Army helicopter used for pizza run & other stories
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ROTARY MAN
you must be in a different state champ! and it sounds like you get a better deal, but the bludgers in my town only give us $2.00 off if there over the 30 mins!....
i once delivered fresh Salmon to a corporate group who were kayaking down a river our way and at their overnight spot i delivered 3 whole salmon in an ice filled esky. if you work it out it cost $500 per salmon for a crew of 10 of them...but then again beggers cant be choosers!!
time i goto bed now!...layovers for 2 days are too much fun especially when you get to take your laptop!!
you must be in a different state champ! and it sounds like you get a better deal, but the bludgers in my town only give us $2.00 off if there over the 30 mins!....
i once delivered fresh Salmon to a corporate group who were kayaking down a river our way and at their overnight spot i delivered 3 whole salmon in an ice filled esky. if you work it out it cost $500 per salmon for a crew of 10 of them...but then again beggers cant be choosers!!
time i goto bed now!...layovers for 2 days are too much fun especially when you get to take your laptop!!
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When on SAR at Coltishall (detachment from Leconfield) the Queen was due to visit the station and we were to be introduced to her.
The winch op and winchman were both long service Master Aircrew.
For reasons best known to themselves they had both forgotten to bring a hat!
We had to jump in the old wessex and fly back to Leconfield just to collect their hats, so that the guys were correctly attired when they saluted HM.
Expensive hats but then Liz was paying for it anyway.
The winch op and winchman were both long service Master Aircrew.
For reasons best known to themselves they had both forgotten to bring a hat!
We had to jump in the old wessex and fly back to Leconfield just to collect their hats, so that the guys were correctly attired when they saluted HM.
Expensive hats but then Liz was paying for it anyway.
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
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while im on a roll tonight!..and following on from my salmon delivery in the pizza thread, i once had to deliver a hydraulic ram for a piece of machinery to a mine site which was about 2.5 hrs in a 206.....but the down time cost a lot more than the delivery!....for a mining comapany!
whilst were on the subject im on another helicopter monetry abuse job, large automobile comapany flying journos around for a new car release, test drive reports etc!.. 3 helos over a week every day...major junket...but hey im having fun. layover tonight for 2 nights good fun!!!
whilst were on the subject im on another helicopter monetry abuse job, large automobile comapany flying journos around for a new car release, test drive reports etc!.. 3 helos over a week every day...major junket...but hey im having fun. layover tonight for 2 nights good fun!!!
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Good thing.Pizza runs are dangerous and expensive.... Im glad the US Army never did that........Ha Ha
If I had a dollar for every case of Beer we hauled or Nurse that got nailed in a Huey, I would be a rich man........
If I had a dollar for every case of Beer we hauled or Nurse that got nailed in a Huey, I would be a rich man........
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Yes, I know 4 Lynx serviceable in the same part of the world at the same time may seem unbelieveable!!).
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Lighten up!
In my mind the only thing he did "wrong" was get caught. I will eat my hat if there is not a single pilot out there who has done anything atleast as funny as this. It is not like anybodys life was put in danger or anything like that. Lost count of the number of times i have buzzed down low or shot another circuit just because there was a pretty girlie that caught my eye and fancied me in my turbine powered love rocket! (she is only human!). Wont go into too many details but cargo is not always as per the manifest and lets face it any toms on the ground with hot dry dusty throats love the taste of a cold fresh beer or fresh rations. Frowned on?-probably, will it stop me?-never!
Lighten up and cut the guy some slack and dont punnish him for being what a pilot is at heart-alive.
Lighten up and cut the guy some slack and dont punnish him for being what a pilot is at heart-alive.
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well said Lynx....well said!!!...we are all showbags at heart!!!! [defenition for showbag?...you know when you go to the show and you get a showbag?...whats in it?....its full of ****!!!]
Sousa....id love to hear about you carpentry nailing experience in the huey one day!!!!.....hope you were using low velocity projectiles!!!
BT
Sousa....id love to hear about you carpentry nailing experience in the huey one day!!!!.....hope you were using low velocity projectiles!!!
BT
I recall a 33 sqn pilot fai hair and of ruddy complexion who bought a flash motorbike from Newcastle or nearby.
Then he wangled a job at otterburn, sneaked off on the return and picked up the bike.
Sorted.
Crapped himself subsequently, when he received a copy of the local rag that the bike shop guy had used for free publicity!
Got away with it.
CG
Then he wangled a job at otterburn, sneaked off on the return and picked up the bike.
Sorted.
Crapped himself subsequently, when he received a copy of the local rag that the bike shop guy had used for free publicity!
Got away with it.
CG
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Poor guy, they'll probably hang him for doing what we've all done (or wanted to do). In the 80's I did 3 NAVEXs from Wallop to Wildenrath in a stripped out Scout to get "Herfie Handbags" for a Sergeants Mess do. We called them training flights !!
Things have changed I suppose, but the two cardinal rules have always been never volunteer and don't get caught !!
Things have changed I suppose, but the two cardinal rules have always been never volunteer and don't get caught !!
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Please insert the word ARMY between "4" and "Lynx". The RN Lynx is maintained to a much higher standard and consequently doesn't have a servicability problem.
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Only fit 1.... Opps. Not strictly correct is it fella?
The following ships with flightdecks can operate more than 1 Lynx:
CVS
LPH
LPD
T22
T23
WAVE
FORT
ARGUS
The following ships with flightdecks which can only operate 1 Lynx are:
T42
Does anyone know the correct definition of a Fishhead?
The following ships with flightdecks can operate more than 1 Lynx:
CVS
LPH
LPD
T22
T23
WAVE
FORT
ARGUS
The following ships with flightdecks which can only operate 1 Lynx are:
T42
Does anyone know the correct definition of a Fishhead?
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While flying for a large North Sea operator I was called out on a Sunday afternoon freighter to the Brent oilfield. Freight weighed in at 20lbs and was in the boot of the Puma when I arrived. Flew 350nm to find out the freight was the Sunday papers. God knows how they make so much profit
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"Does anyone know the correct definition of a Fishhead?"
Yes, if used in conjunction with 2 very prolific prune posters who are almost certainly one and the same, then it means tw@t
all spelling mistakes are "df" alcohol induced
Yes, if used in conjunction with 2 very prolific prune posters who are almost certainly one and the same, then it means tw@t
all spelling mistakes are "df" alcohol induced