Whilst sailing, I have seen a flying fish at least 10 foot up, and whilst flying out of Gib I have seen a Bucc lower, so that's possible.

Surely only at hareports.

A Harrier pilot put in an incident report in Belize when he ran over a land crab and the broken shell burst one of the tyres.

Sounds like a load of hot hare to me

Fish Strike you say ... there is only one !


Must get the jolly old Pith Helmet out :ok:

ShyTorque - That's the one! Memory not what is was, you understand.

There's been too much pith taking on this thread already!

Coff serves and Wensleydale volleys :ok:

...as in the mid 1920s when the pith helmet was standard issue flying kit. Evidence provided by this example from 8 Squadron's photo archive.

http://www.8squadron.co.uk/history_i...ng_dh9a_lg.jpg

That's the way to do a Hand Swing my lad :D

Wensleydale

Blimey, that's very reminiscent of us doing a manual start on a 6 AEF chippy. Aahhh. Happy daze !!!!

Did the next pictures in 8 Squadron's archive feature Shackletons?

From memory, the DH9As were pictured at a remote landing ground on Perim Island in 1928(ish). Perim stands in the Red Sea near Aden. 8 Sqn spent from 1921 to1971 in the Middle East (with the exception of a few months flying Liberators from Ceylon at the end of WW2). The Shacks came on the return to the UK at Kinloss in '71. Therefore there are lots of pictures between DH9A and Shackleton.

For more good pictures etc, visit the 8 Sqn website and click onto the history button. You will find out why the Sqn has an arab dagger on its badge and why it is known as "Aden's Own".

8 Squadron Home Page

Perhaps it is getting time for the "are there any good Squadron Websites out there" thread to be opened.

I have the advantage of having been there at the time (no, not me though). ;)