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three times the manpower.................. and half the air ranks
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Beags,
You missed Dishforth and Topcliffe in Yorkshire alone! |
Sgt with a pickaxe handle to guard the troops' fortnightly pay as you carried it back from SHQ in a large sack.
Air Officers who cared. Muckers of all ranks who cared. Kitchens that weren't locked so you could attempt chicken and chips at midnight on Friday. WRAF MT Drivers on long journeys. (I married one) WRAF MT Drivers on short journeys. Warrant Officers who were generous with their experience. Sports afternoons. Loyalty to Squadron, Wing, Station, Group and Command. Lots of choices for your Posting Preferences. RAF Wyton swimming pool, especially the wives and girlfriends. Barking mad bosses who stuck up for you when the chips were down. What fun it was. Rgds SOS |
Pay Parades with BAFs'
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...whistling hand bags and rubber hoods...
...wooden pencil boxes with NATO stock numbers... ...the observer holdall... ...lightweight and heavyweight No 2 trousers... ...brown leather lightweight flying boots... ...no silicone based polish for brown flying boots (that drove SWOs mad!)... ..."rangers" to far flung parts of the Empire... ...G-type flying helmets... ...Seiko aircrew watches... ...RAF Hospitals at Ely, Nocton and Wroughton - with lots of nurses... ...shoe polishing for the ones left outside your room... ...first class travel for aircrew and Sqn Ldrs and above... ...flying instructional pay... And I'm a good ten years away from 55! |
And when officers could actually write correct English!
The Blue RAF Kit bag - as a single Man your hold world had to fit in it and if you were posted and dared to own more the bizarre method of moving your personal effects via MT from Church Fenton to Valley When the goblin teasmade at Finingley made waking up sooo much nice Tea and Toast in the Officers mess at 4pm or was it five - obviously meant for blunties as you couldn't sit in the anti room in your flying suit- of course tea and toast at 4pm was before a three course dinner with cheese and bikkies and having had a full English breakfast, three course lunch as part of your 8000 calorie day |
"Bawtry...... are you working" ........... CLICK
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This was supposed to be for those reaching 55, not 95!
That means that green flying suits were the norm in 1975 and the aircrew shirt was a green polo neck. Finningley no longer had that delightful creature the 'local service airwoman'. Did other units have local-service WRAF? Proper batmen had just about disappeared. Stn workshops who could make anything for a crate of beer Pay Parade? Remember you don't have to sign for your money provided there was a second officer to witness the handover. I once short changed a Cpl of £10. They used to remain on parade until everyone was paid. I then gave the cpl his tenner. That was in 1964. Everyone had bank accounts by the mid-70s (I think). Yes, Leon got it right. I had a painful appointment at Ely in 1988. |
This is the Bomber Controller
Red and White ILS and CADF Mini Cars and Mini Vans Hitch hiking in uniform Bacon and Egg Banjos Jurby Head Officers Only entrance to SHQ 42 days' leave for Blackadder, 30 for Baldrick Government Property on every sheet |
When you remember QRA that involved ‘instant sunshine’ and the ‘two-man principle’ in the ‘no-lone zone’ That was in 1964. Everyone had bank accounts by the mid-70s Your forgetting one main thing, The only Government white paper worth a sh*t... Hard and shiny, each sheet lovingly printed with Government Property, as if anyone would steal the stuff. |
Not only did stuff have 'Government Property', or some-such, written on it, it also had 'Made in England' too.
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Oh and the 12 odd inch long bars of carbolic? Soap |
Hospitals .... nurses? Always knew I'd been born about 30 years too late
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When there were such things as RAF Scholarships, which included 30/35 hrs PPL training, financial assistance towards one's school fees and a guaranteed place at RAFC Cranwell....
Hairy blue no.2s Gorgette patches The South Brick Lines Crowing Bumpers Cere bog and shower Marching on Saturday morning to the Senior Flt Cdts garage in pale blue RAFC tracksuit and civilian hat.... The Ass Comm's daughter....;) Rollers, Minors, Majors....and 'Strikers'..:eek: 'Privilege'... Les Rodda and CWWO Garbett. Beer in the Jnr Mess at 1/10d per pint. 'Slasher' and his brutal haircuts. Cobbly-wobbly boots. EX. KING ROCK. Knocker, Ferris and Chimay. When the RAF College still had its own band. Arriving at the UAS as an Acting Pilot Officer. As much Chippie flying as you could fill your boots with... Not giving a stuff about 5 pints and flying the next day. Neither did the QFIs. When the UAS world was only concerned that you didn't so much flying that your degree might suffer. It did! When UASs could still afford to go away for Summer Camp. 8 up in a Triumph Herald chasing rabbits across White Waltham, with an air gunner taking pot shots out of the passenger window...and missing. Giving lifts to airmen hitch-hiking in uniform - who often had 'RAF' in purloined dayglo tape on the underside of their holdalls. Oh well.... |
Originally Posted by BEagle
(Post 7359519)
Arriving at the UAS as an Acting Pilot Officer.
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Proper Flight Safety videos like this little gem...
?rel=0" frameborder="0" gesture="media" allow="encrypted-media" allowfullscreen>...plus those great little logbook bookmarks :ok: |
. . . when aircrew wore uniform
. . . when grow bags were flying suits . . . Flying Clothing and flying clothing lockers . . . nutty |
...plus those great little logbook bookmarks and: and for VC10K States Trainer chums: :E |
When only TG1 and TG2 were on the high payband!
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Before TG1 and 2 were invented . . .
Before engineering officers . . . |
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