"Mexican Bob" is a real person....but the photo is not of his pickup as the photo is way too upscale and has no Redman chewing tobacco juice streaking down the sides of the door or dripping off the mirrors.

As Birddog made a personal pitch for me to once again step up to the plate and provide a photo.....I was away sailing and had other draws upon my attention at night....I delayed.

Now that I am back in port for a few days....here goes.

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"Guv, we know there's a global recession on but...."
"Stop your mithering my tea is getting cold. Crack on."

Sqn CO: I say Flt Lt you do the the crew sched. How come nobody will fly with me ?

Flt Lt: Well sir your last Co pilot is still classed as mentally unfit after your last flight

Sqn CO: but if I don't get my 10 hrs of airtime by the end of the month I will loose my flight pay.

Flt Lt: Sorry sir I don't see how I can help

Sqn CO: If you don't get me in the air, you are fired !

Flt Lt: Wait I have an idea.....

During these hard times even the defense forces needed to find creative ways to cut back on costs yet maintain operational flight hour requirements.

"We're not going very fast, he says...my granny goes faster than this, he says...do you want me to get out and push, he says... Next time, Bloggs, try not to annoy the pilot!"

Floats deployed sir !

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The modern Air Force comes up with eco-friendly ways of testing the Radalt.

".........and no, you can't all log it as P1"

P1

slight variation on pohm1's post: "No, private, you can NOT log 'pilot 12th in command' time!"

clear behind

Young lady in the rear to her Male companion...."Aye Lester....is this what you meant by 'If you want to be a lumberjack then you will have to be willing to tote your end of the log!'?"

Captain, I've just realised why Blogg's hovering has suddenly got better!

Told you joining the military was just like being on "skid row"



KW :ok:

I've never seen skid marks on a shoulder before !:}

I told you it was the guys on the ground who keep the helicopters in the air.

"BBC Newsflash"

Squadron members prevent helicopter repo due to Brown (P.M.?) budget interfereing.

KW:ok:

Loadmaster to crewman...

" It's wocka wocka wocka.....not vroom vroom you idiot!"

HF

Discipline was always maintained by constant threat of transfer to the tank corp

"You know that noise abatement programme we've been working on? I think I've got it this time......"

Instructor ( on board ) to students :

"This is NOT what I meant by 'Demonstrate Translational Lift' now PUT ME DOWN !"

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