Army lynx pizza delivery anyone?
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Surprised you had time to hear anything let alone retain said info given your own brief time of service...
And, for the record, I've got phot evidence of oparating 3 of said maritime cats from my f/d. Bit of a squeeze and the SE recovery plan during launches/recoveries would have involved an almighty splash had it happened!
Surprised you had time to hear anything let alone retain said info given your own brief time of service...
And, for the record, I've got phot evidence of oparating 3 of said maritime cats from my f/d. Bit of a squeeze and the SE recovery plan during launches/recoveries would have involved an almighty splash had it happened!
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You missed out one multi-Lynx platfrom - Endurance. The previous Endurance was perhaps unique in that she operated 2 Wasp (and 2 Whirlwind before that).
You missed out one multi-Lynx platfrom - Endurance. The previous Endurance was perhaps unique in that she operated 2 Wasp (and 2 Whirlwind before that).
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Oops! I hope the journos don't catch wind of:
Haggis from Leuchars during lunchtime turn-round...
or
Delivering frozen Chinese and curries to Benbecula during lunchtime turn-round...
or
Salmon from Machrihanish during lunchtime turn-round...
or
Salmon and char from Goose Bay at the end of a ten-day ranger...
etc
We could keep them going in headlines for months!
I know what my reply would be if a journo from THAT paper asked for a trip in MY aircraft, and it starts and finishes with 'f'...
or
Maybe a one hour trip with non-stop aeros at +6 to -2g, only one barf bag with a hole in it and a bucket and mop waiting for him on the line...
Haggis from Leuchars during lunchtime turn-round...
or
Delivering frozen Chinese and curries to Benbecula during lunchtime turn-round...
or
Salmon from Machrihanish during lunchtime turn-round...
or
Salmon and char from Goose Bay at the end of a ten-day ranger...
etc
We could keep them going in headlines for months!
I know what my reply would be if a journo from THAT paper asked for a trip in MY aircraft, and it starts and finishes with 'f'...
or
Maybe a one hour trip with non-stop aeros at +6 to -2g, only one barf bag with a hole in it and a bucket and mop waiting for him on the line...
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Apart from the bitching here the best part about this story is it appears from a quick google search to have been syndicated worldwide.
This is one famous Army pilot.
And good luck to him too.
This is one famous Army pilot.
And good luck to him too.
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The Telegraph is also running the story. They have content-sensitive ads (served by Google) on the R of the article. Dominos has two of the three spots! Their picture editor had chosen a Lynx HASx to accompany the article, of course.
Jokes about mozzarella will be dealt with by the mods, I am reliably informed.
Jokes about mozzarella will be dealt with by the mods, I am reliably informed.
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Bet the journos wouldnt shout about the RN aircraft returning to their ships from shoreside who routinely take a stack of newspapers for the crew. Pizza / newspaper - Whats the difference? As someone as said, if the flight was properly authed, briefed and it was legal to land in the LZ then what is the problem?
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Know of a few chaps on 33 Sqn in the early nineties who, whilst on excercise in Turkey, took a Puma for a jaunt to the carpet shop (Owners cousin was related to the Turkish Liaison officer) for a spot of fine rugs purchasing, parked it in the Car/Helicopter park, therefore a CAL achieved, luckily it was out of town and fairly open! No-one ever seemed to make a fuss about that, seems this chap displayed some great initiative and brought a bit of fun back to the job, certainly would have raised a bunch of laughs in any crewroom I've ever served in! Glad he hasn't been drummed out for realising there is more to life than serving the flippin rule book, seems the only reason it has raised attention is because he got rumbled by the OC Sandhurst, the answer is obviously just timing! Glad to see his bosses have backed him up, low level training, CALs etc etc, only the Pizza wasn't auth'd! Next Auth sheet, insert Mr D 'Omino
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Bet the journos wouldnt shout about the RN aircraft returning to their ships from shoreside who routinely take a stack of newspapers for the crew
1. The sortie would not have been JUST to pick up the papers.
2. The sortie would have been correctly authorised.
3. The newspapers would have consisted of:
1 - Times
2 - Telegraph
5 - Daily Mail
50 - Sun (page 3 omitted of course)
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Hyd3 what is your point?
Why not? Its called HDS and its what the pingers did in the Adriatic for most of the mid nineties - there was s*d all else for them to do!
Agree.
Yup, therefore not likely to be made a big deal of by some publications.
The sortie would not have been JUST to pick up the papers.
