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And another 201 story.
On landing we have a bird strike somewhere down the portside - clear thud was heard.
Once under control and rolling off the end of the ruynway the skipper calls, "Port beam report any damage."
R****ie F*nn*l replies, "Well I'm not a vet but I don't think it's going to fly again."
On landing we have a bird strike somewhere down the portside - clear thud was heard.
Once under control and rolling off the end of the ruynway the skipper calls, "Port beam report any damage."
R****ie F*nn*l replies, "Well I'm not a vet but I don't think it's going to fly again."
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R****ie F*nn*l
Fergie - for a time there (as I was as yet young and innocent) I thought it was normal to be seen off by various police organisations. Leaving Gib once we got a radio message asking the skipper to confirm there were no cannonballs on board the aircraft*...I think I remember a practise drop from ordnance in between message receipt and the innocent reply.
Dave
* Which, when you think about it, is really quite a bizarre message to receive at the start of your homeward transit, although it didn't seem so at the time.
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TOFO,
oh yes, just to confirm, a line book entry centred on one of his quotes...(apologies if my memory doesn't get it absolutely word perfect)
"One little bunch of daisies and you're marked for life"
A splendid chap, I thought.
Dave
oh yes, just to confirm, a line book entry centred on one of his quotes...(apologies if my memory doesn't get it absolutely word perfect)
"One little bunch of daisies and you're marked for life"
A splendid chap, I thought.
Dave
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Have never understood the watching of porn when in the company of other men!!!! surely it's a solo activity?
Would rather watch POL in the desert and that is saying something!!!
Would rather watch POL in the desert and that is saying something!!!
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Have never understood the watching of porn when in the company of other men!!!! surely it's a solo activity?
Would rather watch POL in the desert and that is saying something!!
Would rather watch POL in the desert and that is saying something!!
Not sure how true the story is, but he didn't stay in the RAF much longer after that night.
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Have never understood the watching of porn when in the company of other men!!!! surely it's a solo activity?
On the other hand (so to speak) there was something quite innocent in the whole crew crammed into the small TV room in the old Sgts' Mess.
Even Mrs OC 201 (W-B) found it quite normal at 11.30 on Christmas morning as she and old wobble head himself came in from the church across the road to give the troops the rousing "well done for holding the fort at Xmas" speech.
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Have never understood the watching of porn when in the company of other men!!!! surely it's a solo activity?
I even recall the whole crew going to the 'Astra' to watch some soft porn epic on SAR once. It was either that or re-reading 'Punch' all day, and on any sort of standby you all stuck together in case of a callout.
Most films seemed to be rated more highly if they included plenty of unintentional humour.
Having said that, the average Nim crew would happily watch something like Red October in preference - in later years, to my horror, the younger siggies seemed to rate 'Corrie' as the number one TV attraction, so I retired and bought a tartan travel rug.
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Cxx Beer Call
Was invited to a cxx beer call once (many times) and have vivid memories of someone chucking in a thunderflash - don't know if it was "high spirits" or wanton vandalism, I often wonder how the driving licence attrition rate wasn't higher after friday barrels. Fond memories of great times with great company.
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The 'later-OC201's-alleged-toothbrush-incident', was, in fact Gibraltar. Thought up while he was on the diving raft with someone 
But I do remember the attempted burial of 'George' in Scapa Flow.
Lovingly packed in a sonobouy, the Nav Captain asked the Vicar how long his speech was and what the key words for pressing the button were.
"About 2 1/2 minutes. I would like to release him when I say the words "and now we commit his body to the deep".
What he neglected top say is those words were at the start of the 2 1/2 minutes.
Cue an approach in rather murky conditions to Kirkwall, timing should be right to on top the VOR and then George would be safely in the middle of the Floe, safely cleared by radar.
On top the VOR, of you go then Vic, "And I commit his body to the deep!" Bang! Just as the airfield perimeter track slid under the nose. To the crew's credit, nothing was said on intercom but after much ballistics bull****, we decided to come clean.
The local plod found him in the back garden of the Kirkwall Post Office. Old vic was spotted some days later, wandering round ops with a bent sonobouy, looking for a ride to somewhere far from land.
But I do remember the attempted burial of 'George' in Scapa Flow.
Lovingly packed in a sonobouy, the Nav Captain asked the Vicar how long his speech was and what the key words for pressing the button were.
"About 2 1/2 minutes. I would like to release him when I say the words "and now we commit his body to the deep".
What he neglected top say is those words were at the start of the 2 1/2 minutes.
Cue an approach in rather murky conditions to Kirkwall, timing should be right to on top the VOR and then George would be safely in the middle of the Floe, safely cleared by radar.
On top the VOR, of you go then Vic, "And I commit his body to the deep!" Bang! Just as the airfield perimeter track slid under the nose. To the crew's credit, nothing was said on intercom but after much ballistics bull****, we decided to come clean.
The local plod found him in the back garden of the Kirkwall Post Office. Old vic was spotted some days later, wandering round ops with a bent sonobouy, looking for a ride to somewhere far from land.
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Arrr...memories flooding back now
re porn...Sgts Mess St Mawgan saturday night on SAR. We used to get the old VHS porn from the dude near the Godolphin (one from the back shed please). Into the old BBc2 room and it was packed with beanies. Standing room only; no pun intended.
re line book. My all time favourite.
