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If there's anyone else on PPRuNe who was a member of UGSAS, or any of the other University Air Squadrons, during the service life of the Bulldog, I'm looking for some help with missing verses of one of their songs..... no, not that one, one of the clean ones!
Oh, Give me my Lycoming
Four Pots, Two Mags and a Fan
If the prop stops
Glide at 75 knots
And don't forget to call Pan
The Bulldog's a steely machine
To fly it you've got to be keen
It's full aerobatic
It's bloody fantastic
The machine in which to be seen
One day I may fly the JP
I hope it's the 5 not the 3
Can't remember the rest of this verse
The Jaguar's a bit of a joke
A twinjet with really no poke
(2 missing lines)
Lose a donk and you're in for a soak
The Nimrod it isn't for me
It's too bloody fond of the sea
It flies on one donk
And it makes the navs honk
And it's limit is 2.5g
..... and that's all I can remember! No particular reason for wanting to know, other than the onset of a midlife crisis making me want to relive my longlost teenage years!
If anyone can remember any of the lines I've missed, or verses for any more aircraft types, I'd be grateful. And if they're unprintable, start a new thread on JB!
If there's anyone else on PPRuNe who was a member of UGSAS, or any of the other University Air Squadrons, during the service life of the Bulldog, I'm looking for some help with missing verses of one of their songs..... no, not that one, one of the clean ones!
Oh, Give me my Lycoming
Four Pots, Two Mags and a Fan
If the prop stops
Glide at 75 knots
And don't forget to call Pan
The Bulldog's a steely machine
To fly it you've got to be keen
It's full aerobatic
It's bloody fantastic
The machine in which to be seen
One day I may fly the JP
I hope it's the 5 not the 3
Can't remember the rest of this verse
The Jaguar's a bit of a joke
A twinjet with really no poke
(2 missing lines)
Lose a donk and you're in for a soak
The Nimrod it isn't for me
It's too bloody fond of the sea
It flies on one donk
And it makes the navs honk
And it's limit is 2.5g
..... and that's all I can remember! No particular reason for wanting to know, other than the onset of a midlife crisis making me want to relive my longlost teenage years!
If anyone can remember any of the lines I've missed, or verses for any more aircraft types, I'd be grateful. And if they're unprintable, start a new thread on JB!
Glad to see the dementia is widespread: I thought it was only me.
I can say that one of the Jag verse lines is :
"needs reheat for take off",
but then it all goes blank again....
I can say that one of the Jag verse lines is :
"needs reheat for take off",
but then it all goes blank again....
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Thanks 212man, that sparked my memory...
The Jaguar's a bit of a joke
A twinjet with really no poke
Needs reheat for takeoff
An industrial rakeoff
Lose a donk and you're in for a soak
Any more?
The Jaguar's a bit of a joke
A twinjet with really no poke
Needs reheat for takeoff
An industrial rakeoff
Lose a donk and you're in for a soak
Any more?
Kipper fleet (Shacking great F*ckletons)
If theres a Mig on your tail
don't let your British blood boil.
Don't hesitate, whop it up through the gate
and smother the bastard in oil.
Amongst all the other stuff there's " Napalm sticks to kids" and the first four verses of "Drop your panties, I'm a four ship leader"
Nothing matters very much, most things don't matter at all.
If theres a Mig on your tail
don't let your British blood boil.
Don't hesitate, whop it up through the gate
and smother the bastard in oil.
Amongst all the other stuff there's " Napalm sticks to kids" and the first four verses of "Drop your panties, I'm a four ship leader"
Nothing matters very much, most things don't matter at all.
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OK, thought of another 2 lines of the JP one:
One day I may fly the JP
I hope it's the 5 not the 3
The 5 is much nicer
With pressure deicer (?)
---last line needed---
Any more ideas?
One day I may fly the JP
I hope it's the 5 not the 3
The 5 is much nicer
With pressure deicer (?)
---last line needed---
Any more ideas?
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This is all very well but as a CI with the ATC if anyone can provide the dirty versions, by email if appropriate, I m sure my credibility will go up with the cadets!
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Dunhrovin: prove it! Find me some more verses! 
Although the phrase "their songs" grammatically more belongs to the University Air Squadrons (plural) rather than UGSAS (singular)!
Sits back and waits for either the grammar police, or accusations of being anally retentive about grammar...
Although the phrase "their songs" grammatically more belongs to the University Air Squadrons (plural) rather than UGSAS (singular)!
Sits back and waits for either the grammar police, or accusations of being anally retentive about grammar...
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Dunhovrin,
Very interesting. When was it written? I was at MASUAS - in the era of transition from chippie to 'dog - and I don't remember the song.
Could be the alzheimer's kicking in though!
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Very interesting. When was it written? I was at MASUAS - in the era of transition from chippie to 'dog - and I don't remember the song.
Could be the alzheimer's kicking in though!
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I was an UGSAS student and a YUAS QFI..............or was it the other way round?
