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Pumas Leave NI
Ten Pumas flew into RAF Shawbury today, and I presume on to RAF Benson.
BBC NEWS | UK | Northern Ireland | Final RAF flight leaves NI base A mighty fine sight - looking forward to any pics... |
That formation has nine aircraft in it... :ugh:
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The picture shows a 'Diamond Nine' leaving NI.
SFF says ten arrived at Shawbury, It seems that they had a spare. What's your point? Another cheap one? |
I really did count ten, one was a bit apart from the rest of them.
Perhaps it was a spare just to make sure the 'Diamond Nine' was not at risk of becoming the 'Epic Eight'... |
Originally Posted by St Johns Wort
(Post 5323153)
The picture shows a 'Diamond Nine' leaving NI.
SFF says ten arrived at Shawbury, It seems that they had a spare. What's your point? Another cheap one? |
St. John...
No... Not a "cheap one"... I have nothing against SSF, (far from it actually), don't know why you'd care though... The report the he linked to said nothing of the number of kites but had a picture of nine. He said ten... If he'd have gone back and edited his post because it was based on a miscount I'd have deleted my post thus leaving him unembarrassed by miscounting the number of kites in a photograph. As it is he has already stated that he actually witnessed ten kites, (I'll admit to missing the Shawbury/Aldergrove anomoly). I was trying to help... SFF: NP mate... I guess I read too quickly and didn't pick up on the fact you were at Shawbury and saw them coming in... I'd delete my post but St. John already took his snipe... [Edit] Oh... and now my personal stalker has also piped up... [/Edit] |
Best wishes to all involved over the years, it was (mostly) fun working with you in the Emerald Toilet.
Diginagain, ex Lynx 5/7, 9/10, JATOC. |
Arrived at Shawbury! Hope that doesn't mean storage.
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Orange whip?
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1 Puma arrived early on its own, 10 then left Shawbury, none of them went to storage !!
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The rim
To borrow from Diginagain, some us living under the rim, so to speak, of the Emerald Toilet, in the Bann Valley, will not lose too much sleep over reduced Puma traffic.
That said, safe home, all the same. |
Sorry, that should have read 5/7, 9, 10/11, back in the days when we flew over Counties Armagh and Fermanagh, leaving Monaghan to the Puma fleet.
Pigs-tits for digits/iTouch interface. |
NIMBY takes a dislike to Pumas! Homes 'buzzed' by Benson helicopters (From Oxford Mail) |
As for the tree surgeon...What a lucky sod. I never get to see any flying as good as that, let alone regularly enough to video it:(.
That video brought back some really good memories from the mid 1980's, of sitting in the back of a puma and skimming through the trees, getting ready to attack some target or other:ok: |
Whilst I was always taught not to judge a book by its cover, the bloke does actually look like a tw@t!
CG and, ok, I should know, save your typing finger:ok: |
Oxford NIMBY..
another complete kn*b who chose a home by an airfield and was then surprised by the presence of aerial activity. pr:mad:ck!
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There really are some complete muppets in my county I'm ashamed to say. Bought house near airfield and saw aircraft landing there shocker. I can't believe the Oxford Mail print this garbage - oh no my mistake!
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I have just sent this to the Oxford Mail for publication
Oxford Mail Sunday 15th November 2009 From ...Roger Sofarover.... RAF Puma Pilot (Retired) Reply to Mr Jeff Clarke “so fed up with the pilots purposefully coming so close to his home” - "Is harassment of residents the role of the military?" Responding to Jeff Clarke of Dry Sandford who is clearly wondering if the Puma helicopter training flights that pass above his Dry Sandford home are simply to harass residents. I can say that, yes, our mission is to harass residents, specifically Mr Clarke. We do not train 24 hours a day, seven days a week to provide freedom and security to all residents of the United Kingdom. We exist only to annoy the very people we are sworn to protect, against all enemies, foreign and domestic. We spend months and years overseas, away from our families and loved ones, in some cases making less than minimum wage, choosing to live a life in which many qualify for Tax credits, just to have the chance, one day, to annoy people like Mr Clarke. There is no more sought after position in the military than the Jeff Clarke Annoyance Task Force. As a matter of fact, the servicemen who will spend Christmas dug into fighting positions in Afghanistan and their brothers in the sky, braving anti-aircraft missiles and artillery, are just there training to come back to England and fly missions over Mr Clarke’s house. It has nothing to do with the security of the nation. It has no impact on our ability to carry out missions in Africa, The Middle east and other far reaches of the globe, and it has no bearing on Mr Clarke’s ability to enjoy nature and peaceful quiet living. It certainly was not valuable and necessary training to help sustain the lives of those who assure the nation's freedom, should they ever be sent into harms way just to do that.The strange almost scientific war scene he describes is put on solely to make noise and to destroy his scenic view corridors in Dry Sandford. As for Mr Clarke believing “It’s like a war zone around here” in Dry Sandford, no Mr Clarke, I absolutely assure you it is NOTHING like a war zone, as many young men and women who have returned to this country missing arms and legs will testify. Next time Mr Clarke may want to look upon those loud machines and think about the men and women who fly, ride in, and maintain them. Ponder the sacrifices they make in providing this nation with the warm blanket of freedom we all enjoy. Maybe he might even imagine how much more disturbing it would be if he were not sure what country the helicopters were from, or whether they were going to attack his beautiful neighbourhood. But he shouldn't worry too much about that, because we will not let it happen. Do let me know if it gets published. I do hope so:) |
You might also ask the dumb f*** how quiet his chainsaws are?
Tree Surgeon? Balls, ever see one cure a sick tree? |
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