You know you're getting old when......
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"When nobody knows what a "cheap Changi" watch is!"
..When you have to explain what a Varsity or radial engine are.
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When you have to explain what Two Stage Amber was ... and before anyone gets any funny ideas ... I was told about it a long time ago and can still remember !
I don't own this space under my name. I should have leased it while I still could
No, it's still flying 70 years on.
No, my picture was in a museum 45 years ago 
Got me. My local Air Cadet unit has no one that was born when I joined
- a picture of your crew is in a museum
- your local Air Cadet unit has SNCOs that weren't born when you joined
I don't own this space under my name. I should have leased it while I still could
When Abingdon, Acklington, Aldergrove, Ballykelly, Bassingbourn, Binbrook, Brawdy, Chivenor, Coltishall, Cottesmore, Finningley, Gaydon, Honington, Kemble, Kinloss, Leconfield, Leeming, Lindholme, Little Rissington, Lyneham, Machrihanish, Middleton St George, Manby, St Mawgan, Stradishall, Strubby, Swinderby, Syerston, Ternhill, Thorney Island,Topcliffe, Upwood, Wattisham, Watton, White Waltham and West Raynham
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In The SH world......
Violet 813, Red 850......Red 650 even, and Green 100 are no longer remembered......
Not withstanding all the equivalents are just as pertinent in Afghan..... It still makes you feel old that you knew them......
Wasn't it Dobbo called 747 through the overhead and Jabba got an "Orange Whip" from FL nose Bleed in A JP 5?
Not withstanding all the equivalents are just as pertinent in Afghan..... It still makes you feel old that you knew them......
Wasn't it Dobbo called 747 through the overhead and Jabba got an "Orange Whip" from FL nose Bleed in A JP 5?
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No way...
Really? Do service numbers not have a letter in any more?
I looked at a pax manifest the other week and my Army service number is loads x 10 to the power N ( where N is a really large integer) lower than the RSM of a just returned unit from out east....WTF?
I looked at a pax manifest the other week and my Army service number is loads x 10 to the power N ( where N is a really large integer) lower than the RSM of a just returned unit from out east....WTF?
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"An anuvver thing....."
I can remember when even if you didn't know the extension, or title or name or really any other details than what they did........The telephone operators at a unit would get you through to the right person first go.....
Never......"so where in 15 Sqn do you want?
" no we don't have a CSRO"
"I have OC C Flt"
"Ok how about Aircrew crew room?"
"No...nothing under that....how about Admin NCO?"
Never......"so where in 15 Sqn do you want?
" no we don't have a CSRO"
"I have OC C Flt"
"Ok how about Aircrew crew room?"
"No...nothing under that....how about Admin NCO?"
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Station Sick Quarters(SSQ) now Station Medical Centre.
Does anybody remember those addictive NAAFI square fruit pies in the sixties ,came in a box and had cherry,blackcurrant fillings. Do aircrew still get flying rations today ? remember Mars bars,chewing gum .
Does anybody remember those addictive NAAFI square fruit pies in the sixties ,came in a box and had cherry,blackcurrant fillings. Do aircrew still get flying rations today ? remember Mars bars,chewing gum .
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Cheap Changi watch
When your first cheap Changi Watch circa 1968 stops working after nearly 50 years and your next one from 2010 stops after a couple of months!