SQUADRON: TV SERIES circa 1982

[BEagle]

Some wag once asked to be posted to the fictitious RAF aerodrome involved - because at least he would be able to have a beer in the bar at lunchtime whilst wearing a flying suit.

Which we actually did in the early 1990s!

[Talking Radalt]

Originally Posted by GasFitter

Wasn't there some 'one-off' F3 thing at the late end of the 90's?

You mean Typhoon?

[splitbrain]

Originally Posted by thing

I bet most techies remember it for the ludicrous hangar scenes, where Jengo and the Sqdn WO actually came out of their offices and made engineering decisions........'No Chief, you can't unblock the thrunge filter like that, let me show you.....'....much hilarity all round...

I remember it for the horribly patronising depiction of the one solitary SAC who appeared in the thing They characterised him as some fick as pig**** street urchin with a glint in his eye and a scam up his sleeve getting a rollocking off the SWO.
Someone did a cartoon for the Wittering View, 'Squadron's idea of an RAF Station'. It showed Sqn Ldrs manning the gates, squads of Wg Cdrs and Groupies marching about, not an erk in sight.

[Talking Radalt]

Originally Posted by splitbrain

the one solitary SAC who appeared in the thing They characterised him as some fick as pig**** street urchin with a glint in his eye and a scam up his sleeve getting a rollocking off the SWO.

Ah, so it was a documentary then?

[splitbrain]

Originally Posted by Talking Radalt

Ah, so it was a documentary then?

Ahhhh touche, a predictable riposte

[fod_plod]

Does anyone else remember BBC's so-called comedy 'All Along the Watchtower'?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/ar...66600110.shtml