Puma in the what role?
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I do think it quite amusing that each Puma carries a copy of the sandbag plan. You can just imagine the crewman handing it down to some poor Army oik or civilian on the ground and asking for it to be constructed in the 10 minutes left before the fuel runs out.
All I can say is I'm glad I survived my time without having to play that game.
All I can say is I'm glad I survived my time without having to play that game.
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Chinook has already been done:
18 Sqn available as a print at www.artistic.flyer.co.uk where there is also a Puma, Wessex & Lynx.
and also by M Rondot (7 Sqn) Couldnt find one on the web though, must be special!
18 Sqn available as a print at www.artistic.flyer.co.uk where there is also a Puma, Wessex & Lynx.
and also by M Rondot (7 Sqn) Couldnt find one on the web though, must be special!
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The downlinky thing was not for spiking Leprechauns, but for prodding somnulent defence ministers during HM's Finningley Review. (Remember Fred Mulley?.....)
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"The downlinky thing was not for spiking Leprechauns, but for prodding somnulent defence ministers during HM's Finningley Review. (Remember Fred Mulley?.....)"
Wish I'd said that, 3 days ago....... Oh, I did.
Wish I'd said that, 3 days ago....... Oh, I did.
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But it didn't have the time travel device poking down through the belly, and the photo dates from 1975, not 1977....
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Nothing liked mutliple converations on a thread:
Spot 4- Thanks for the link. The Puma Bessa print is fantastic. Right down to the realistic damp look to the concrete and the "about to piss down again" colour of the sky. Only thing wrong is the LH cockpit windows should have been papered with 25 thous as the nav tries to find the pick-up point for a serial from 20 minutes ago....
Ahh Finals for the Tube and MTV on the telly. Happy Days.
Quick, somebody shoot me.
Spot 4- Thanks for the link. The Puma Bessa print is fantastic. Right down to the realistic damp look to the concrete and the "about to piss down again" colour of the sky. Only thing wrong is the LH cockpit windows should have been papered with 25 thous as the nav tries to find the pick-up point for a serial from 20 minutes ago....
Ahh Finals for the Tube and MTV on the telly. Happy Days.
Quick, somebody shoot me.
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Originally Posted by Dunhovrin
The Puma Bessa print is fantastic. Right down to the realistic damp look to the concrete and the "about to piss down again" colour of the sky. Only thing wrong is the LH cockpit windows should have been papered with 25 thous as the nav tries to find the pick-up point for a serial from 20 minutes ago....
Ahh Finals for the Tube and MTV on the telly. Happy Days.
Quick, somebody shoot me.
Ahh Finals for the Tube and MTV on the telly. Happy Days.
Quick, somebody shoot me.
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Yes but that painting's ****e. No leprechaun prodder/snow depth sensors and no time travel device poking through the hook hatch.
****e.
****e.
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Tiger mate, the Lynx boys always managed to get in, shutdown, weapons cleared, kettle on, MTV selected, and feet up long before you.
Edited as I recall now the long walk from your spots, plus you had to retrain the Slider on GPMG drills each time you finished a serial, lest an(other) ND occur.
Edited as I recall now the long walk from your spots, plus you had to retrain the Slider on GPMG drills each time you finished a serial, lest an(other) ND occur.
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Is it peppered with holes from where the newly commissioned air steward tried to clear the GPMG with a full belt?
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Couldnt see the said bullet holes, but I can see a Puma doing the work whilst the Lynx boys watch TV and drink Tea. Nothings changed then.
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Couldn't let this banter sllide into oblivion:
Hmmm you mean when you should have been doing top cover like say.. @1201L 12/7/94 @ R552? Good job chaps. Leave it to me; I'll deal with myself (to paraphrase James Earl Jones).* At least ChasC was around to lift me and my irons out of the fire. I'm told Lynx 5 from that day is now flying for BA. Says it all really. Why didn't you chaps frag H-S when you had the chance?
[I do hope that's sufficiently obscure - I've had 1 too many Tsingtsao in Brady Ho's].
*- OK Fair's fair the nav did.
the Lynx boys always managed to get in, shutdown, weapons cleared, kettle on, MTV selected, and feet up long before you
[I do hope that's sufficiently obscure - I've had 1 too many Tsingtsao in Brady Ho's].
*- OK Fair's fair the nav did.
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Chas C, now what a top gezzer he was
But of course there's that other classic "Lynx to the rescue" moment Puma comes under fire, GOC, iirc, on board, takes a hit, big fuel leak and heads for R850.
Lynx gives chase and in the ensuing fire fight has somewhere in the region of 1000 ND's without hitting a bl@@dy thing, well apart from South Armagh, dont you just love the professionals
all spelling mistakes are "df" alcohol induced
But of course there's that other classic "Lynx to the rescue" moment
Puma comes under fire, GOC, iirc, on board, takes a hit, big fuel leak and heads for R850.Lynx gives chase and in the ensuing fire fight has somewhere in the region of 1000 ND's without hitting a bl@@dy thing, well apart from South Armagh, dont you just love the professionals
all spelling mistakes are "df" alcohol induced
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I suppose the offending vehicles could have been "manned" by you TWA guys .............. given that they fired hundreds of HMG rounds and other assorted small arms stuff and only managed to put one hole in the mighty plastic persuit ship
However what is not a matter for conjecture is that the Lynx follow up was about as effective as "Just for Men" on Duncan Goodhew All those rounds fired and still could'nt hit a cows ar@e with a banjo
Gave us Puma boys a real warm fuzzy feeling having you professionals as top cover I can tell you
all spelling mistakes are "df" alcohol induced
.............. given that they fired hundreds of HMG rounds and other assorted small arms stuff and only managed to put one hole in the mighty plastic persuit ship However what is not a matter for conjecture is that the Lynx follow up was about as effective as "Just for Men" on Duncan Goodhew
All those rounds fired and still could'nt hit a cows ar@e with a banjo Gave us Puma boys a real warm fuzzy feeling having you professionals as top cover I can tell you all spelling mistakes are "df" alcohol induced
Just to keep the banter going, can anyone give me the number of rounds launched from the 'mighty plastic pursuit ship', not including range details nor those expended into TSW property? (Rounds 'borrowed' from you as replen don't count either).