Cancel the two late teas....
Cancel the two late teas....
"cancel the two late teas"
Having a chat in the pub on friday with a mate and this came up. Was it ever really transmitted before an accident? We kind of remembered it may have been a Canberra about to overrun. Any old and/or bold(er than me!)care to comment or point me in the right direction?
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Having a chat in the pub on friday with a mate and this came up. Was it ever really transmitted before an accident? We kind of remembered it may have been a Canberra about to overrun. Any old and/or bold(er than me!)care to comment or point me in the right direction?
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Yes, I've also heard this in connection with a Canberra about to crash, but I think the circumstances were a bit more dire than an over-run. It was a discussion about 'cool' last words, when I guess people like me would shout "Mummy!!" or "Oh Sh-."
The version I heard was "Cancel two late lunches."
The version I heard was "Cancel two late lunches."
I heard it told in the 7 Squadron crewroom at St Mawgan, back when 7 was a Canberra unit.
I used to know which Canberra loss it related to, but with the mists of time.....
It was talked about in such a matter of fact way as to make me think that it was absolutely pukka (and I think a name was attached, too), but that it referred to a pilot from another unit.
I used to know which Canberra loss it related to, but with the mists of time.....
It was talked about in such a matter of fact way as to make me think that it was absolutely pukka (and I think a name was attached, too), but that it referred to a pilot from another unit.
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Didn't some high ranking Luftwaffe Pilot (who had something like 241 Allied WW2 kills to his name) post war when serving on the Kestrel flight, (the precursor to the Harrier) suffer an engine failure in the hover and crash......... rushing out to the crash site his fellow staff were met by him climbing out the now not so well Kestrel as he greeted them with the words..... "Make that 242 Allied Aircraft destroyed"....... or something similar.
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Keeping cool
Best one I’ve heard related was the Marine Cobra driver landing with (I think) a flight control problem. As the helo was sliding down the strip amid lots of sparks the tower asked if he needed assistance. The Cobra guy replied, “don’t know…..we're not done crashing yet”.
Didn't some high ranking Luftwaffe Pilot (who had something like 241 Allied WW2 kills to his name) post war when serving on the Kestrel flight, (the precursor to the Harrier) suffer an engine failure in the hover and crash......... rushing out to the crash site his fellow staff were met by him climbing out the now not so well Kestrel as he greeted them with the words..... "Make that 242 Allied Aircraft destroyed"....... or something similar.
The version seen most often is that he made a horlicks of a VL (rather than suffering a failure of some sort) and was rather irritated with himself. His fellow pilots commiserated with him, at which point he allegedly said words to the effect of 'on the bright side, I suppose I can claim that as my 302nd kill'.
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Pilatus Porter crash at Coolangatta (Godzone!) - Called for a Touch and go (didn't NB that the the Park-Brake was set). Result, Porter Flipped on touchdown - R/T: whilst still sitting strapped in his now upside-down heap: 'Better make that a full stop!' .
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"Cancel late ...." Hunter North Wales '70s?
Heard a story from a trusted source at Brawdy (IIRC) years ago about a Hunter jock who (reportedly) suffered some sort of catastrophic failure while at low-level and with wings vertical.... folklore maybe? Ring a bell with anyone? cheers bm
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"Cancel two dinners in the mess" was the version I heard....believe it relates to a Canberra with an engine failure shortly after take-off that crashed at Kinloss in the 80's??
Re the above video....you've gotta feel sorry for the Frenchman....doh...
Re the above video....you've gotta feel sorry for the Frenchman....doh...
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Timber!!
I flew with an old and very bold Spec Aircrew Sqn Ldr Canberra pilot over 20 years ago who maintained that in the early 60s he was in the vis circuit in a (2 ATAF?) airfield in S Germany, the overshoot of which was wall-to-wall Bavarian forestry, when a sqn chum of his in a Venom suffered engine failure and transmitted the above, (bearing in mind the min ht limits of the ejection seat). 'Soapy' (bless 'im) was not one to spin lines and up until then I thought that the tale was totally apocryphal, but he was adamant about it.
If the Kinloss Canberra crash you refer to was this one:
Ministry of Defence | About Defence | Corporate Publications | Air Safety and Aviation Publications | MAAS | 1990s
then that is folklore.
If the Kinloss Canberra crash you refer to was this one:
Ministry of Defence | About Defence | Corporate Publications | Air Safety and Aviation Publications | MAAS | 1990s
then that is folklore.
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Sangiovese.
The story I remember from the last century, when Canberras had many different marks and mod states was thus:
Pilot was on det in Akronelli and was in the habit of rushing back from his sortie to run in and break into a vertical pull up, followed by a push over, then manoeuvre to land. He had been perfecting this for a while, but on the day/crash in question did not realise that the jet he was in did not have negative g capable engines/fuel system. As he started to push over, both engines went very quiet, and I believe that was when he transmitted 'Cancel 2 late lunches'.
I just had a flashback, and I think he may have tried a double hot relight, but ran out of sky and then made the call.
I don't know if they got out or if they 'augered' in, but it surely displayed great calm at a turning point in one's life!
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The story I remember from the last century, when Canberras had many different marks and mod states was thus:
Pilot was on det in Akronelli and was in the habit of rushing back from his sortie to run in and break into a vertical pull up, followed by a push over, then manoeuvre to land. He had been perfecting this for a while, but on the day/crash in question did not realise that the jet he was in did not have negative g capable engines/fuel system. As he started to push over, both engines went very quiet, and I believe that was when he transmitted 'Cancel 2 late lunches'.
I just had a flashback, and I think he may have tried a double hot relight, but ran out of sky and then made the call.
I don't know if they got out or if they 'augered' in, but it surely displayed great calm at a turning point in one's life!
Capt N-N
Lancaster on take off with full bomb load loses an engine. After some heartstopping moments pilot [it might have been Nick Knilans in 617sqd.] regains full control saying " OK J C, I've got her now"
