Chinook Bomber
 

"A Chinook helicopter taking part in Exercise Joint Warrior has accidentally dropped a box of rations hundreds of feet into a field, just 100 yards from the M4."

Chinook helicopter makes accidental 800ft cargo drop in field - Telegraph

Oops! :ooh:

Could have been worse. Might have been a Rapier fire unit...............:oh:

That'll be the pear drops.........

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that bottom photo is just dying for a caption..

Mint sauce?

I think we have a child serial killer on our hands detective, there are babies heads strewn all over the place.

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Ahh just as I like it prepared.. Al dente'd

BYSTANDER: According to the labels, this was 60 packs of Menu F - Lamb Curry.

SHEEP: Nooooo! Not Aunty Ethel!

That's the closest real meat has come to ration packs in years :)

My favourite bit...
 

I just love the quote along the lines of :

"Thank God it wasn't a jeep".

Because the Chinooks often carry cargo nets bristling with multiple jeeps. It brings to mind an image of Santa's sleigh bursting at the seams.

You've got to love eyewitness quotes,

BV:rolleyes:

The MSN version of the story uses a photo of a Chinook over London.

Did like the

comment

The onlookers were not rushing to loot, which tells us something.

A slight tangent, the drop reminds me of the official issue red [warm front] blue [cold ditto] and purple [occlusion] crayons at RAF Guetersloh c. 1970.

Without exception, they were broken internally, ie just when you thought the lead in your pencil was kosher, a little bit dropped out.

Point of story is that they were alleged to have been air-dropped many years earlier, probably at Arnhem.

Off track, but if you want a wheeze with a colleagues lunch, take his Banana if he has one, insert a pin or needle down the black area of the skin and move it from side to side, either do once or repeat up its length. The result is when he peels it, the said banana falls out of the skin in either one bit or nice cleanly cut multiple slices, with no evidence to show as the skin tends to split down the black bit as peeled.

Didn't drop much, did they? I've seen 'aircrew rations' nearly that size!

Mmm, no Tiffin!

CG

At least it wasn't the Butcher's Shop roof courtesy of the XMG bombing team.:oh:

Apparently that happens with age LangleyB :(

Wasn't that J** J*******?

'Tis said the following conversation took place as J** began aerobatic evasive action following incomers to the fort when he was on short finals.

Crewperson: Pilot! - Remember we've got a USL!! :eek:

J**: Not any more we f***in' haven't! :ok:

It was indeed J** J*******. The way I heard the story, they were almost in the hover with the load when the stuff started flying and the load-pickling happened from a good bombing height of about 2000 ft - after J** overshot - with some degree of enthusiasm . However, no story loses anything in the telling!!

Hope all is well mate :)

Indeed it is thanks! :ok:

What on earth is a 'Biscuit Brown' ?

"Pack contained within the 24 Hour ration pack. Consists of 6 slices of compressed cardboard, occasionally supplied with dog **** in a can to spread over said cardboard."

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