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To start the ball rolling for Green Flash.....
The drive through plane wash at Norfolk VA. Brilliant IMC Taxying (should have remembered to engage the tailwheel pin first!)
Beagle owns a flymo? After what he has said about wonderful rotary machines! Bah!
The drive through plane wash at Norfolk VA. Brilliant IMC Taxying (should have remembered to engage the tailwheel pin first!)
Beagle owns a flymo? After what he has said about wonderful rotary machines! Bah!
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Acetone & blue kim wipe, clean anything with that combo.
Not so much 'best bit of kit', but the 'life expired' policy for hardware came in very handy when I was demobbed. Equipped almost my entire garage with life expired tools when I handed over my inventory at ISK. How the hell does a panel saw/plane/chisel etc go life expired? It doesn't, but the policy sure as hell came in handy.
Not so much 'best bit of kit', but the 'life expired' policy for hardware came in very handy when I was demobbed. Equipped almost my entire garage with life expired tools when I handed over my inventory at ISK. How the hell does a panel saw/plane/chisel etc go life expired? It doesn't, but the policy sure as hell came in handy.
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That's because you're a flyboy and not an engineer!
And if we're talking bottle openers - the cocking handle on the SLR was ace for opening bottles on those long nights on deployment when the red hoards were coming over the west German plains!
No you can't - bugger all use at repairing my Flymo some years ago!
And if we're talking bottle openers - the cocking handle on the SLR was ace for opening bottles on those long nights on deployment when the red hoards were coming over the west German plains!
1. Have an engineering degree - thus am proper engineer, not grubby handed maintenance oik!
2. The only good rotary machine is a Flymo!
3. 'twas a design flaw in earlier Flymos; forward edge of plenum chamber too prone to ground erosion. They now fit a roller to avoid such erosion!
Best bottle opener was the standard RAF Malvel rotary fire alarm jobber. The gap twixt round red bit and edge of mounting plate was perfect for opening Keo bottles. Memories of distant "Pshht...Dooooing" sound as various mates opened said bottles in the wee small hours on the Block 101 patio at Akronelli post-kebabex!
2. The only good rotary machine is a Flymo!
3. 'twas a design flaw in earlier Flymos; forward edge of plenum chamber too prone to ground erosion. They now fit a roller to avoid such erosion!
Best bottle opener was the standard RAF Malvel rotary fire alarm jobber. The gap twixt round red bit and edge of mounting plate was perfect for opening Keo bottles. Memories of distant "Pshht...Dooooing" sound as various mates opened said bottles in the wee small hours on the Block 101 patio at Akronelli post-kebabex!
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Yup - that's the jobber I was referring to. They were used so much that the edges had become worn out, so no longer worked as well as they once did!
I understand that someone had replaced them with an electric device - which doesn't open Keo bottles at all well?
"Pshht...Dooooing"
I understand that someone had replaced them with an electric device - which doesn't open Keo bottles at all well?
"Pshht...Dooooing"
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I remember being told Electrolube was good for shiny toecaps until tried and then getting blown with plenty of dust from sudden gust. then resembling deck paint till exchanged for new.
as for THE BEST bottle opener
you cant beat the the blast diffuser on the bottom missile launch beam on the old RAPIER FIRE UNIT!
a bit big to keep on your keyring,mind....
as for THE BEST bottle opener
you cant beat the the blast diffuser on the bottom missile launch beam on the old RAPIER FIRE UNIT!
a bit big to keep on your keyring,mind....
Sorry, can we make positive comments about lower leg assemblys and WRAFs on the same thread?
It's got to be the crewroom microwave. Hours of fun blowing up eggs whilst 3 sheets to the wind and other assorted types of japery and childishness!
It's got to be the crewroom microwave. Hours of fun blowing up eggs whilst 3 sheets to the wind and other assorted types of japery and childishness!
Trouble with aircrew crewroom microwaves and freezers is that the unentitled Untermensch think that they can help themselves after hours. There are some ways to stop this:
1. Thaw out a frozen in-flight chicken or beef curry.
2. Insert a Brillo pad amongst said curry, ensuring that it remains below the level of the curry.
3. Refreeze and replace in crewroom fridge at gozome time.
Thieving ground crew oiks, not entitled to master race frozen meals, will probably attempt to steal and cook same whilst skulking off during night 'UTRF'/'NFF' shift. The effect of microwaving a Brillo pad is somewhat spectacular...allegedly.
If all the above fails, try further rather more nuclear options to stop the thieving swine pinching the rations:
1. Thaw, lace with salt and hot Jamaican sauce, refreeze.
2. Thaw, lace with Epsom Salts and Exlax, refreeze.
3. Freeze a dog turd. Pour thawed curry carefully over, refreeze.
4. All of the above.
But first put a notice on the freezer to remind folk that the rations are aircrew only - in case of QRA call-out...
And make sure you know which one has been 'treated'!
1. Thaw out a frozen in-flight chicken or beef curry.
2. Insert a Brillo pad amongst said curry, ensuring that it remains below the level of the curry.
3. Refreeze and replace in crewroom fridge at gozome time.
Thieving ground crew oiks, not entitled to master race frozen meals, will probably attempt to steal and cook same whilst skulking off during night 'UTRF'/'NFF' shift. The effect of microwaving a Brillo pad is somewhat spectacular...allegedly.
If all the above fails, try further rather more nuclear options to stop the thieving swine pinching the rations:
1. Thaw, lace with salt and hot Jamaican sauce, refreeze.
2. Thaw, lace with Epsom Salts and Exlax, refreeze.
3. Freeze a dog turd. Pour thawed curry carefully over, refreeze.
4. All of the above.
But first put a notice on the freezer to remind folk that the rations are aircrew only - in case of QRA call-out...
And make sure you know which one has been 'treated'!
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And make sure you know which one has been 'treated'!
that cannot be mentioned on here ! S_H
Green Long Johns, the Bouncing Bomb sleeping bag and field helmet. When combined they make a great fancy dress outfit for a Mutant Ninja Turtle. The helmet buckle is also useful for opening bottles of amber.
An outfit, bottle opener, head protection for when you get so pissed you fall over and somewhere to sleep all in one. Splendid!
An outfit, bottle opener, head protection for when you get so pissed you fall over and somewhere to sleep all in one. Splendid!
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Am quite envious of the industrial sized coffee mugs that USAF personnel seem to have everywhere. You know the ones that are emblazoned with eagles, lightening bolts and stars with something like the 5169th Tactical Crop-Dusting Sqn written all over it. I swapped a JFACHQ badge for a mug about the size of a golf bag a few years ago. Not sure who got the better deal.
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The AVS (Air Ventilated Suit), Hundreds of feet of small diameter plastic piping on the inside of a silk inner flying suit, with tiny holes, pumping out cold air while at low level in the tropics.:
