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In the very early days of the Wessex HAS3 around 1966/7 it became the Camel due to the radar hump on the aft fuselage. Not sure the name stuck for very long though. Our Trials Unit tie, which I still have, was dark blue emblazoned with gold coloured dromedaries.
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Never heard a SeaKing called anything but a SeaKing either. Sikorsky HH-3E Jolly Green Giant Search and Rescue (SAR) Helicopter |
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I can't stitch the scans together, but you get the idea!
We also had such gems as "Happiness is Wren shaped", "Around the world with the Royal Navy", etc. Very droll.... |
is that because it is what the pax say when I somehow manage to get them back on land safely? |
Slightly off topic, but talking of car stickers - anybody remember:
"FLY NAVY DIG ARMY EAT CRAB"? |
Not heard of the Jolly Green Giant of Vietnam fame? |
S76A "Spirit"
Named by Adolph Plennenfish Jr., the winner of a company-wide contest to name the S-76 held around 1978. Use of the name was discontinued by October 1981 due to religious sensitivities in some South American countries and a lawsuit by Spirit Airways of California claiming trademark infringement. All official references to the name Spirit were purged from the field. S-76 logo stickers were provided to operators to affix to their maintenance manual and IPC binders, covering the old Spirit logo. |
Re Seaking, known as 'Sticky Bun' from 61. 76 as 'Plastic Pig' can't think why!!!!
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BV 234 or CH-47 "Chinook" aka "!!!!!hook" and described as "Two palm trees having sex with a fat sausage."
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"Two palm trees having sex with a fat sausage" Salute to your Comrades SAS. |
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