Confined spaces on the SPTA - 28/04/10
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Nice one Neil,
Im confined to bed at the mo with a misaligned pelvis!! Wasnt an ejection or anything like that(thank GOD!!), swinging a bleedin golf club!! Must take a trip there some day but Im afraid even though Ive 2 weeks sick leave cant go anywhere, cant even drive never mind swing a big lens around or more imortantly, fly!!!
Hope to be back in action soon,
Cheers,
Pat.
P.S: Gutted bout them GR9's after that ASHTAM wash issued!! They were already at low level when the airspace closed and were RTB!!
Im confined to bed at the mo with a misaligned pelvis!! Wasnt an ejection or anything like that(thank GOD!!), swinging a bleedin golf club!! Must take a trip there some day but Im afraid even though Ive 2 weeks sick leave cant go anywhere, cant even drive never mind swing a big lens around or more imortantly, fly!!!
Hope to be back in action soon,
Cheers,
Pat.
P.S: Gutted bout them GR9's after that ASHTAM wash issued!! They were already at low level when the airspace closed and were RTB!!
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Ahhh the Puma, 40 years in service and they're still having to seal the nose bay with bodge tape, there's progress for ya 
Wonder how much all that tape has cost over those 40 years.
Nice piccies BTW
Wonder how much all that tape has cost over those 40 years.
Nice piccies BTW
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Nice pics.
I last flew Gazelle ZB625 on Jul 17th 1984. Glad to see it's still going strong.
I last flew Gazelle ZB625 on Jul 17th 1984. Glad to see it's still going strong.
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I'll have you know the bodge tape has become structural!!
It is an official bodge and has even appeared in paintings.
Only Betty's flying service would have such equipment.
Nice to see the flying transit again
It is an official bodge and has even appeared in paintings.
Only Betty's flying service would have such equipment.
Nice to see the flying transit again
Couldn't make it out at first as I left the red Gazelles at Shawbury in 1979!
Then I spotted the QQ logo - Phew! I thought I was going slightly Mercury!
I really like the Puma shot - light, bright, crisp and clear. Well done.
Then I spotted the QQ logo - Phew! I thought I was going slightly Mercury!
I really like the Puma shot - light, bright, crisp and clear. Well done.
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What is the registration of the Puma? XW22?
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Pilot in the AAC cab has 4x gold bars on his epaulettes. Civvy captain/instructor? Foreign student?
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Weren't the registration numbers done wholly in Roman numerals when you flew them Shy?
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I've just spotted the morale indicator face in the puma - PIPS covers for eyes and the bodge tape makes the frown = unhappy 33 
I double dog dare any 33 lineys to add some black pupils to them there PIPS covers that are over the bullets
(I think I remembered the names ish ok)
I double dog dare any 33 lineys to add some black pupils to them there PIPS covers that are over the bullets
(I think I remembered the names ish ok)
