The great advantage of combat pyjamas is you can wear wings on them!! :}

In 16 yrs, apart from flying training, I always flew in a shirt. :ok:

The halyçon days of the 90's..... The venerable Tri Motor. Flying in blues....
South Atlantic Detachment. A 'very' new First Officer (Huge Grant lookalike) just about to press his trousers for the first flight to MPA. Lovely Stewardess offered to do his ironing for the duration of the Det. 'I like ironing Sir'.
'Oh thanks awfully' said young First Officer.
After 2 weeks, his trousers had been taken up by an inch and a half and taken in by 2 inches at the waist. Shirt buttons dutifully moved also. He assumed it was the copious amount of G and T.
Happy days. Time of my life...

The Curator
 

Sounds like one of the guys who was on my lad's JP Course - he had dreams of being a film star and was going to call himself Luke Mallory :O.


If it is who I'm thinking of ( JM) I think he's a BA skipper now - nice bloke as I recall!

Some branches already have insignia on No 2 shirts - Regt, RAFP, docs, dentists, Padres. No one worries about that being divisive. What's the big deal?

Easy

How about "Fast Jet Aircrew*" rank slides? :ok:

(* other aircraft types are available)

B Word

I saw 'Tactical Admin Wing' slides on DPM Kit in Riyadh during the 1991 Gulf War - I kid you not. The look on a scribbly Flt Sgt's face when I handed over my Pay Book (drawn as part of the explody holiday go-pack of that halcyon era) left me in no doubt that dealing with the filthy dirty aircrew was taking the edge right off his day.

Quite fancy a silk cravat in RAF colours myself, to be worn with open necked shirt in No.2 uniform - but only for aircrew obviously! ;)

Party Animal

:ok:

You gotta love the white mans problems on here sometimes....:E

Silk cravat
 

Quoting P.A.
Quite fancy a silk cravat in RAF colours myself, to be worn with open necked shirt in No.2 uniform - but only for aircrew obviously!


Sorry to be a party pooper, but I still have mine - 1950s era.

Party Animal, here you go (other vendors of neck apparel are available). I look forward to our next meeting!!

Cravats? Sounds rather Terry-Thomas to me:


"I say, I say, I say. Ding dong....hello, my dear.....!"

... but is not the "ding dong" more Leslie Phillips??

Although Phillips L was never RAF - DLI in the war and -of course - RN with HMS Troutbridge.

Still doin' well - he got married again last Christmas - him 89 - she 50! :eek:

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/...65_634x859.jpg

I wish the old chap well - his previous wife of 29 years of marriage took her own life under the most tragic of circumstances.

And yes, 'ding dong' is indeed more Leslie Phillips than Terry-Thomas.

... and ISTR another ex died tragically - was it in a fire?

Yes, his first wife, although they had been divorced for over 10 years at the time of her death. IIRC, he was overseas at the time and didn't return for the funeral, causing much angst with his children.

You don't require wings to demontrate your credentials :rolleyes:

I do hope the old bugger aimed that at me. I was a member of the same Mess, dined at the same dining nights and have never, ever had any desire at all to fly aircraft. I tried it once, it was OK but wouldn't really hold my interest for very long at all.

RAF Police Depot
 

Jenkins;

Debden?


Aaron.