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[animo et fide]

Sweating the Metal: Flying Under Fire - A Chinook Pilot's Blistering Account of Life, Death and Dust in Afghanistan: Amazon.co.uk: Alex Duncan: Books

Sweating the Metal: Flying Under Fire - A Chinook Pilot's Blistering Account of Life, Death and Dust in Afghanistan: Amazon.co.uk: Alex Duncan: Books

Can't believe Frenchie used this title! What am I going to use for my book!!!!

[minigundiplomat]

'101 crappy fields I have sat in'?

[Torque Tonight]

'Lonely Planet guide to Dockyard Saunas'.

[Tankertrashnav]

The guy was on the Today programme on Radio 4 this morning briefly chatting about his experiences and no doubt getting in a little free plug for the book

Couldn't place his accent - anyone know where he hails from, or is it blindingly obvious from his nickname?

[minigundiplomat]

Blindingly obvious from his nickname.

[Torque Tonight]

That's gotta be a Waah?

[wokawoka]

Can't Waah on a question!!!

[Tankertrashnav]

1. OK, so it was blindingly obvious - so whence the Jockinese first and surnames? (Jock dad, French mum?)

2. What's a waah?

[MG]

2. That's a waah in itself!

[November4]

Plus a bit of a clue on the linked page...

born in 1976 to a French mother and Scottish father. Brought up near Paris, he came to England in 1995

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[Tankertrashnav]

Cheers November 4, twas as I thought then.

Still don't know what a waah is

[minigundiplomat]

TTN

Situation: We are stood in front of a Tornado [even better if at an airshow with a sign saying 'Tornado'], and I said 'That's a Typhoon isn't it' [ie: deliberately wrong],

If you replied 'Is that a Wah?' [ie: are you winding me up?] then I'd smile and say yes.

If you started to correct me [on something so blindingly obvious], Id say 'Wah'.

Seems a little childish, but it does fill a crap day waiting for something to happen.

[Tankertrashnav]

Thank you sir, my little store of knowledge is increased

And no, it wasn't a waah - I'm just a bit slow