Chinook 30th Anniversary Dining In Night - 9th Sep 2011
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And the ground crew still aren't invited.
Rescaled them..
Top one was a crew one, have a couple of those, one new one and one used off my overalls, bottom one off my overalls is a Boeing one given to us by the reps, it differs from those on the Chinook website and was I think done for the RAF when we bought them, also have a new one with red rim and no Helicopters text on it as on the site, Chinook Groundcrew one is an original done when we got the first couple of chinooks, have a new one and a worn one somewhere.. Also still have an original Boeing Helicopters yellow baseball cap somewhere too.
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Rescaled them, also have two original 240 OCU Wessex / Puma RAF Helicopter Training Unit Op Badges which were the size of the round 72 Sqn swift one but with the Humming bird badge on them.
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Old Duffer,
As the thread shows below your comments haven't helped. We have been strictly bound by the Stn Cdr's wishes as he knew it would be oversubsribed, which it was 350 people for 110 places. I suggest you take it up with him. As for the Officers only comments it has never been the case. We have 30 rear crew coming, so again, ill-informed rant I'm afraid. And if we wanted you there you might have heard about it. As for badly organised Odiham you obviously haven't been there for a long time. This DiN will be talked about for years, and it is based on the Puma reunion, so every year from now on it will be a very similar event.
Might I suggest you think twice before ranting about an event you clearly know nothing about.
WG27
As the thread shows below your comments haven't helped. We have been strictly bound by the Stn Cdr's wishes as he knew it would be oversubsribed, which it was 350 people for 110 places. I suggest you take it up with him. As for the Officers only comments it has never been the case. We have 30 rear crew coming, so again, ill-informed rant I'm afraid. And if we wanted you there you might have heard about it. As for badly organised Odiham you obviously haven't been there for a long time. This DiN will be talked about for years, and it is based on the Puma reunion, so every year from now on it will be a very similar event.
Might I suggest you think twice before ranting about an event you clearly know nothing about.
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This DiN will be talked about for years
As the one where the engineers and the rest of the people involved were cast aside like fallen chaff in the wind..........
It will be Nothing like the Puma one, for that one they were ALL invited.
If Odiham organised a piss up in a Brewery it would be shut........
Wolfgang27,
Thank you for putting me back in my box! However, I'm only half wrong 'cause the 'ground pounders' are still not invited. In that context my indignation was well founded and remains so!!
I also believe my comments about the comparison between Puma and Chinook events are valid. Benson laid on a dinner - it was not a hangar party in the accepted sense of same.
There could be no real doubt that a celebration of the Chinook's 30th would be a major draw and you have confirmed it by telling us that it was oversubscribed, so there are 240 others out there who are a tad upset at not being able to come and if so, why bother to advertise it on pprune?
You remark that this event is to become an annual bash - does that mean that each year you intend to rub the noses of the groundcrew 'in it' by not inviting them as a reward for their ceaseless efforts?
My comments about organisation at Odiham were aimed at the dedication of the SH memorial in 2006 - not the station's finest hour.
As to my acquaintance with the station in recent times, it might surprise you just how recent, current and obvious it is - see you on Friday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you for putting me back in my box! However, I'm only half wrong 'cause the 'ground pounders' are still not invited. In that context my indignation was well founded and remains so!!
I also believe my comments about the comparison between Puma and Chinook events are valid. Benson laid on a dinner - it was not a hangar party in the accepted sense of same.
There could be no real doubt that a celebration of the Chinook's 30th would be a major draw and you have confirmed it by telling us that it was oversubscribed, so there are 240 others out there who are a tad upset at not being able to come and if so, why bother to advertise it on pprune?
You remark that this event is to become an annual bash - does that mean that each year you intend to rub the noses of the groundcrew 'in it' by not inviting them as a reward for their ceaseless efforts?
My comments about organisation at Odiham were aimed at the dedication of the SH memorial in 2006 - not the station's finest hour.
As to my acquaintance with the station in recent times, it might surprise you just how recent, current and obvious it is - see you on Friday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SH Dedication
Mmmmnice,
Slight Thread Drift but you asked.
