Amusing nicknames
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A group of elderly pilots who shared a plane at Barton (later written-off when the Heli-pilot forgot that FW stalls if too slow )
the unfortunate hull was registered G ?? LW, and their jollies were somewhat brief, due to a weak bladder.....hence they were the Leaking Willies.
the above scurrilous rumour is secondhand hearsay.....but i did see the remains of the pancaked airframe
A guy (ex-forces) who claimed to be ex SAS, but was employed as a (rough) car-mechanic.
dubbed REME (rough engineering made easy)
the unfortunate hull was registered G ?? LW, and their jollies were somewhat brief, due to a weak bladder.....hence they were the Leaking Willies.
the above scurrilous rumour is secondhand hearsay.....but i did see the remains of the pancaked airframe
A guy (ex-forces) who claimed to be ex SAS, but was employed as a (rough) car-mechanic.
dubbed REME (rough engineering made easy)
Salvage one
Pilot famous for lifting anything he could make a dollar from.
Most famous exploit was underslinging a load of unwanted scaffolding from a rig 70 miles out,dropping it on a beach and collecting it later with a trailer.
Pilot famous for lifting anything he could make a dollar from.
Most famous exploit was underslinging a load of unwanted scaffolding from a rig 70 miles out,dropping it on a beach and collecting it later with a trailer.
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My last outfit used three-letter codes for everyone, based on your last name. Then there was this one rather annoying guy who had FOS even though that wasn't even close to his name. When I asked I was told it meant Full Of Sh!t.
The funny thing was that he didn't seem to mind. I guess he was so far up someone's fundament that he was bullet-proof but anyway, I am gone now and he's still there. Lots of these nickname-holders are like that, sort of human cockroaches able to survive even a nuclear disaster that would kill a normal human.
The funny thing was that he didn't seem to mind. I guess he was so far up someone's fundament that he was bullet-proof but anyway, I am gone now and he's still there. Lots of these nickname-holders are like that, sort of human cockroaches able to survive even a nuclear disaster that would kill a normal human.
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"thong", same explanation as 'ankles' above.
"the rock" with several prangs and a name like 'stone' ?
Dust devil reminds me of one FSU operator from Kununurra, way back when, with the monica of 'malfunction'. (is it the same dude dd?) He was an esteemed member of the local afterburners club. a very funny man with a distinctive voice on the HF static, but a thorough and highly regarded professional by all from Karatha to Cloncurry. one only had to cough and he was onto you in case you had a problem.
"Toucan" adminstered in favour of a KH4 tourist driver by a very hard case parks ranger. He used to get your attention, lean toward you and slowly move his index finger from brow to mid air about twelve inches south west of his chin, then back up to his moustache line, while softly administering the 'toucan' word, then he would give one a surreptuous nod and wink, and slowly disengage your direct communication. get the picture? yep the dude had a big beak for sure.
"picket" named for a bad mistake he made once by lifting a fence picket into the path of an oncoming '47 blade while shutting a cockies gate under the rotor disc. It didn't damage the blade, bent the fence picket double and should have taken his silly head off, but it didn't scratch him.
Later seen and heard as coey on one of those russian models in NG, (ahem - both types, those with legs and those with blades) but refuses to answer the monica for a chat on the local RT, I've heard. He'll keep.
"the rock" with several prangs and a name like 'stone' ?
Dust devil reminds me of one FSU operator from Kununurra, way back when, with the monica of 'malfunction'. (is it the same dude dd?) He was an esteemed member of the local afterburners club. a very funny man with a distinctive voice on the HF static, but a thorough and highly regarded professional by all from Karatha to Cloncurry. one only had to cough and he was onto you in case you had a problem.
"Toucan" adminstered in favour of a KH4 tourist driver by a very hard case parks ranger. He used to get your attention, lean toward you and slowly move his index finger from brow to mid air about twelve inches south west of his chin, then back up to his moustache line, while softly administering the 'toucan' word, then he would give one a surreptuous nod and wink, and slowly disengage your direct communication. get the picture? yep the dude had a big beak for sure.
"picket" named for a bad mistake he made once by lifting a fence picket into the path of an oncoming '47 blade while shutting a cockies gate under the rotor disc. It didn't damage the blade, bent the fence picket double and should have taken his silly head off, but it didn't scratch him.
Later seen and heard as coey on one of those russian models in NG, (ahem - both types, those with legs and those with blades) but refuses to answer the monica for a chat on the local RT, I've heard. He'll keep.
