Seriously - why would anyone want to do anything else
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Seriously - why would anyone want to do anything else
Just found this, as usual ropey music.
Am I alone, but why when I show this to my partner, daughter etc they all look at me and say Why did you ever want to do that....
Not that I ever did but the desire never fades
Am I alone, but why when I show this to my partner, daughter etc they all look at me and say Why did you ever want to do that....
Not that I ever did but the desire never fades
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Sorry
Sorry all but I feel the need to post this as well.
All this nostalgia is being bought to you courtesy of a few cans of Guinness and the fact that it was 30 years ago this month I started the process of taking the Queens £5
BTW Now I know why I wasn't picked for Aircrew, nothing to do with failing eyesight, it was because I had hair.....
All this nostalgia is being bought to you courtesy of a few cans of Guinness and the fact that it was 30 years ago this month I started the process of taking the Queens £5
BTW Now I know why I wasn't picked for Aircrew, nothing to do with failing eyesight, it was because I had hair.....
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Not surprisingly there are no videos on YouTube, but being paid to wear a beige beret part-time has to be up there for a Reserve role. It certainly was in the 80s for me 
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Thanks for posting - it's great to see HD video of it.
How times have changed. I've never seen that stretch of the A5 round the corner before - we always used to go below the road.
How times have changed. I've never seen that stretch of the A5 round the corner before - we always used to go below the road.
Can anybody tell me why you often see tape crosses on flying helmets?Its what i do to my suutcase so I recognise it on the conveyor belt but I can't make a link !
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Probably to aid location if you parachuted into a marsh? Like a 'This way up' sticker?. I always remember my parachute instructor saying to me "if your chute doesn't open, Sir, remember to cross your legs as you land............
it will be easier to unscrew you"
it will be easier to unscrew you"
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Can anybody tell me why you often see tape crosses on flying helmets?Its what i do to my suutcase so I recognise it on the conveyor belt but I can't make a link !
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Good old 3M Reflective Tape 
But it wasn't always a cross ... some Bonedomes had a central spine of white reflective 3M tape with an outer border of red 3M reflective tape.
But it wasn't always a cross ... some Bonedomes had a central spine of white reflective 3M tape with an outer border of red 3M reflective tape.
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Originally Posted by CoffmanStarter
Good old 3M Reflective Tape
But it wasn't always a cross ... some Bonedomes had a central spine of white reflective 3M tape with an outer boarder of red 3M reflective tape.
But it wasn't always a cross ... some Bonedomes had a central spine of white reflective 3M tape with an outer boarder of red 3M reflective tape.
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