The sortie would have been correctly authorised.
The newspapers would have consisted of: Times/Telegraph/Lots of the Sun
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I was replying to a previous thread which suggested that the Army Lynx delivering Pizza was the same as a Navy Lynx delivering the papers. It clearly is not the same as the Navy Lynx would have been authorised to pick up the papers whilst the Army Lynx was not authorised to deliver the Pizza.
Notwithstanding that I reckon that fella deserves a pat on the back. Well done matey for bringing a smile and a chuckle back into the crewrooms.
oh and BTW, The pingers did NOT just pick up the papers. They were in Bari on very important and serious operational missions.....
Every Tuesday and Thursday without fail....
Ops Normal to the wife
Tea and sticky buns with the lads waiting for the Herc
Perv at the sassy Italian ladies...etc etc...Yep, Top secret mission the old Bari run...
Notwithstanding that I reckon that fella deserves a pat on the back. Well done matey for bringing a smile and a chuckle back into the crewrooms.
oh and BTW, The pingers did NOT just pick up the papers. They were in Bari on very important and serious operational missions.....
Every Tuesday and Thursday without fail....
Ops Normal to the wife
Tea and sticky buns with the lads waiting for the Herc
Perv at the sassy Italian ladies...etc etc...Yep, Top secret mission the old Bari run...
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I was not saying they were the same sort of sortie per se, only that headlines of RN aircraft delivering say, newspapers, would not appear whereas headlines of the pizza delivery will.
I agree that it is a good story but really no big deal. Just hope the a/c captain didnt cop too much of a b*ll*cking.
I agree that it is a good story but really no big deal. Just hope the a/c captain didnt cop too much of a b*ll*cking.
Fail to see the problem here, I have delivered pizzas, tea urns, ammunition, rocks and mail and nurses to mention but a few things all of which were needed at the time to raise morale and all of which required an element of aviation planning in some respect. Do they wish us to simply take off, fly from A to B and then return? Where is the training value in that, if the pizza job was an exercise in "hot" planning (no pun intended) then he has gained from the experience. Just as the man who was diverted to a Barracks in Germany whilst on his annual check did....to pick me and my broken motorbike up! 
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Isnt there a McDonalds with a HLS somewhere near the city of London?
There was/is the equivelant (sp?) about 25 miles SW of Belize International that was a drop in for the SH mates there in the 80s. JBs I believe.
Then there is the infamous Santa Special to Scotland to drop off some Christmas prezzie push bikes.
But my favourite is leaving McGilligan range after a night shoot to route home via a field in Bally^&*(y for Pizza and tinnies. Thanx to mobile phone texting en route (did I say that) co-ordination of said pick up was very straight forward despite an hour + delay due to tasking!
There are lots more, all in the name of Low Level Nav training and strictly en-track!
FWIW I "fully" support such deads; If you are prepared to get shafted right left and centre for the UK than why not enjoy the full potential of the green and grey chariots when you can.
There was/is the equivelant (sp?) about 25 miles SW of Belize International that was a drop in for the SH mates there in the 80s. JBs I believe.
Then there is the infamous Santa Special to Scotland to drop off some Christmas prezzie push bikes.
But my favourite is leaving McGilligan range after a night shoot to route home via a field in Bally^&*(y for Pizza and tinnies. Thanx to mobile phone texting en route (did I say that) co-ordination of said pick up was very straight forward despite an hour + delay due to tasking!
There are lots more, all in the name of Low Level Nav training and strictly en-track!
FWIW I "fully" support such deads; If you are prepared to get shafted right left and centre for the UK than why not enjoy the full potential of the green and grey chariots when you can.
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During my IOT on Stanford PTA in 1976 we had to prepare a DZ for one assessed "task". To our great surprise, a C130 appeared, ran in at very low level and dropped a bloomin' great pallet onto the DZ! 
To the DS's even greater surprise, strapped to the top of the "authorised" stores was a stack of beer, addressed to "Officer Cadet Q-B"!
Q-B was a retread on our course, late of a certain Herc Sqn.......
The DS initially confiscated the lot, but in view of the threat of a mutiny, we all got a beer at cease play! It never made the papers though
To the DS's even greater surprise, strapped to the top of the "authorised" stores was a stack of beer, addressed to "Officer Cadet Q-B"!
Q-B was a retread on our course, late of a certain Herc Sqn.......
The DS initially confiscated the lot, but in view of the threat of a mutiny, we all got a beer at cease play! It never made the papers though