The problems with the SH Memorial Dedication were many and varied and I offer some only!
a. The gates (a crash gate) was supposed to open at 0930 but didn’t do so until 0950, by which time the road in both directions was seriously congested.
b. Once inside, it became obvious that the hosting of the families of those commemorated on the memorial had not been addressed. I and my mates took ‘under our wing’ (perhaps that should be rotors) some widows and their families we knew/recognised and we looked after them throughout.
c. A 3 star officer, who had declined the invitation to lunch, was removed from the guest list and again the mates took him in!
d. Air Marshal The Lord Garden’s seat described him correctly and he was seated next to – I quote – ‘Mrs Garden’.
e. Her Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant for Hampshire was not hosted nor was she escorted.
f. HRH The Duke of Gloucester arrived in the hangar and nobody called the audience to order or had made an attempt to get them into place before HRH appeared. The first indication that the formal bit was going to kick-off was when the keynote speaker took the podium. Incidentally the speaker was not introduced by the stn cdr.
g. The turnout of the Standard Bearers (from all the then SH sqns) left ‘something to be desired’. Battered hats, no white gloves, standard carrying pouches at all sorts of mad angles, sword belts slack etc.
h. I did not note a single uniformed airman or woman salute the ‘uncased’ standards when they passed them.
i. HRH’s microphone was not switched on and so nobody heard his address (this is not, of course, necessarily a bad thing!).
j. Returning to (b), the families were left to their own devices at the end of the service.
However, my mates took our ‘families’ to the pub in South Warnborough where we had a most enjoyable lunch and made them feel wanted and importantly, made them realise that we all remembered and cared for their loved ones.
Apart from that it was a wonderful day!
Old Duffer
Slight Thread Drift but you asked.
The problems with the SH Memorial Dedication were many and varied and I offer some only!
a. The gates (a crash gate) was supposed to open at 0930 but didn’t do so until 0950, by which time the road in both directions was seriously congested.
b. Once inside, it became obvious that the hosting of the families of those commemorated on the memorial had not been addressed. I and my mates took ‘under our wing’ (perhaps that should be rotors) some widows and their families we knew/recognised and we looked after them throughout.
c. A 3 star officer, who had declined the invitation to lunch, was removed from the guest list and again the mates took him in!
d. Air Marshal The Lord Garden’s seat described him correctly and he was seated next to – I quote – ‘Mrs Garden’.
e. Her Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant for Hampshire was not hosted nor was she escorted.
f. HRH The Duke of Gloucester arrived in the hangar and nobody called the audience to order or had made an attempt to get them into place before HRH appeared. The first indication that the formal bit was going to kick-off was when the keynote speaker took the podium. Incidentally the speaker was not introduced by the stn cdr.
g. The turnout of the Standard Bearers (from all the then SH sqns) left ‘something to be desired’. Battered hats, no white gloves, standard carrying pouches at all sorts of mad angles, sword belts slack etc.
h. I did not note a single uniformed airman or woman salute the ‘uncased’ standards when they passed them.
i. HRH’s microphone was not switched on and so nobody heard his address (this is not, of course, necessarily a bad thing!).
j. Returning to (b), the families were left to their own devices at the end of the service.
However, my mates took our ‘families’ to the pub in South Warnborough where we had a most enjoyable lunch and made them feel wanted and importantly, made them realise that we all remembered and cared for their loved ones.
Apart from that it was a wonderful day!
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Well done one and all...........
Many thanks for the fabulous dinner last Friday. 
Sorry there have been some vitriolic undertones re the invited guests.
Perhaps next years' event should be a hangar dinner similar to the Puma do (which also was brilliant) and the Chinook force could show gratitude to everyone.
PS: I swear Daryl Wilcox is looking younger!!
Sorry there have been some vitriolic undertones re the invited guests. Perhaps next years' event should be a hangar dinner similar to the Puma do (which also was brilliant) and the Chinook force could show gratitude to everyone.
PS: I swear Daryl Wilcox is looking younger!!
No, the truth of the matter is that DW has a picture in the attic and is on the monkey gland treatment.
An enjoyable evening and thanks to those who made it happen.
I'm not saying anymore about the event's format, otherwise Wolfgang27 will savage me again!!
O-D
An enjoyable evening and thanks to those who made it happen.
I'm not saying anymore about the event's format, otherwise Wolfgang27 will savage me again!!
O-D
