The Goose corridor
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The Goose corridor
A strong rumour has started circling that the corridor leading to the Goose in MPA has been painted over by the new Typhoon crews!!!???
Can anybody confirm this travesty?
BW
Can anybody confirm this travesty?
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Just practising for when they have to repaint the `Phoon` after the `scrape` incident.....
I have to say it would be really bad form if they have painted over history - 1435 Flt have been there for a v long time. There is an unwritten agreement amongst us GR4 folk not to deface the daubings done in our various holiday destinations around the world. Anyone remember the side of the HAS in Ali-Al Salem, the concrete blocks + building walls (original Al Udeid accommodation decorated by 14 Sqn!) in Al Udeid etc etc. Although, I did notice that someone had amusingly painted over the hole in the dam on the 617 Sqn crests painted out in Al Udied (very funny, but still think is offside).
Same rules applied at BFTS at Linton when you painted your cse badege on the crewroom wall. The coffee bar wall at N Luffenham was saved with all the cse stickers when AMTC moved to Henlow - some very old cse stickers there. I feel really quite strongly about keeping history and heritage alive to remind us.
Be interested to know if they really have obliterated history, what they've replaced it with (not much for them to shout about yet is there) and what was there in the 1st place!
Same rules applied at BFTS at Linton when you painted your cse badege on the crewroom wall. The coffee bar wall at N Luffenham was saved with all the cse stickers when AMTC moved to Henlow - some very old cse stickers there. I feel really quite strongly about keeping history and heritage alive to remind us.
Be interested to know if they really have obliterated history, what they've replaced it with (not much for them to shout about yet is there) and what was there in the 1st place!
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Be interested to know if they really have obliterated history, what they've replaced it with (not much for them to shout about yet is there) and what was there in the 1st place!
If the 'phoon crew are so keen on painting, perhaps they could go over the sports pitches at Odiham with a tin of green emulsion, to cover up the scorch marks made by one of their number trying to avoid the side of the stn gymnasium last year.
Agree with comments made above, you never paint over the art of previous incumbents.
Agree with comments made above, you never paint over the art of previous incumbents.
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Any pics of the artwork, particularly the unfinished bit by my old mate Ceej (C J Weightman) and his pilot Mongo (Ian Halden) were working on?
For those unaware, they went missing in an F-4 on a night AAR/PI sortie with a Herc.
For those unaware, they went missing in an F-4 on a night AAR/PI sortie with a Herc.
I'm disheartened to hear that the Typhoo "Heros" may have painted over tributes to those taken from us. That would be really, really bad form, so hope it's not true.
Frodo - thanks for the info on what is/was there. I imagine a fitting and memory filled corridor.
Frodo - thanks for the info on what is/was there. I imagine a fitting and memory filled corridor.
As an outsider looking in, the 1435 Flt corridor was a sight to behold. Could never walk straight through without taking a look. If this is indeed true it is a travesty and the phoon crews should be ashamed - even more so if they've done it having been down there before on previous types! 
The only photo I could find of the corridor that wasn't in any way dodgy - still, faces crudely deleted to protect modesty!
I have a picture of the unfinished CJ/Mongo artwork somewhere, shall post it if I find it.
I have a picture of the unfinished CJ/Mongo artwork somewhere, shall post it if I find it.
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On the other hand, this 'could' be seen as progress in the modern Air Force. Paint the whole corridor, clean out the 'Goose' of irrelivant cr@p and replace the lot, with a smart lounge / coffee-drinks dispenser.
Cleaner, tighter and better facillity to service the hero Typhoon Crews, who luckily have arrived just in the nick of time to save the Falklands from the invading Argies. Yes, Yes, progress indeed.
Unfortunately, the new, glossy facillity will be under-used, as I understand all the Tiffy jocks are busy having Tanker/Formation/Skill lessons at the mo.
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PS- Fellas, please paint over my work, it really turned out rubbish! But if you paint (or have painted) over the Mongo Wall, there will be hell to pay.........
Cleaner, tighter and better facillity to service the hero Typhoon Crews, who luckily have arrived just in the nick of time to save the Falklands from the invading Argies. Yes, Yes, progress indeed.
Unfortunately, the new, glossy facillity will be under-used, as I understand all the Tiffy jocks are busy having Tanker/Formation/Skill lessons at the mo.
Advo
PS- Fellas, please paint over my work, it really turned out rubbish! But if you paint (or have painted) over the Mongo Wall, there will be hell to pay.........
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Nice pic, brings back memories (even if they are fuzzy ones!)
I now have regrets that I didn't take more piccies of mundane things like that to be boring about in my retirement
I now have regrets that I didn't take more piccies of mundane things like that to be boring about in my retirement
, if the Typhoon boys would help out?
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Before you all get your knickers in a twist, a few facts!
There are some new residents on the corridor, namely the Griffen crew. The walls are generally as they were before with all the graffiti / witty comments. Doors have had a fresh lick of paint, and those that are now lived in by the Griffen pers have their badges added on etc. The walls on the small stretch of corridor between the showers / toilets and the entrance to the Goose corridor have been repainted but still have a 1435 theme.
Yes, not everything that was there before is still there, but much of it is.
As for the Goose itself, I think it has been re-furbished but to what extent I'm not sure. Things a bit hazy following the beach party / BBQ (with sand).
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If anything has been "lost" it will be an insult! There are ways of recording walls like this - it is called "photography" - if it had to be painted, then it should have been photographed and then framed for posterity.
Anything less is not acceptable.
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Rock "The walls on the small stretch of corridor between the showers / toilets and the entrance to the Goose corridor have been repainted but still have a 1435 theme"
From what I remember this is pretty much the main "art-worked" area, with the bit beyond the fire doors to the Goose having all the badge cabinets. What has been repainted, this strikes me as either really poor form or just crass ignorance?
From what I remember this is pretty much the main "art-worked" area, with the bit beyond the fire doors to the Goose having all the badge cabinets. What has been repainted, this strikes me as either really poor form or just crass ignorance?