Zaps/Stickers
vincit veritas
An ex-student of mine gave me a copy of his course badge (No 14 GE Course)
SEMPER IN EXCRETO SOLUM PROFUNDUM VARIAT
a rough translation... Always in the sh*t only the depth varies!
SEMPER IN EXCRETO SOLUM PROFUNDUM VARIAT
a rough translation... Always in the sh*t only the depth varies!
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As far as best locations go, we zapped the roof of the Cystine Chapel (spelling?(My excuse is vino related))in the early 90s with a large 56(F) zap. Took a serious human pyramid and a lot of surprised tourists but t'was surely worth it! 
Agreed 20% Flap is excellent!!
Cheers ADIS
Agreed 20% Flap is excellent!!
Cheers ADIS
Never thought I'd hear the famous 14 GE motto again! There are other hidden symbols on the zap - the crane is giving the 'entry' recognition with one 'wing' (we took the p*ss out of masonic brotherly grips in those days) and a two-fingered salute to Wg Cdr OT with the other! The mate who came up with the motto (Dick Whizzbang) had studied Latin at Oxford as well as having been a rowing blue - Milo Wildpig sorted out the zap. Dick also came up with a motto for 'one flight' whose Flt Cdr had flown Lightnings - it translated as 'Let us praise One (flight) for its better work' - 'Laudeamus Primus Pro Melior Opus' or something like that. It took ages before the penny dropped and Les H*we discovered that it really stood for 'Lightning Pilots P*ss Me Off!'
Good show 'lads'!! Wildpig - are you still at Kidlington??
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Good show 'lads'!! Wildpig - are you still at Kidlington??
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At a RIMPAC in Hawaii a few years ago an OZ maint Sqn with a dog as an emblem carried out some midnight artwork on a Japanese P3. Amongst other things there were little dogs paw prints coming out of overwing exits etc and across the wing.
After a slight correction in etiquette, the paw prints were removed, but only with water based paint, only to have the feet reappear on the trip home after flying thru rain.
Apparently it wasn't funny.........Apparently
After a slight correction in etiquette, the paw prints were removed, but only with water based paint, only to have the feet reappear on the trip home after flying thru rain.
Apparently it wasn't funny.........Apparently
One of the most comprehensive zaps I saw was to a USMC F4 of VMFA-531 which had the good fortune to cross deck to Ark Royal, whilst operating in the Med.
Mintoff was PM of Malta, and had just declared the US military unwelcome. We had a number of USN aircraft cross decking, and duly launched them all back to Forrestal prior to entering Grand Harbour, Valetta. All except the F4, which went U/S on the cat every time it was scheduled for launch. Eventually it was struck down to the lower hangar, amongst the Buccs, about an hour before we entered Valetta Harbour.
Needless to say, the Marine crew thought all their Christmasses had come at once, and fully explored the joys of real CP's aboard a carrier with a bar for the next two weeks.
After a day or two, the chances of a stray Maltese spotting the US markings was considered slim, and the F4 was transferred to the upper hangar, where the 892 black hand gang worked on it. What a good idea, let's give it an 892 tail fin whilst we're at it.
The disguise was so good that the US markings were covered with brown paper, and the USMC F4 put in the deck park with all the other RN F4's, ground run in full view of the passing traffic, and not spotted.
First task of the FD crew on passing out of Grand Harbour, launch said F4 home, no unserviceabilities to be considered! The cab belonged to the squadron CO, and was taken all the way back to the USA with it's 'unique' tail.
Mintoff was PM of Malta, and had just declared the US military unwelcome. We had a number of USN aircraft cross decking, and duly launched them all back to Forrestal prior to entering Grand Harbour, Valetta. All except the F4, which went U/S on the cat every time it was scheduled for launch. Eventually it was struck down to the lower hangar, amongst the Buccs, about an hour before we entered Valetta Harbour.
Needless to say, the Marine crew thought all their Christmasses had come at once, and fully explored the joys of real CP's aboard a carrier with a bar for the next two weeks.
After a day or two, the chances of a stray Maltese spotting the US markings was considered slim, and the F4 was transferred to the upper hangar, where the 892 black hand gang worked on it. What a good idea, let's give it an 892 tail fin
whilst we're at it.The disguise was so good that the US markings were covered with brown paper, and the USMC F4 put in the deck park with all the other RN F4's, ground run in full view of the passing traffic, and not spotted.
First task of the FD crew on passing out of Grand Harbour, launch said F4 home, no unserviceabilities to be considered! The cab belonged to the squadron CO, and was taken all the way back to the USA with it's 'unique' tail.
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On top of the Great Pyramid of Giza there is an incongruous looking wooden tripod supporting a wooden flagpole. On the very top of this flagpole, staring up into the sky above is a 30 Sqn Palmtree Airlines zap placed there by 4 Sqn members wearing full Arab dish-dash. Took some smooth talking to arrange that!
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Around 1980, 11 Sqn zapped the bomb on the French nuclear strike alert at Creil, just outside Paris. They also pinched the Tricolore from outside SHQ, but that's another story.
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Just after Berlin Wall came down, E.German Fulcrum (imaculate condition for the time) visited V*ll*y where it was given a CXX crew zap with the moto 'Das Hunders Pimmell' (spelling not quite right!) in its undercarriage bay. (Translates as 'the dogs Kn*b') Wonder if the ground crew saw the funny side ?
We had peace protesters outside Eastern radar at the time when all the cruise missiles were coming into UK. Just because we has a USAF officer there the idiots assumed it was a US base and picketed it with about 100 people, vans etc etc, cut holes in the fence and all sorts.
I managed to zap their Bedford Dormabile with a six inch RAF roundel that stuck like wotsit to a blanket.
Also, rumour had it that there was a zap on Sydney Harbour Bridge proclaiming that this was the limit of Midland Radar overhead.
Doc C.
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I managed to zap their Bedford Dormabile with a six inch RAF roundel that stuck like wotsit to a blanket.
Also, rumour had it that there was a zap on Sydney Harbour Bridge proclaiming that this was the limit of Midland Radar overhead.
Doc C.
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The greatest zap I have seen in recent history occurred at last years AFL (Aussie Rules Footy) Grand Final. Now for those who aren’t aware, this is a huge affair, huge television coverage and perfect for max public exposure for a zap and our esteemed Roulettes managed to pull off a cracker. They stuck a Roulette’s sticker underneath the cup so when James Hird (winning team captain) lifted up the cup, and cameras went wild, what should be very neatly showing but a perfectly positioned Roulette’s sticker.
At Oceania NAS (USA) at the end of the Gulf War, there was a sticker placed in the bottom of the mens urinal. It was a red/white target with a picture of Saddam in the middle. Around the outside were the words "Drain your vein on Saddam Hussein"
"You are now entering the Midland Radar overhead" - I spotted that in the Gents' urinal at Kings Cross station in the 1980s!
Back in the 1970s (when I was still playing) I had a bumper sticker "It takes leather balls to play rugby".
Back in the 1970s (when I was still playing) I had a bumper sticker "It takes leather balls to play rugby".
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Surely you have seen the one being sported by Lynx jocks these days:
Wastelands Lynx - Crash Test Dummies!
Written around the outside edge of the crash test yellow / black circle and usually worn on the helmet.
Wastelands Lynx - Crash Test Dummies!
Written around the outside edge of the crash test yellow / black circle and usually worn on the helmet.