Aeroid
 

Thanks Coff.
Don't worry about Wally, I don't know where I am myself most times. (Any of my earlier Navs please refrain from commenting on that last remark)

aeroid exploits
 

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How do I get this in there?

Well played Aeroid old chap :D:D:D:D

A good dollop of flap and some reverse pitch I'd say ...

Aeroid,

Just throw the GEs wallet over the side, you will land on that strip, I promise :}

Smudge:ok:

Funafuti farewell
 

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Just keep it in the bl**dy middle

Aeroid
 

Who said that Dean P was bored
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aeroid
 

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l1...psf7b123e8.jpg \dean bored?

Looks like a typical bunch of truckies to me -however it looks as if Deano might be awake. Normal situation for a Nav though, staying awake while everyone else sleeps!!

nimbev,

A little harsh old chap, I always believed that staying awake was done on a rotational basis on Albert :eek: I know that there was always someone awake when I got out of my hammock for a cuppa.

Smudge:ok:

Seasons greetings to all current and ex Albert friends wherever you are.

Sorry to be slow in responding, Sir! That was RAF Stanley, mid-1983, and before the new double-glazed tinted window units arrived from UK. In that climate you can imagine that a single sheet of perspex was an inadequate option, perpetually misting up and leaking like a sieve round the wooden framing. I blame the Harriers for shooting 7 shades of s**t out of the tower the year previously ;)

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Anyway, same time and place, this time with an on-topic badly-done composite photo taken outside :D

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Christ, that bleak picture sums up Port Stanley so well!!

Had to reach for the malt!

Bengerman,

Well observed Sir, I'm sure the move to MPA a was a serious upgrade in facilities. Meanwhile, back to the malt:rolleyes:

Ksimboy, and to you too. Best wishes for the coming year.

Smudge:ok:

aeroid,
great pics ! Just back home after the Xmas detachment to our son's place.
Something to warm us all up on this cold windy day.

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We are on a strip in the Belize Cays ! Normally in Belize we stayed down town in a hotel but on this occasion we were flown out to the quays for a change.
The pic is us waiting to board the 'transport' to fly back to Belize and depart back to the UK. The whole thing made a very nice nightstop.

AA62,

Now that brings back a very special memory for me. I had the honour to accompany a Flight Engineer known as T** Le C**** on a Belize trip (as I recall on OCU crew), where we fought our way, rather than flew to Belize. Tech faults in Gander and IAD ensured our late arrival, and the last real bed I had seen had contained my wife. So, on arrival, with a now going concern of an Albert, we were told that there were five rooms allocated to us on the Cays, a light aircraft awaited and that the "Crew Chief" would be downtown as usual. Our Flt Eng insisted that he needed the practice at putting Albert to bed, and duly decided that I was to accompany the team to the Cays, he would be the "GE for the night". Duly done, our arrival back at the airport next morning saw Albert fully prepped for departure, and a real gentleman snoozing in the Engineers seat. I will never forget the trip, the man and the pleasure of the Cays. Thanks for the memory.

Smudge:ok:

A Slight Diversion
 

My son presented me with this book " C-130 Crew Chief: SeeThe World in in a C-130" by Steve Brown (available through the Big River on line outlet). I'm halfway through this tome (it's only 100 pages) and it has echoes of a former existence for me, although, USAF operated a different system to the RAF. The C130E, and the views of a USAF crew chief in the 1960s. Looking at the price for 100 pages, I'm glad my son is well paid. Im sure it may have an interest for some. Excuse the advert, I thought it had relevance to our own K.

Smudge:ok:

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Smudge,
glad the Belize pic brought back happy memories.
This pic was taken at one of the Lyneham Open Days.

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I always used to ask for a room with a view (Somewhere in the Pacific I think)

aeroid,
looks nice and warm wherever it is. Does not ring any bells with me but I could have stayed there !