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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
9th Apr 2011, 01:12
Replies: 76
Views: 58,430
Posted By Strobin Purple

Puhlease, stop with the Sharkey Ward...

Puhlease, stop with the Sharkey Ward bollox......irrelevant old gipper!
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Mar 2011, 18:48
Replies: 190
Views: 30,550
Posted By Strobin Purple

Sunfish, what a load of chippy Australian bollox!

Sunfish, what a load of chippy Australian bollox!
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Feb 2011, 10:22
Replies: 107
Views: 28,666
Posted By Strobin Purple

Seriously, only on Pprune could a thread like...

Seriously, only on Pprune could a thread like this degenerate so quickly into that sort of facile argument against what our C130 brethren have just done. Landing fees and handling agents!!!! What's...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Feb 2011, 13:13
Replies: 398
Views: 119,988
Posted By Strobin Purple

With the RN-RAF slaggin' about to start and a...

With the RN-RAF slaggin' about to start and a surprising amount of gleeful Schadenfreude on Arrse:

Grim day for the RAF - 25% of trainee pilots to be axed....
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Jan 2011, 18:00
Replies: 13
Views: 3,629
Posted By Strobin Purple

Was in Baghdad. Busy afternoon.

Was in Baghdad. Busy afternoon.
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Dec 2010, 22:28
Replies: 663
Views: 169,443
Posted By Strobin Purple

sorry Goudie, just checked the thread and you win...

sorry Goudie, just checked the thread and you win the Mills and Boon soft porn writer's award!

My mistake.
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Dec 2010, 22:26
Replies: 663
Views: 169,443
Posted By Strobin Purple

Thank you MM, and the usual suspects, for a...

Thank you MM, and the usual suspects, for a thread that sums up what Pprune should be all about: the finer things of service (and ex-service) life. As opposed to those dreadful dick-swinging 'my...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Jul 2010, 23:32
Replies: 21
Views: 4,971
Posted By Strobin Purple

You were lucky. When I were stationed in Germany,...

You were lucky. When I were stationed in Germany, we lived for three months in a paper bag in a septic tank. We used to have to get up at six in the morning, clean the paper bag, eat a crust of stale...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Jun 2010, 12:07
Replies: 6
Views: 2,914
Posted By Strobin Purple

I was on the home team back at Wyton that...

I was on the home team back at Wyton that evening. Jacko was one lucky fella to hobble away from that one. Did some serious damage to Cameron's bar bill that night, more than he'd done ever before...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Apr 2010, 21:08
Replies: 4
Views: 1,285
Posted By Strobin Purple

Beesands aint what it used to be after Cyril sold...

Beesands aint what it used to be after Cyril sold the Cricket Inn.

IIRC a German SAR cab shut down at the old caravan site about 5 yrs ago after running out of gas grobblin' in <1000m vis en route...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Mar 2010, 06:20
Replies: 14
Views: 3,265
Posted By Strobin Purple

According to the GR force they don't even need...

According to the GR force they don't even need weapons any more:

Shock and awe: Female RAF Top Gun pilot tells how she beat the Taliban with deafening noise instead of bombs | Mail Online...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Feb 2010, 19:29
Replies: 52
Views: 11,296
Posted By Strobin Purple

Nutloose - you need to keep up with the programme...

Nutloose - you need to keep up with the programme chum. The Goblin Teasmaid and Filton block antics were definitely Adults only (well apart from R**h P***y and the watercress carpet!):ok:
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Feb 2010, 04:41
Replies: 52
Views: 11,296
Posted By Strobin Purple

Wrathmonk, that's the night! Although the...

Wrathmonk, that's the night! Although the conversation went:

CP: "Well that was a good night, we ought to do it again"

The Butcher of Rossington (a so-called 6'5" local hero because he'd been...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Feb 2010, 20:06
Replies: 52
Views: 11,296
Posted By Strobin Purple

Aah Filton Block and FY in the mid 80s! ...

Aah Filton Block and FY in the mid 80s!

The 2 Alisons staking out the Sally Inn every 6(?) weeks looking for fresh meat (and getting it, to the tune of 30% of Filton's occupants it was estimated...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Feb 2010, 05:58
Replies: 38
Views: 7,247
Posted By Strobin Purple

proone, easy, just ask him when you're...

proone,

easy, just ask him when you're washing his windscreen.

Seriously, why are you on a forum like this if you're so quick to denigrate the abilities of HM Forces aircrew. City folk do not...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Oct 2009, 00:23
Replies: 22
Views: 5,190
Posted By Strobin Purple

Need to go the whole hog: Build an early 70s...

Need to go the whole hog:

Build an early 70s Airfix 1/72 Lanc (Q for Queenie, IIRC), an ME 109E and a FW109, all painted in the style of a 9 yr old (badly) and generate your own Battle of the Ruhr...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Aug 2009, 22:47
Replies: 60
Views: 11,992
Posted By Strobin Purple

Spin We've already bought them. It may...

Spin

We've already bought them.

It may also be a shock to the system, but King George VI popped his clogs as well! Terrible, but we've got a new Queen!

For any updates on the last 50 yrs,...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Aug 2009, 09:12
Replies: 36
Views: 8,064
Posted By Strobin Purple

bayate don't drag him back in, he was quite...

bayate

don't drag him back in, he was quite happily playing with his cars in the sandpit and the grown ups were nearly onto serious discussion.