GSU to Lead Wet 42 sqn (before DIFAR for the technically minded)
"What would you do if you got a noisy type 1 abrupt start on several buoys at one."
Lead wet to GSU. "Light a fire to improve morale."
re overseas exploits First det to Gib (actually first det anywhere ever)
Me to Wettie at breakfast (tinned snorkers). "F*** me you look like s***"
Wettie. "Spent all night in Civvy Gib police cell"
Me. "F*** me you'll be for it when the skipper finds out."
Wettie. "Doubtful. He's still locked up."
Happy, happy days
Re the mafia
Anybody out there remember the pizzeria at Aci Trezzi getting torched by local mafiosi after the 42 crew party (Dogfish 83??)
re porn...Sgts Mess St Mawgan saturday night on SAR. We used to get the old VHS porn from the dude near the Godolphin (one from the back shed please). Into the old BBc2 room and it was packed with beanies. Standing room only; no pun intended.
re line book. My all time favourite.
GSU to Lead Wet 42 sqn (before DIFAR for the technically minded)
"What would you do if you got a noisy type 1 abrupt start on several buoys at one."
Lead wet to GSU. "Light a fire to improve morale."
re overseas exploits First det to Gib (actually first det anywhere ever)
Me to Wettie at breakfast (tinned snorkers). "F*** me you look like s***"
Wettie. "Spent all night in Civvy Gib police cell"
Me. "F*** me you'll be for it when the skipper finds out."
Wettie. "Doubtful. He's still locked up."
Happy, happy days
Re the mafia
Anybody out there remember the pizzeria at Aci Trezzi getting torched by local mafiosi after the 42 crew party (Dogfish 83??)
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The 'later-OC201's-alleged-toothbrush-incident', was, in fact Gibraltar. Thought up while he was on the diving raft with someone
P4ddy W**lley on camera, thunderbird7 somewhere front of lens!
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By the way...re R****ie F*nn*l
I would like to go on record to say Mr F*nn*l never watched any porn, did not enjoy porn and certainly did not have any under the floor of his bungalow in Rafford.
There...that's the record straight.
I would like to go on record to say Mr F*nn*l never watched any porn, did not enjoy porn and certainly did not have any under the floor of his bungalow in Rafford.
There...that's the record straight.
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PFMG Yes that was just one of Tbirds framing moments and yes I did have to see the head doc after that!
Eng leaving pressure in the Cabin as we depatch an ex-kipper fleet mate down the charlie launcher, second go he had bits of sausage roll to keep him fed in the after life but we all had eyebrows like you know who.
Mr Fs steaming glasses with the Ozzie team, Swervy's well developed forearm, little Al in love again, my room out to the roof trashed. The chicken lady and 50p sprarkling wars. Taff + beer who knows what could happen. That was in a week ******* happy days, CJ "Radios Paddle switch" MR F "go ahead paddle switch" still makes me laugh. Nearly as much as "mark mark 4 windsurfers in formation".
Sorry if this bores you, but if so you just wouldn't understand.
Charlie sends
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Eng leaving pressure in the Cabin as we depatch an ex-kipper fleet mate down the charlie launcher, second go he had bits of sausage roll to keep him fed in the after life but we all had eyebrows like you know who.
Mr Fs steaming glasses with the Ozzie team, Swervy's well developed forearm, little Al in love again, my room out to the roof trashed. The chicken lady and 50p sprarkling wars. Taff + beer who knows what could happen. That was in a week ******* happy days, CJ "Radios Paddle switch" MR F "go ahead paddle switch" still makes me laugh. Nearly as much as "mark mark 4 windsurfers in formation".
Sorry if this bores you, but if so you just wouldn't understand
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I would like to add that Mr F*n**l at no time took any porn into Int to while away a lonely night shift.
...I'd LIKE to add that, but Mummy told me not to tell porkies....
...I'd LIKE to add that, but Mummy told me not to tell porkies....
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GW1, doing the embargo stuff. N2 decides he wants to have a go at talking to one of the vessels. OK Nav you can do the next one. Visual on the next vessel, flight deck...... it's a tanker, vessel name two words, first word first 3 letters Alpha Mike Alpha, over to you beam. Stbd beam, confirms Alpha Mike Alpha, and Delta Uniform Lima, 2nd word looks like Navigator, didn't get the port of registration. AEO confirms 2nd word Navigator and the port of registration is Monrovia.
Cue N2 on CH 16. Amadul Navigator, Amadul Navigator.
Cue N2 on CH 16. Amadul Navigator, Amadul Navigator.
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Or would that be the famous Norwegian tanker the NOSMO KING, as recorded by Geordie LaForge - the BEST spam nav that ever turned up on exchange, I have to say, followed by the run of 3 on the "mark, mark TYPHOON RISER" in the Med, missed by the incompetent Russian speaking new crew member on the camera, cos it wasn't there. we made it up to him in beer tho...
And MAeOp F****l never had anything to do with any of that stuff. Apart from"Go ahead Paddle Switch", which will live forever
And MAeOp F****l never had anything to do with any of that stuff. Apart from"Go ahead Paddle Switch", which will live forever
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But seriously, how many stickers can you actually fit onto a brand new Tucano, especially when there were absolutely no officers present to lead and direct (must be true, George said so). 