No, I remember; Scroggs was there too, YUAS, and we had a tremendous Sqn song. Haven't a clue who wrote it but it was quite remarkable. So remarkable that I can only remember the first lines
Oh I'm in the Yorkshire UAS we like to sing and shout
Etc etc
HELP!!!
BTW,
I was told that my former ( note not OLD) student Jackie Smiles, is a Chinook pilot. Anyone confirm?
No, I remember; Scroggs was there too, YUAS, and we had a tremendous Sqn song. Haven't a clue who wrote it but it was quite remarkable. So remarkable that I can only remember the first lines
Oh I'm in the Yorkshire UAS we like to sing and shout
Etc etc
HELP!!!
BTW,
I was told that my former ( note not OLD) student Jackie Smiles, is a Chinook pilot. Anyone confirm?
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If you're on UGSAS and looking for the words why don't you ask the CFI. He was a student member(still is!) of UGSAS before he joined the dark side. Maybe he remembers the words. Or maybe he went home early to bed before the 'preacher went down to the river to play.....'
We're Yorkshire UAS and we like to sing and shout....
We're Yorkshire UAS and we like to sing and shout....
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La Smiles is indeed a Chinook pilot, and a QHI, and a squadron leader! Currently flying a desk somewhere tho'.....
La Smiles is indeed a Chinook pilot, and a QHI, and a squadron leader! Currently flying a desk somewhere tho'.....
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My UGSAS days are long gone- although I taxi past their apron regularly. 
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I was a stude on UGSAS from 88-91 and the version we sang then had a few differences...
JP verse last line was "And Eric the axe to chop me"
Due to QFI who had recently chopped a few ex UGSAS studes (I think!)
The Nimrod verse, we sang that it made Addy honk, as she did on her trip on our summer camp at ST Mawgan!
Finally the Jag verse we sang the other was round, An industrial rake-off, Needs re-heat for take-off, lose one donk and your in for a soak!
Did any of my UGSAS Girlie songs survive! I was a wee bit prolific at trying to write feminine (!!!) versions to some of the songs, such as ... Far away in the Durex Factory...... and the UGSAS girls to the ST Trinians theme????
Halcyon Days....
JP verse last line was "And Eric the axe to chop me"
Due to QFI who had recently chopped a few ex UGSAS studes (I think!)
The Nimrod verse, we sang that it made Addy honk, as she did on her trip on our summer camp at ST Mawgan!
Finally the Jag verse we sang the other was round, An industrial rake-off, Needs re-heat for take-off, lose one donk and your in for a soak!
Did any of my UGSAS Girlie songs survive! I was a wee bit prolific at trying to write feminine (!!!) versions to some of the songs, such as ... Far away in the Durex Factory...... and the UGSAS girls to the ST Trinians theme????
Halcyon Days....
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Can't really point too many fingers at Addy here, I've upchucked in a Nimrod too- difference was, mine was on a det at Kinloss, no one else from the squadron was there to witness it!
H-D, going by your dates, we overlapped at UGSAS- just.
H-D, going by your dates, we overlapped at UGSAS- just.
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Re UGSAS Songs
I think you'll find that most of the UAS songs are amended versions of songs brought from the front-line by the QFIs.
As far as I'm aware, the Bulldog Song opening verse/chorus was actually created at UGSAS and the verses that follow are leased from the world-famous 'Give me Buccaneeers' number that toured the world along with that great jet (memories!). It was then imported to MASUAS in the early '80s when the QFI that wrote it was posted to Woodvale, so I'm afraid Dunhovrin scores no points there!
Anybody remember the famous 'UGSAS Folkers' folk-band from the early '80s? We pushed out a few numbers later sung around various UASs, eg 'The Featherlite Song', which I believe originated from the Herc fleet at Lyneham.
Great days!
PS Anyone know of any UGSAS re-unions coming up?
I think you'll find that most of the UAS songs are amended versions of songs brought from the front-line by the QFIs.
As far as I'm aware, the Bulldog Song opening verse/chorus was actually created at UGSAS and the verses that follow are leased from the world-famous 'Give me Buccaneeers' number that toured the world along with that great jet (memories!). It was then imported to MASUAS in the early '80s when the QFI that wrote it was posted to Woodvale, so I'm afraid Dunhovrin scores no points there!
Anybody remember the famous 'UGSAS Folkers' folk-band from the early '80s? We pushed out a few numbers later sung around various UASs, eg 'The Featherlite Song', which I believe originated from the Herc fleet at Lyneham.
Great days!
PS Anyone know of any UGSAS re-unions coming up?
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If it started as a Buccaneer song, there MUST be a Phantom verse...
UGSAS folkers? We have a nasty reputation, for........
UGSAS folkers? We have a nasty reputation, for........
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UGSAS Re-Union
Don't know of any re-unions, but that doesn't stop us organising one on this thread! I will be in Glasgow around Christmas, and am in contact with at least 6 members from around 1990!
If anyone fancies a get-together, shout!
If anyone fancies a get-together, shout!