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Forum: Military Aviation
24th May 2012, 06:14
Replies: 37
Views: 6,341
Posted By TacLan

THS asked "Are you asking if you can wear both...

THS asked "Are you asking if you can wear both medals (identical other than the name on the edge) in the same set because you have been awarded two?"

Amongst other things, yes..
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd May 2012, 22:28
Replies: 37
Views: 6,341
Posted By TacLan

....another medal question

Whilst not wishing to detract from the "Vets should be awarded the jubilee medal" thread, a genuine question.

I have been awarded an OSM Afghanistan as a civilian, which differs from the very same...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Jul 2010, 21:55
Replies: 12
Views: 3,424
Posted By TacLan

TTN Spot on....she may sound and look...

TTN

Spot on....she may sound and look strange, but she gets the story right
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Jul 2010, 21:11
Replies: 21
Views: 5,866
Posted By TacLan

You have to forgive them, all we normally see...

You have to forgive them, all we normally see over Newcassel is Queasy jet, and, at the moment, a lot of "bears in the air"
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Jan 2010, 22:46
Replies: 36
Views: 5,230
Posted By TacLan

No apologies for swiming against the current but...

No apologies for swiming against the current but I say let the Islam4uk march through Wooton Basset go ahead. Amongst other things, we are the defenders of freedom of expression, religion and speech,...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Apr 2009, 13:52
Replies: 32
Views: 6,636
Posted By TacLan

Outstanding!

Must have missed it first time round, but then there was plenty of opportunity for all of us to do that. Thanks vey much

Moving on......does anyone remember a film4 production called "A Winter...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Mar 2009, 15:01
Replies: 104
Views: 18,425
Posted By TacLan

When Swarfega was "legal"

You empty the contents of the Swarfega tin onto some news paper, answer the call of nature (Solids - into the tin) and replace the Swarfega. Replace tin and retire to safe distance..:E
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Feb 2009, 11:36
Replies: 12
Views: 2,683
Posted By TacLan

Might be struggling with the F-14, they went out...

Might be struggling with the F-14, they went out of service in 2006!:ok:
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Feb 2009, 19:58
Replies: 70
Views: 11,686
Posted By TacLan

BH wrote "Do you not hold a military officer to a...

BH wrote "Do you not hold a military officer to a higher standard than a politician?"

Of course I do, and then some, but that does not give the politicians the right to ignore the rules
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Feb 2009, 16:57
Replies: 70
Views: 11,686
Posted By TacLan

AA wrote "He broke the rules. Period." Quite...

AA wrote "He broke the rules. Period."

Quite agree, now lets apply the rules, properly, regardless of position.

I wonder how long it would take to clear out the House of Commons?
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Sep 2008, 07:30
Replies: 2
Views: 702
Posted By TacLan

Red Arrows 2012 Olympics Petition

Half a million signatures gets you this Number10.gov.uk RedArrows2012 -epetition response (http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page16886)

Having done a little rooting around, it may be worth noting that...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th May 2008, 02:14
Replies: 345
Views: 46,493
Posted By TacLan

If anyone thinks that you can get anything major...

If anyone thinks that you can get anything major done in KSA without commission/brokers/bribery call it what you will, is naive and lacks experience of working with their culture. Unfortunately, its...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th May 2008, 22:53
Replies: 15
Views: 2,351
Posted By TacLan

MP Quentin Davies, who carried out the study,...

MP Quentin Davies, who carried out the study, called for "legislation making discrimination directed at those wearing military uniforms by purveyors of public or commercial services an offence".
...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Feb 2008, 13:36
Replies: 6
Views: 2,824
Posted By TacLan

quote In French the translation is: "A l'...

quote

In French the translation is: "A l' eau, ces la".

This is now the recognised greeting amongst maritime forces the world over!

unquote

Wenslydale....Brilliant!
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Jan 2008, 15:55
Replies: 206
Views: 44,124
Posted By TacLan

My tuppence....

In no particular order...
The Shed - Port Stanley, just by Coastel 1....a prefab with an ISO container for a urinal, top nights.
Warblers - Bahrain, was it me, or was that roof low
Sherlock Holmes...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Nov 2007, 12:55
Replies: 354
Views: 72,636
Posted By TacLan

Can't believe that no one has mentioned "A winter...

Can't believe that no one has mentioned "A winter flight" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088407/ Sean Bean, Gary Olsen and a very young Reece Dinsdale as an Assistant Air Traffic Controller. To quote...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Nov 2007, 11:29
Replies: 10
Views: 1,749
Posted By TacLan

Ooops!

