RAF KHORMAKSAR
As we appear to have strayed on to the subject of inkertourse in unusual surroundings, I wonder what the average age is for the crossover between urgent desire and the need for comfort?
And does it vary male/female?
And does it vary male/female?
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My first banger in Aden was a Simca Aronde. I think it came with my des res (Bazara South - on the Shamsan side behind Maalla Strait). It was without doubt the worst car that I ever owned. NAAFI started selling the Fiat 850 Coupe for £580 in 1966 and a lot of us binned the dreadful bangers and bought one. Here is a shot taken of a 105 Sqn Sunday lunchtime gathering at the late Dennis Burles's OMQ at Khormaksar. By that time we had an 0600 - 1800 curfew so Sunday lunchtime was about the only time that we could socialise in any numbers.
Very smart Jock, surely the curfew ran from 1800 - 0600. In 64-66 ISTR it was 2200 - 0600. As a result of it my copilot was killed. He took his girlfriend, a teacher who lived on the Maalla Straight, to a dance in the officers mess at Khormaksar and left it a bit late to beat the curfew. Travelling too fast his Alpha Romeo Spider failed to make a sharp bend just beyond the cinema between Khormaksar and Maalla, landing upside down on the beach and decapitating both occupants. A very sad episode during a bloody awful tour.
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In a previous generation, the same question was hotly debated in the case of of the back seat of the Thirties' "Baby Austin" Seven. Consensus: possible, but one (of two) doors must be left open..
"Danny Tells a Tale of Two Incidents" ("Pilot's Brevet" Thread, Page185, #3686), in which a Baby Austin plays a part, but not the one you are slavering over in anticipation !.
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"A man's not old when his hair turns grey.
A man's not old if his teeth decay.
But he is ready for his last long sleep -
When his mind makes appointments his body can't keep !"
Women ? - you'd have to ask one.
Danny.
"Danny Tells a Tale of Two Incidents" ("Pilot's Brevet" Thread, Page185, #3686), in which a Baby Austin plays a part, but not the one you are slavering over in anticipation !.
langleybaston (#565)
"A man's not old when his hair turns grey.
A man's not old if his teeth decay.
But he is ready for his last long sleep -
When his mind makes appointments his body can't keep !"
Women ? - you'd have to ask one.
Danny.
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It was quite well used, and indeed one had a 4-ship one evening with some lasses from Radbrook Domestic Science College. I wonder if Dave St****t is reading this? With the blanket between the front and rear seats for privacy?
There was also the Course Alvis, the V8 belching smoke at 250mpg on oil, that was sold on to the next course for £5. Which, IIRC, was the sum I got for my Ford Popular [mine was black] when sold to an MoD policeman in this middle years as his FIRST car.
But I digress ... apologies, as usual!
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Aaah Radbrook College. I met my first wife when she was a student there...but she wouldn't have gone out with someone from Shawbury. She was a Tern Hill girl.
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Surprised you let two in the circuit at once.
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A couple of the guys I worked with were at Aden, one related a tale re two water towers on steel frames being built on the airfield, they both got half way up when one started to get dismantled while the other continued up... Turned out they were both supposed to be at different stations and someone had screwed up.
The other one was on guard, told if a thing happened let off a round and the world would come running, during the evening he dropped his rifle accidentally off the tower and it fired... No one came running and in the morning they didn't believe he had an accidental discharge.
The other one was on guard, told if a thing happened let off a round and the world would come running, during the evening he dropped his rifle accidentally off the tower and it fired... No one came running and in the morning they didn't believe he had an accidental discharge.
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Oh dear, being a singly for the initial part of my Aden tour I had quite a few accidental discharges, trust that's allowed on here , no wish to upset the Mods !.
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Oh dear, being a singly for the initial part of my Aden tour I had quite a few accidental discharges, trust that's allowed on here , no wish to upset the Mods !.
As long as no one was penetrated and the DW´s were discreet no harm done
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I paid £40 in 1964. My first car! No problems, apart from a slipping generator belt on the way to a party near Heathrow, leading to electrics failure about 500 yrs from our destination ... which required my date to sleep with me that night. Oh, and I got it slightly bogged down in a field near Feltwell after [hopefully] amusing a Junior Green Sqn lady cadet. I think I was the only single cadet with a car at the time.
A lucky car?
And now, back to Aden
Two Air Traffickers in one car? I'm surprised you got there. That's even worse than having two navigators.
Where are you TTN ?
Where are you TTN ?
Well the series came to an end last night and continued to stretch our credulity to the limits. Some big errors and some little ones. The major one was the court martial scene which was basically farcical. I attended an officer's court martial at Khormaksar after a taxying accident, and even for that relatively minor charge he was represented by council. The idea that an officer on a career threatening charge would have to rely on an unqualified "prisoner's friend" to speak for him is just totally incredible. And one minor (but irritating) error - little boys who had just been asked if they wanted to go swimming in 1965 did not shout "yay", That's an American import of the last 20 years at most.
If I hadn't served in Aden I doubt if I'd have stuck to this one - 5/10 at most, I'd say. Quite fancy Jessica Raine, though
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Would he have been hat off as the accused?
I enjoyed it to be honest, it made a nice change, btw when the chap was cementing relationships with the local Arab help before she got well and truly ......... and he was knocking stones out of his boots, they looked more like flying boots than what I would have expected.
I enjoyed it to be honest, it made a nice change, btw when the chap was cementing relationships with the local Arab help before she got well and truly ......... and he was knocking stones out of his boots, they looked more like flying boots than what I would have expected.