Your thoughts on this pic...
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From: Somewhere, Over the Rainbow
One of our old pilots had one of these patches, looked a bit smaller though. Other favorites are "Don't scream, I'm scared too", "I couldn't make it as a Neurosurgeon so here I am" and the perfect medevac patch, with a very mean looking gunslinging warrior on it and the titles "I'm from the government, I'm here to help you"
-Mike
-Mike
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From: ...on the go-around...
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From: UK
Must be American military, those of us on the correct side of the pond realise that the double negative used in "Don't touch nothing", is inviting the reader to get his hands on everything he can!! Now I will sit back and be re-educated in my English!!!
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From: Townsville Australia
The origin of the species
Hi guys,
Love the patch, although I think Pitchlink (through his command of grammar) and SASless through his eagle eye, have spotted that this is a Chinook pilot and probably an American one. (Cockpit, helmet and vocab are the give aways. The Kiwis don't have Chinooks.
Regardless, it's f*kin' funny, though.
Here's a story from the days of Aussie Army Aviation when the little Kiowa LOH (OH-58s) were used as recce as well as the battlefield cab for the commanders. In the Aussie army, pilot's flight helmets are labelled with the names of the owner and these labels are on the back of the helmet.
On one occasion, a young Captain and his Sergeant Major jumped aboard a Kiowa after giving a nod to the pilot who was wearing his survival vest and had his dark visor down. Once strapped in, the Captain, through the ICS was telling the pilot where they wanted to go and what they wanted to see. The Captain saw the pilot's name on the label on the back of the helmet and read it as Lieutenant Col Edwards.
"Colin, I want to go here!. Colin, I want to go there!" etc. (You get the idea).
The pilot dutifully did what he was told but after a while, the passenger was getting a bit too forceful and demanding and when the pilot decided enough was enough and that that was the end of the sortie, the Captain became quite irate and told the pilot: "Listen, mate. I task this aircraft and I'll tell YOU where to go. OK Lieutenant?"
The pilot landed the aircraft, shut down and walked up to the irate passengers ready to go 'toe-to-toe'. He pulled off his helmet to reveal that he was probably one of the oldest Lieutenants in the Aussie Army.
"Perhaps I should introduce myself," said the pilot. My name is Lieutenant Colonel Steve Edwards.
The Captain immediately realised his error - Lt Col Edwards printed on the helmet's label actually meant LTCOL Edwards... the Commanding Officer of the Regiment.
OOOPS! Maybe he should have taken the advice on the patch and SHUT THE F*CK UP!
(Names changed to protect the guilty)
Love the patch, although I think Pitchlink (through his command of grammar) and SASless through his eagle eye, have spotted that this is a Chinook pilot and probably an American one. (Cockpit, helmet and vocab are the give aways. The Kiwis don't have Chinooks.
Regardless, it's f*kin' funny, though.
Here's a story from the days of Aussie Army Aviation when the little Kiowa LOH (OH-58s) were used as recce as well as the battlefield cab for the commanders. In the Aussie army, pilot's flight helmets are labelled with the names of the owner and these labels are on the back of the helmet.
On one occasion, a young Captain and his Sergeant Major jumped aboard a Kiowa after giving a nod to the pilot who was wearing his survival vest and had his dark visor down. Once strapped in, the Captain, through the ICS was telling the pilot where they wanted to go and what they wanted to see. The Captain saw the pilot's name on the label on the back of the helmet and read it as Lieutenant Col Edwards.
"Colin, I want to go here!. Colin, I want to go there!" etc. (You get the idea).
The pilot dutifully did what he was told but after a while, the passenger was getting a bit too forceful and demanding and when the pilot decided enough was enough and that that was the end of the sortie, the Captain became quite irate and told the pilot: "Listen, mate. I task this aircraft and I'll tell YOU where to go. OK Lieutenant?"
The pilot landed the aircraft, shut down and walked up to the irate passengers ready to go 'toe-to-toe'. He pulled off his helmet to reveal that he was probably one of the oldest Lieutenants in the Aussie Army.
"Perhaps I should introduce myself," said the pilot. My name is Lieutenant Colonel Steve Edwards.
The Captain immediately realised his error - Lt Col Edwards printed on the helmet's label actually meant LTCOL Edwards... the Commanding Officer of the Regiment.
OOOPS! Maybe he should have taken the advice on the patch and SHUT THE F*CK UP!
(Names changed to protect the guilty)
