Ground Pattern Clothing
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Ground Pattern Clothing
Cracking news. No longer is ground pattern clothing authorised for wear on our aircraft. Cheers team. I assume you'll be pulling 500 desert flying suits out of your collective arses? Ah. Thought not; you're too busy covering them 
Best I dig out that bunny suit for the next BSR det
PS. I know dpm burns like buggery but a) I'd like to be able to make the decision myself and b) if they were that concerned about my Health and Safety there'd be a lot more nice things hanging off my aircraft when I go into theatre.
Hoop.
Best I dig out that bunny suit for the next BSR det
PS. I know dpm burns like buggery but a) I'd like to be able to make the decision myself and b) if they were that concerned about my Health and Safety there'd be a lot more nice things hanging off my aircraft when I go into theatre.
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Originally Posted by fat albert
No, but I think it should. And they should all wear flourescent jackets too.
Perhaps we could instrument a one size fits all policy for everyone (strokes chin and looks towards the GEMS form...).
Champagne anyone...?
Of course the biggest worry about all this is being mistaken for a Tristar steward....
Seriously though, this is a super idea and I for one shall be wearing my desert flying suit with pride.
Oh look.....
Seriously though, this is a super idea and I for one shall be wearing my desert flying suit with pride.
Oh look.....
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Kind of stupid really, seeing as SH mates are being are getting either a) desert gro-bags, or b) desert DPM fire retardant clothing for use in the sandpit.
The grown-ups (so to speak) had their hand forced post puma crash in 04. 'Bout bl00dy time too.
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The grown-ups (so to speak) had their hand forced post puma crash in 04. 'Bout bl00dy time too.
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Give us the fire retardent desert DPM then. As it stands at the moment they're talking about us going back to the sandpit in green flying suits and black flying boots cos there aren't any dessie flying suits and desert boots explode within 5 metres of a naked flame (or something like that).
Given that the nomex works only with an extra layer underneath I hope to see you all in your green rollnecks and long johns this summer.
Given that the nomex works only with an extra layer underneath I hope to see you all in your green rollnecks and long johns this summer.
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I thought that one of the other reasons the the SH crews were keen to wear 'ground pattern clothing' rather than grow bags was incase they had an unplanned stop and were forced to walk out with their cargo, wearing the same kit helping them blend in. More of an Iraq/Afghanistan thing than NW Europe admittedly
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The original idea to have us all dressed the same was supposedly to stop ivan/slobodan/achmed from identifying the aircrew from the pongos.
The fact is the aircrew would stand out without the need for different clothes. Their captors would only need to ask a question requiring an answer involving more than three sylables or discount anyone with the following traits:-receeding forehead, dragging knuckles and drool from a permanently half opened mouth. Once all the pongoes had been identified all that would be left would be the aircrew; Army, RN and RAF!!
The fact is the aircrew would stand out without the need for different clothes. Their captors would only need to ask a question requiring an answer involving more than three sylables or discount anyone with the following traits:-receeding forehead, dragging knuckles and drool from a permanently half opened mouth. Once all the pongoes had been identified all that would be left would be the aircrew; Army, RN and RAF!!
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Or ask them a question and see which ones explain the answer whilst waving their hands about in "I went like this, he went like this, I was like where'd he go? He was like Where'd who go" Top Gun stylee. 
Or in the case of Harrier/F3/Chinook/Anythingdifferenttowhatyoufly mates just wait for them to introduce themselves as "Hi, i'm Bloggs, I fly ....."
Or in the case of Harrier/F3/Chinook/Anythingdifferenttowhatyoufly mates just wait for them to introduce themselves as "Hi, i'm Bloggs, I fly ....."
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Originally Posted by WIWOWessex
The fact is the aircrew would stand out without the need for different clothes. Their captors would only need to ask a question requiring an answer involving more than three sylables or discount anyone with the following traits:-receeding forehead, dragging knuckles and drool from a permanently half opened mouth. Once all the pongoes had been identified all that would be left would be the aircrew; Army, RN and RAF!!
