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New style flying suits
Is it just me or do those new style flying suits look dreadful?
They don't even match the rollnecks or the cold weather jackets! I thought everyone understood that flying is all about looking good!
They don't even match the rollnecks or the cold weather jackets! I thought everyone understood that flying is all about looking good!
So go and buy an Aircrew Leather Jacket! That dreadful truncated raincoat thing which HMFC call a cold weather jacket is only any good for doing the 'miniature pilot' sketch at APC revues!
Or are you a card-carrying fashion policeman?
Or are you a card-carrying fashion policeman?
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Aw, does ickle pilot not like the colour? Boo-hoo. At least you don't have to wear crappy blues like the rest of us! I reckon the change is 'cos they don't show beer spillage post h-hour. "That's right love, I had a shed load of admin to clear from my desk before I finished tonight. Hic" No 1 in a series of thing aircrew seldom say! 
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Watch you dont get grease on your trousers from all those chips now!
Or is Admin Guru back in a new guise?
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How much flying pay do we get again?
Or is Admin Guru back in a new guise?
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How much flying pay do we get again?
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"That's right love, I had a shed load of admin to clear from my desk before I finished tonight. Hic" No 1 in a series of thing aircrew seldom say!
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Personally, I think they look alright.
Let's be honest, doesn't matter what the colour is, 9 times out of 10 you'll get laid!!
And that's what it is about, not looking good!
God bless the growbag
Now preparing myself for a few retalliations.
Let's be honest, doesn't matter what the colour is, 9 times out of 10 you'll get laid!!
And that's what it is about, not looking good!
God bless the growbag
Now preparing myself for a few retalliations.
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how can the mod justify the cost of flying suits? as combat 95 is cleared for aircrew to wear in the cockpit(it must be or the shf would be wearing flying suits wouldnt they?) why doesnt the mob see sense and make aircrew get like the rest of the raf and wear combat 95? oh forgot you wouldnt be able to plaster it with badges unlike groundcrew coveralls, anyone ever see groundcrew with their denims plastered with badges?
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Canberra, visit a well known fighter station in east central Scotland and I guarantee you'll see plenty of groundcrew with as many patches on their overalls as the aircrew do on their growbags. This also goes for a good number of other stations.
However although I'm not wearing a growbag anymore, it IS a ladykiller and, quite frankly, CS95 worn in a SHAR or other front line type still looks the dog's danglies!
However although I'm not wearing a growbag anymore, it IS a ladykiller and, quite frankly, CS95 worn in a SHAR or other front line type still looks the dog's danglies!
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Canberra, when I was groundcrew I wore more badges than I do now. My latest badge is particularly big!! Wait until the new camo flying suits come out, where's my blues luv............
Wearing a growbag can actually alter human behaviour, I've seen it! I was in the mess at Akrotiri when a squadron on APC were enjoying happy hour in their growbags. One of their number was in civvies and was looking distinctly out of it, not bantering or messing about with his mates. When drinking games started he disappeared only to return after 10 minutes in his growbag. Within a couple of minutes he was at the top of the human pyramid roaring his head off and chucking brandy sours about.
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Canberra,
"make aircrew get like the rest of the RAF and wear combat 95".
Couldn't get in the club could we? As you probably have not served on an operational Sqn as a flyer, I wouldn't expect you to understand the aircrew mentality regarding badges, sqn crests etc. You may view them as unnecessary but, beleive it or not they do contribute in generating that sense of belonging and pride that makes many Sqns so cohesive.
I thought this was a forum for military aircrew?
"make aircrew get like the rest of the RAF and wear combat 95".
Couldn't get in the club could we? As you probably have not served on an operational Sqn as a flyer, I wouldn't expect you to understand the aircrew mentality regarding badges, sqn crests etc. You may view them as unnecessary but, beleive it or not they do contribute in generating that sense of belonging and pride that makes many Sqns so cohesive.
I thought this was a forum for military aircrew?
I thought that Clockwork Soldier 95 was emphatically not cleared for use as flying clothing? Ever since someone wearing it got a bit of the pongo belt loops or whatever snagged on a part of the burning ac he was trying to get out of.
Personally I would have no problem whatever in accepting a 'new style' flying suit in DPM with badges restricted to a tone down flying badge or brevet with name, normal rank insignia, a tone down unit badge (often called, wrongly, a 'crest') on the right shoulder and a tone down national flag on the left shoulder.
Some of the Christmas trees one sees are, frankly, rather de trop and less than professional!
Personally I would have no problem whatever in accepting a 'new style' flying suit in DPM with badges restricted to a tone down flying badge or brevet with name, normal rank insignia, a tone down unit badge (often called, wrongly, a 'crest') on the right shoulder and a tone down national flag on the left shoulder.
Some of the Christmas trees one sees are, frankly, rather de trop and less than professional!
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bad livin i did 3(three) tours at a fighter base in east central scotland, lets face it u mean leuchars. i personally never saw any groundcrew wearing badges on denims, mainly because they arent supposed to wear them round station ,unlike aircrew! shades of double standards.
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no diffar 69 i havent served on a sqn as aircrew, but i have flown 7(seven) times in one day on bomb spotting duties in scouts. can someone please answer the question why are aircrew allowed to walk round stations often without headress and with flying jackets undone? after all the raf is a military service why dont u as officers set an example, after all you were an officer before you became a pilot!
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Hey! Not all who don the growbag are officers!! Go and visit Kinloss and you will see I always do up my buttons.
Sounds like another chimp having a pop at aircrew on an aircrew forum.
Growbags rule, no matter what they look like.
Now, must go and order some more badges.
Sounds like another chimp having a pop at aircrew on an aircrew forum.
Growbags rule, no matter what they look like.
Now, must go and order some more badges.
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SHF do wear flying suits and that is the normal flying clothing. CS95 has been approved for use on operations on occasion locally by local commanders but it is not approved for use.
It has not been designed as flying clothing and as Beags says, it is not cleared for use as flying clothing.
It has not been designed as flying clothing and as Beags says, it is not cleared for use as flying clothing.
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Agreed! I have only served on 6 Squadrons to date, but I believe that having a strong sense of identity, pride and belonging is an important part of service life.... for all! I don't think the new flying suit is too bad, and i certainly wouldn't want to wear CS95 on flying duties (too hot!).
Sad isn't it, how whenever there's a forum like this, some people start the whole slag-match on aircrew, badges, them and us??!...
Sad isn't it, how whenever there's a forum like this, some people start the whole slag-match on aircrew, badges, them and us??!...