Chinook Bomber
Reminds me of the, 'this week's latest wheeze" the brains trust came up with on 33 in the 80's. All aircraft to have a designated crashout pack- shovel (toilet?) and various other pointless bits; and a rat pack for (maybe) 2 days. As in, foxtrot and be self sufficient till the rad count drops a bit.
Thing was, the only containers they could come up with for this 3ish cubic feet of crap, were HUGE 'married quarter for the vacating of' boxes we had to construct for the job. They all but bulked out the cabin. It was priceless, especially when a note came round warning not to eat the cheese possessed- might be gone off see!
CG
Thing was, the only containers they could come up with for this 3ish cubic feet of crap, were HUGE 'married quarter for the vacating of' boxes we had to construct for the job. They all but bulked out the cabin. It was priceless, especially when a note came round warning not to eat the cheese possessed- might be gone off see!
CG
A tiny weeny box of goodies - cor you lot don't you've been born!!
When you're waiting for a Beverly to drop everything you need for the next three weeks and the parachute attached to the one ton pallet, roman candles, that's spectacular, particularly the speed with which the ground handling party leg it!
When part of the load comprises four dozen live chickens - well they were when the pallet left the aircraft - for the men from Nepal to eat, it all gets quite interesting. Unfortunately, the padded box containing the bottles of rum and brandy didn't survive either.
Old Duffer
When you're waiting for a Beverly to drop everything you need for the next three weeks and the parachute attached to the one ton pallet, roman candles, that's spectacular, particularly the speed with which the ground handling party leg it!
When part of the load comprises four dozen live chickens - well they were when the pallet left the aircraft - for the men from Nepal to eat, it all gets quite interesting. Unfortunately, the padded box containing the bottles of rum and brandy didn't survive either.
Old Duffer
Teetering head, it was indeed J** J****** with A*** N*** in the left hand seat. Your telling of it is pretty close as I was said Crewperson. We had only reached about 200ft by the time it was pickled and we never lived down the fact that we only got the Butcher's Shop and not the Provo Statue in the Square.
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"Pack contained within the 24 Hour ration pack. Consists of 6 slices of compressed cardboard, occasionally supplied with dog **** in a can to spread over said cardboard."
Isn't that information considered sensitive?
Who did the user trials on them?
Isn't that information considered sensitive?
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And here was me thinking the UK still provides weevil infested hard tack for those in HMP South.
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Back in a former life, we were loaned a Chinook, to operate out of Coltishall.
We bodge fitted a rudimentary direction finding antenna array, that sat in the big hole in the floor, with 4 antennas, made from foot long lenghts of silver steel. The captain looked at it and gave it the OK, so we took off for a test flight which went reasonably well.
When we landed, only one of the 4 antenna elements remained, the other three having been dropped and no doubt embedded themselves in the Norfolk countryside. A delay in the job, as usual gave us time to re manufacture it properly, when our intended foe made his way across the North Sea.
Oh, how we laughed.
We bodge fitted a rudimentary direction finding antenna array, that sat in the big hole in the floor, with 4 antennas, made from foot long lenghts of silver steel. The captain looked at it and gave it the OK, so we took off for a test flight which went reasonably well.
When we landed, only one of the 4 antenna elements remained, the other three having been dropped and no doubt embedded themselves in the Norfolk countryside. A delay in the job, as usual gave us time to re manufacture it properly, when our intended foe made his way across the North Sea.
Oh, how we laughed.
Without success, I've been seeking (not Sea King) the photo of an RN Wessex sans blades and engine (it was a Mk 1) on its way to mother earth, after it was released from beneath a Belvedere over the Borneo jungle.
Unfortunately, it started to swing a little more than was thought safe and hence off it went into the trees, where presumably it still resides - Captain Fish-Fingers was right vexed!!!
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Unfortunately, it started to swing a little more than was thought safe and hence off it went into the trees, where presumably it still resides - Captain Fish-Fingers was right vexed!!!
Old Duffer
