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RN "Fly Navy" Zap

Old 14th Nov 2020, 15:30
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I remember seeing one of the grey Sea King HAR.3s at Brawdy in the mid-1980s with 'THIS ONE'S RAF' in dayglo tape on the underside.
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Old 14th Nov 2020, 16:52
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FLY NAVY
Originally Posted by deagles
August 8 1986
If only ...

EAP First Flight?
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Old 15th Nov 2020, 10:35
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Originally Posted by John Eacott
I think 142FW left 'Fly Navy' in the grass below the tower at Linton in 1969 (or thereabouts), which didn't appear for some days/weeks after they left.

But as the last FW course the finger was pointed appropriately
Reminds me of something I heard on a phone in on the radio a while back.

A old dear was talking about a German POW who worked on their farm towards the end of WW2.
"He was such a lovely polite lad and worked really hard. He even helped us with the garden around the farmhouse. Everyone was really sad when he left to go home and we packed him off with food and presents.
Next spring when the daffodils flowered in the garden they spelt Heil Hitler".
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Old 16th Nov 2020, 11:49
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Yes. EAP 8 Aug '86. The rest of the EAP tp's were crabs so the sticker didn't last long! At one time at Warton we had 2 pilots who were ex Navy, Paul Millett and myself, and one ex RN Observer who in my time i/c became Chief Nav, -- Roy Kenward. The RN/RAF banter was always good hearted and no more serious than in the Services.
EAP was super and we made 1.1 on flight 1. And the Typhoon looks even better!
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Old 16th Nov 2020, 13:55
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I think it was the 1971 season when the display Buccaneer finished his slots with a near-vertical bank, bomb door open to reveal FLY NAVY in dayglo.
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Old 16th Nov 2020, 17:02
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Old 16th Nov 2020, 20:05
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Originally Posted by Geriaviator
I think it was the 1971 season when the display Buccaneer finished his slots with a near-vertical bank, bomb door open to reveal FLY NAVY in dayglo.
I remember the Buccaneer, but I thought I saw a Nimrod with Sail Air Force in the bomb bay.
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Old 17th Nov 2020, 10:18
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Originally Posted by Geriaviator
I think it was the 1971 season when the display Buccaneer finished his slots with a near-vertical bank, bomb door open to reveal FLY NAVY in dayglo.
Agreed, that was my understanding too.

FLY NAVY!

Several years ago I was invited as a guest to an Officers Mess Christmas Ball at Hermitage Barracks - at some point in the night we were issued with a gingerbread house making kit that then needed to be decorated. Mine was adorned with large 'FLY NAVY' writing in icing on the roof.
I didn't win the gingerbread house making competition. Pah!
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