SP
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Aug 2009, 09:07
Replies: 87
Views: 36,863
Posted By Strobin Purple

rej - I'm still here! I know who you are, seem...

rej - I'm still here! I know who you are, seem to remember a pool cue fight in Elgin on a JMC?

From my 100 Sqn mid to late 80s days main contenders would've been W+9, D Tut the SBO, Soapy Watson...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Aug 2009, 16:35
Replies: 36
Views: 8,064
Posted By Strobin Purple

Get a room girls!

Get a room girls!
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Aug 2009, 07:52
Replies: 36
Views: 8,064
Posted By Strobin Purple

Hey, hang on fellas, we're about to get another...

Hey, hang on fellas, we're about to get another pearl of wisdom from Brandnew, the voice of the AAC, he of North American geography expertise.

I wait with baited breath......or B..

On the other...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Aug 2009, 09:27
Replies: 106
Views: 19,029
Posted By Strobin Purple

Chugalug My initial defence was from a cheap...

Chugalug

My initial defence was from a cheap shot by a Junglie at a supposed unwillingness of an entire SH force to shoulder the burden in Afgh. This was generated by an unsubstantiated and...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Aug 2009, 02:54
Replies: 106
Views: 19,029
Posted By Strobin Purple

Rather confused logic going on!

Rather confused logic going on!
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Aug 2009, 12:37
Replies: 106
Views: 19,029
Posted By Strobin Purple

nigegilb just got the edit. How can you...

nigegilb just got the edit.

How can you spend half your life on a forum discussing the operational failings of Britmil FW/RW and then pompously attempt to 'Beadwindow' me on something that was...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Aug 2009, 22:11
Replies: 106
Views: 19,029
Posted By Strobin Purple

That'll be a bite then! Don't rise Wiz.... ...

That'll be a bite then! Don't rise Wiz....

In answer to the OP, no....and don't believe everything you read in the papers, a top RAF insider told Pprune.

What you have is an entire force that...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Aug 2009, 02:31
Replies: 7
Views: 2,183
Posted By Strobin Purple

Aircrew Rations

Ladies/Gents

Have done a search but cannot find any link to Aircrew Rations regs apart from the usual Pprune thread degenerating into an aircrew/non slanging match from late 07 on. That depressed...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Jul 2009, 01:34
Replies: 28
Views: 5,372
Posted By Strobin Purple

quote<Whilst the troops may not be there in...

quote<Whilst the troops may not be there in droves, there are always a handful around Terminal 5 in uniform, no doubt making their way home after being dropped at Brize. Whilst they don't get the...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Jul 2009, 21:49
Replies: 28
Views: 5,372
Posted By Strobin Purple

Earlier this week I transited thru' Bangor,...

Earlier this week I transited thru' Bangor, Washington and Belize to get to San Diego with 35 colleagues in desert CS95 for Herrick PDT (thank you 101 Sqn and the OCU). All of the younger guys were...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Jun 2009, 18:18
Replies: 37
Views: 5,616
Posted By Strobin Purple

soz, just RTFQd. You didn't say 'flying over...

soz, just RTFQd. You didn't say 'flying over Glastonbury below 2500' agl. It's all in the detail!
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Jun 2009, 18:14
Replies: 37
Views: 5,616
Posted By Strobin Purple

Widger Glasto's NOTAMed. I checked.

Widger

Glasto's NOTAMed. I checked.
Forum: Private Flying
25th Jun 2009, 22:14
Replies: 11
Views: 960
Posted By Strobin Purple

Beags, ta Yanks are far far far less...

Beags, ta

Yanks are far far far less bureaucratic on ops. I mean, ROE....what ROE? S'pose I shouldn't use that argument in SoCal?!

SP
Forum: Private Flying
25th Jun 2009, 20:51
Replies: 11
Views: 960
Posted By Strobin Purple

Thanks SoCal top tips, I've always found your...

Thanks SoCal top tips, I've always found your namesake to be very helpful!

My FAA Temp Airman's SEP Land Certificate dates from Jun 01 so I assume it's well dead now (no expiry date on it).

Am...
Forum: Private Flying
25th Jun 2009, 20:32
Replies: 11
Views: 960
Posted By Strobin Purple

Hmmm, I'll try Beags' route. I've been...

Hmmm, I'll try Beags' route.

I've been issued a Temporary Airman's Certificate before in LA when doing a bunch of flying from Long Beach. I'll be an hr or so from San Diego so there should be an...
Forum: Private Flying
25th Jun 2009, 16:14
Replies: 11
Views: 960
Posted By Strobin Purple

PPL(A) Renewal After 3 Yrs? - Help Please!

Gents

I have the opportunity of doing some recreational civvy flying round the States for a month starting 12 Jul (in between some hot and high RW trg) and am in the process, albeit tardily, of...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Jun 2009, 17:54
Replies: 177
Views: 70,663
Posted By Strobin Purple

Wot Mach said Tiger Mate, and i'm glad to see his...

Wot Mach said Tiger Mate, and i'm glad to see his post. Flew with him in a Tutor don't see the connection between wearing a parachute and poor lookout.
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