Played this at Pec, HQ MNB(W) Kosovo in '99, whilst providing comms for the Italians. They don't drink too much when on ops, so the Brit Barbies were the function of choice.
Our Lancaster bomber...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Oct 2007, 11:20
Replies: 14
Views: 3,897
Posted By TacLan

Weather

TOP
If you have a suitable PC/MAC system you may wish to try this
(on your own head, be it)
to to http://widgets.yahoo.com/ and get "yahoo! widgets 4"
Then go to...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Sep 2007, 17:13
Replies: 5
Views: 1,676
Posted By TacLan

It makes me proud!

having read the Rules is rules! thread it brought to mind an incident that made me proud to wear light blue (beret at least....)

Kosovo, APOD Pristina early 2000

Comp A for one of our lads,...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Sep 2007, 10:18
Replies: 471
Views: 133,092
Posted By TacLan

Bruggen…………

Being introduced to the Staish 4 days after arrival, whilst wearing a T-shirt with “You Fat Ba$tard” on the back in 3 inch dayglo letters:}
Getting your telly chipped at CIS Eng so it would work...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Jul 2007, 23:28
Replies: 11
Views: 3,282
Posted By TacLan

Pink Polar Bear..........now that was a recipe...

Pink Polar Bear..........now that was a recipe (which I don't have) for many a hazy thursday night in the Bruggen Rugby club:ouch:
Vaguely remember a wedding present of a crate of milk, some bottles...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Jan 2007, 13:53
Replies: 20
Views: 7,163
Posted By TacLan

1minute 55 secons of cinematic brilliance

I know, I know, it's not aircrew, and only vaguely military.......but it's a cracker:}
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6Kc5QQ6Pv8
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Jan 2007, 17:30
Replies: 20
Views: 7,163
Posted By TacLan

Talking 59 Seconds of televisual brilliance

Don't know if this one has been done before, and apologies if it has, but it's worth it....... why was it ever banned:confused:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWZVDiVvKsg
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Jan 2007, 09:43
Replies: 188
Views: 25,112
Posted By TacLan

Will that make "just nipping out for a Fag" a...

Will that make "just nipping out for a Fag" a thing of the past, the future, or fall into the category of "Don't ask, don't tell" :}
Dallas has got it right, target the areas of high unemployment...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
23rd Aug 2006, 06:54
Replies: 713
Views: 122,877
Posted By TacLan

BBC breakfast coverage

.... at least they have done something!!! however, notable in it's absence (barring a partially obscured telephone number) was a means for viewers to done.
Swift e-mail to BBC Breakfast followed,...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th May 2006, 19:33
Replies: 32
Views: 5,452
Posted By TacLan

What's in a name.........TSR2 ?

Sorry if this is going over old ground, but does anybody know what the TSR2 would have been called had it entered service?
If it was open to debate, my choice would have been the "Edna" (Named...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Oct 2005, 12:45
Replies: 15
Views: 2,942
Posted By TacLan

Right under your feet

Stando wrote

________________________________________________
that is an absolutely fascinating website. How many more of these sites are there around the British Isles?...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Sep 2005, 05:03
Replies: 18
Views: 3,414
Posted By TacLan

Thats one small step.......

Apologies if this topic has been covered before, but when I put the magic letters "PVR" into the search engine, it came back with 161 threads. What does that tell you? anyway.....

The race is...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Jul 2005, 21:07
Replies: 11
Views: 2,863
Posted By TacLan

Stands out by a country mile

Date: June 1985
Venue: The Shed, RAF as far south as were going to get (Unless there's a war in Antartica)

Instead of the usual 2 or 3 old salts being seen off, this was the Gozzome do for a...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th May 2005, 01:20
Replies: 36
Views: 8,003
Posted By TacLan

A heartfelt thanks to Grey, and to all those, who...

A heartfelt thanks to Grey, and to all those, who when the word "Compassionate" is mentioned drop every thing and make it happen.

In a time when it is easy to knock the services (me...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Apr 2005, 14:17
Replies: 36
Views: 3,040
Posted By TacLan

Many a happy memory playing the dark blue, and...

Many a happy memory playing the dark blue, and ultimately beating them in the Northwood marathon uckers series of 1998. Final score RAF 37 - 34 RN. Many a long face :ok:

Nearly "8 pieced them in...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Apr 2005, 15:11
Replies: 2
Views: 1,104
Posted By TacLan

Staff Officers

Apologies if this has been raised before, but I'm fairly new to the forum.

A short while ago, I heard a rumour that the RAF has either the same or a similar number of Staff Officers now, as it did...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Feb 2005, 07:44
Replies: 44
Views: 7,893
Posted By TacLan

Freedom of speech....blah blah. Public right to...

Freedom of speech....blah blah. Public right to know....blah blah.

It gets worse.....
I'm sick and tired of journo's defending their occupation with the same tired old cliche's. Yes, we are...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Feb 2005, 16:11
Replies: 40
Views: 4,859
Posted By TacLan

Which are you, a thief or a liar? All...

Which are you, a thief or a liar?

All politicians should hang.........and I'll have some of that Gin too!
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