
My brain reeled. Reason tottered on her throne. You clutch desperately at straws. "Perhaps it's a very small horse", I consoled myself, "might a Shetland pony go in all right ?" (In my defence, I must add that only a mere dozen years before I'd seen Dak-loads of mules go off, and wished the pilots the best of British).
Now the final bitter twist in the story: Manby had an Equitation Club. My equally stupefied Assistant grabbed the Station phone book: "It's S/Ldr (X) i/c, sir"...."Ring him, tell him he's got a horse coming in in about ten minutes". S/Ldr (X) gets dragged out of Important Conference, not well pleased, organises groom and whistles up horsebox to the Tower. Anson comes in, parks, groom advances with horse-tackle at the ready. Crew see horsebox arrive alongside Tower.
Out of Anson comes a wooden hobby-horse.
It appears that this was an adjunct to one of the silly games that are played at Dining-in nights. Station (x) had borrowed it from Manby for some occasion, and were now returning it. Pilots roll about Anson in mirth when they realise that they've not only fooled the Controller, but the College as well. (This will keep them in free beer for yonks). Even with door closed, Anson rocks on its oleos for some time before crew sufficiently composed to ask for taxy clearance.Danny is Buffoon du jour. Joke is all round Manby within the hour, round Strubby by nightfall and all round Lincolnshire by weekend.....
Danny42C.
Man in grey suit is not Secret Service. He saw people running away with stuff, thought some looting was occurring, and joined in.
As the SS are required to run along side Presidential motorcades, regular practise was held in case the POTUS ever decided to go for a bike ride.
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Some very pleasing entries. Mine would have been a rather wordy "Questioned about the President's generous gift of new gliders to the Air Cadets, the Press Officer explained that bikes are unpowered and these bikes had just flown, hadn't they, therefore they were gliders."
However, it's been very hard to choose a winner from these three:
Runners up
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Andytug
"See, President Trump is taking action to combat global warming after all!"
Shytorque
"When I asked the President what we were going to do about re-cycling he said to take the bikes back for a refund!"
Winner:
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Wensleydale
Wanting to have a more popular person to run for the next President of the United States, the Republican party looked towards Lance Armstrong....
The CST is on its way to Yorkshire.
However, it's been very hard to choose a winner from these three:
Runners up
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Andytug
"See, President Trump is taking action to combat global warming after all!"
Shytorque
"When I asked the President what we were going to do about re-cycling he said to take the bikes back for a refund!"
Winner:
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Wensleydale
Wanting to have a more popular person to run for the next President of the United States, the Republican party looked towards Lance Armstrong....
The CST is on its way to Yorkshire.
