ONE Life Above Enemy Lines
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Threatened with my TV Licence renewal again last week, as I have been over the years - I really hate those stealth tax b*stards and the fact that the Wogan's and News Presenters get obscene amounts for providing sh*te!
However, it was worth the £135 to help BBC produce a superb documentary such as this, although I watched it on YouTube - Excellent!, with warts and all - puts the likes of "Top Gun" et-al, in the shade
How did they manage that without re-hearsals and 50,000 'takes'?
However, it was worth the £135 to help BBC produce a superb documentary such as this, although I watched it on YouTube - Excellent!, with warts and all - puts the likes of "Top Gun" et-al, in the shade
How did they manage that without re-hearsals and 50,000 'takes'?
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It was nice to see one or two of the old boys still in there. I would love to be back with you doing what the wokkas do best. I may not be there in body anymore but my soul will always be with you. Take care boys and keep doing it for the customers.
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Was on 27 in 98. Gutted Thurs morning when I found out about the Prog. Just watched it on You Tube. Big thanks for the link.
So proud of the job they are doing.
So sad about Chris.
So proud of the job they are doing.
So sad about Chris.
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HueyMeister, If you're using XP... bottom right of your desktop by the clock should be the shield thingy for internet options. Click it and then click on the Internet Options icon. Enabling Java scripts should be one on the check box options.
(Careful though, scripts can be used maliciously - though most sites just use em for mundane stuff.)
(Careful though, scripts can be used maliciously - though most sites just use em for mundane stuff.)
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Great programme, sat watching it with two US colleagues in the office. V.Moving and should have given some people a wake-up call.
As for Padders...
I bet he's had to sandbag his account.
As for Padders...
Guardian review: And will someone please go on a date with Dan "Padders" Padbury. Look beyond the exclamation marks! Ignore the annoying way he laughs at his own jokes. This man knows how to fly a big helicopter while men try to shoot him down.
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Its not all bad for Padders... After all, with the state of WRAFs at Odiham when i was there for a few years, he's not missing out on much! 
Cant imagine the amount of stick he's getting in the mess from the other guys! haha!
Cant imagine the amount of stick he's getting in the mess from the other guys! haha!
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SH in the Stan
At last, tonight I got to watch the 27 Sqn documentary. Ollie you should dine and drink for free for ever in my book - well done mate. What a brilliant insight into the life of the SH mates. My time on SH was some years ago but I lived every moment with them during that programme - it brought back so many memories - especially the casevac rapid start and trying to get more knots out of the cab because some poor bugger in the back needed it. Ignore the comments on this thread about the lack of groundcrew storyline - aircrew / groundcrew on SH all know and respect their part in the team, even if it is not apparent. My greatest joy on SH was the aftermath of flying on ops regularly over a year with a Very Senior Officer. His final debrief and letter of thanks focussed on his one greatest lesson - he was a single seat fast jet pilot - and he said that he never realised how important the Crewman was to operating the SH. Night/NVG into fields and confined areas taught him crew cooperation. It was electrifying to hear that same style of intercom patter between the crew in this documentary. Well done all - you are maintaining a long tradition of SH excellence. Great to see Stradz - mate you still owe me that bloody photo!! Circa 1998! Condolences to young Chris's Family and loved ones - RIP. Keep up the good work. Klingonbc.
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different folk have different opinions on what constitutes 'low' - sometimes even 40' felt a tad too high! ........we're all descended from burrowing creatures dontchaknow.
Great job Olly
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Great job Olly
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Job Well Done
I left the SH Force recently to check the colour of the grass elsewhere. On the whole I don't regret leaving and am enjoying a different lifestyle.
However.......I was on the edge of my comfy armchair flicking every switch with a lump in the throat remembering why I loved the job. Good drills.
Mind you, there must have been some careful editing regarding the various merits of Natasha etc; or else Rude Crewman was off sick.
R.I.P Viking
However.......I was on the edge of my comfy armchair flicking every switch with a lump in the throat remembering why I loved the job. Good drills.
Mind you, there must have been some careful editing regarding the various merits of Natasha etc; or else Rude Crewman was off sick.
R.I.P Viking
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BBC Look East.
I'm glad to report that the BBC's local early evening news programme for East Anglia, Look East had as its main theme this evening the return of the Vikings to their families and friends. All mentioned those that had fallen in combat. What struck me was the attitude of two young soldiers who had been badly wounded in action, on the same day. One had lost a lower leg thanks to a land mine, the other had taken a grenade and still had some of it in his heart. I'd be proud to be associated with them! With so many idiots doing nothing but wasting good oxygen in this country why oh why don't the powers that be treat those who deserve respect with the same. On the same programme it was reported that a half blind eighty year old lady had been robbed by three oxygen wasters demanding money for their drugs. Makes you think doesn't it.
Still well done Look East for making us think here in Viking country.
Still well done Look East for making us think here in Viking country.
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Just got round to watching it, so apologies for being late with my view.
Even though I was there just before that particular flt, I am gobsmacked at how it made me feel. I cannot speak highly enough of all the boys and girls in the SH world - you are nothing like I expected you to be, but you are the reason I signed up, even though I didn't know it at the time.
I will be proud to show this to my children when they are old enough, not to say 'I did it', because I didn't. More to say that I knew them and saw what they did and was proud to be associated with them.
Great programme, great people, raising a glass now in memory of those for which 170kts was not enough.
Even though I was there just before that particular flt, I am gobsmacked at how it made me feel. I cannot speak highly enough of all the boys and girls in the SH world - you are nothing like I expected you to be, but you are the reason I signed up, even though I didn't know it at the time.
I will be proud to show this to my children when they are old enough, not to say 'I did it', because I didn't. More to say that I knew them and saw what they did and was proud to be associated with them.
Great programme, great people, raising a glass now in memory of those for which 170kts was not enough.
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Can anyone supply a copy on DVD? Our entire course missed it and would deeply appreciate a copy for obvious reasons. As you know the work 'net won't let us watch it on youtube. Can supply details on PM and happy to make a contribution to SSAFA/RAFBF for a dvd burn.
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I only caught the programme yesterday. Bloody marvellous piece, made a superb change from the dross the media usually pushes out about what we're doing overseas (funny old thing...!). Worth a year's telly tax and a brave move by the decision makers to allow the media in. It paid off.