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13th Mar 2024, 14:58
Replies: 12
Views: 2,261
Posted By teeteringhead

So that makes it THE SD cap, no?

So that makes it THE SD cap, no?
6th Mar 2024, 09:09
Replies: 73
Views: 13,927
Posted By teeteringhead

Or maybe your hearing is not what it was!!

Or maybe your hearing is not what it was!!
1st Mar 2024, 09:30
Replies: 35
Views: 5,869
Posted By teeteringhead

Narrowly beat me to it Mog!

Narrowly beat me to it Mog!
28th Feb 2024, 09:20
Replies: 89
Views: 24,624
Posted By teeteringhead

Reminds me of a guy in Germany who (allegedly)...

Reminds me of a guy in Germany who (allegedly) had this exchange with wifey.

She: "What's this LOA I've been hearing about?"

He: "Don't worry dear - I'll pay that!"
28th Feb 2024, 09:15
Replies: 19
Views: 3,191
Posted By teeteringhead

Certainly never happened before. The reason...

Certainly never happened before. The reason always stated was that helicopter "basic" training always included some operational inputs, which demanded "front line" experience.

Came close once in...
14th Feb 2024, 15:03
Replies: 9
Views: 2,992
Posted By teeteringhead

RIP Clem We were on the same AOTS course at...

RIP Clem

We were on the same AOTS course at Church Fenton in 1968. Ran into each other now and then, most recently at a reception in RAF Club for those of us (surely some mistake!!) who'd been...
3rd Feb 2024, 10:44
Replies: 167
Views: 22,078
Posted By teeteringhead

Perhaps they should sort the retrospective "all...

Perhaps they should sort the retrospective "all ranks" issue of the LS&GM (and bar?) first.

Moi? 36+ years regular service, and another 10 as a uniformed reservist..... no "Long Gong" yet!
31st Jan 2024, 10:13
Replies: 22
Views: 5,774
Posted By teeteringhead

OK Davef68 -it's a fair cop. But preceded...

OK Davef68 -it's a fair cop.

But preceded only by a few months, Mk2s in Feb '64, Mk5s in Jun/Jul '64, so I guess pre-production examples were flying at the same time.

And it's a shame to spoil...
30th Jan 2024, 09:28
Replies: 22
Views: 5,774
Posted By teeteringhead

Puts me in mind of the alleged procurement tale -...

Puts me in mind of the alleged procurement tale - many years ago - of the RAF's Wessex.

The RN already had their Mk 5s, and the RAF wanted something very similar, which became the Mk 2 (don't...
26th Jan 2024, 11:15
Replies: 196
Views: 37,491
Posted By teeteringhead

Just wrote this morning to the email address...

Just wrote this morning to the email address quoted above ( [email protected]) and got this reply:
So it seems that those who have got them already must have been part of the "testing",...
24th Jan 2024, 13:56
Replies: 49
Views: 13,347
Posted By teeteringhead

But surely the Oscars are awards FOR playing...

But surely the Oscars are awards FOR playing dress-up......
22nd Jan 2024, 13:41
Replies: 49
Views: 13,347
Posted By teeteringhead

. Lets me out then........

. Lets me out then........
20th Jan 2024, 10:11
Replies: 52
Views: 9,631
Posted By teeteringhead

Slightly off thread but ....... I was...

Slightly off thread but .......

I was examining a CFS(H) FHT, which required a full brief - as per a Mass Brief to a Course - followed by the instructional flight.

The questioning technique...
17th Jan 2024, 15:57
Replies: 159
Views: 33,928
Posted By teeteringhead

Unrealistic amounts/demands never seem to be...

Unrealistic amounts/demands never seem to be questioned. Many moon ago, I was a pipe smoker, and was surprisingly often offered yards of locking wire to serve as pipe cleaners - good it was too.
...
17th Jan 2024, 11:19
Replies: 159
Views: 33,928
Posted By teeteringhead

Puts me in mind of the MQs that were built at MPA...

Puts me in mind of the MQs that were built at MPA one time I was there. The first and biggest was for CBFFI of course.

They were prefab type buildings - imagine if IKEA built houses!

Were...
15th Jan 2024, 14:03
Replies: 159
Views: 33,928
Posted By teeteringhead

Shy - considerably more honourable than a guy I...

Shy - considerably more honourable than a guy I was on a survival course with once.

He went down to the local village, and with the help of his "Wilkie Knife" (remember those?) "persuaded" a local...
15th Jan 2024, 10:15
Replies: 159
Views: 33,928
Posted By teeteringhead

If I can expand this to movers - who were sort of...

If I can expand this to movers - who were sort of suppliers by trade - I must retell a tale from my first tour, 78 Sqn in Sharjah.

We flew Wessex, as did the SAR Flight at Muharraq (Bahrein), but...
9th Jan 2024, 10:24
Replies: 33
Views: 4,724
Posted By teeteringhead

Amazing man to talk to (Ken Wallis). We...

Amazing man to talk to (Ken Wallis). We overlapped slightly at Headley Court in early 70s - can't remember what he was "in" for, but I can certainly remember him!
30th Dec 2023, 08:33
Replies: 11
Views: 4,035
Posted By teeteringhead

Nutty He is RAFAC - what was VR(T) - and...

Nutty

He is RAFAC - what was VR(T) - and they are all substantive Fg Offs and remain so. Bob Timothy has been through Flt Lt and Sqn Ldr - all acting (paid) before he was a Wg Cdr.
23rd Dec 2023, 10:17
Replies: 256
Views: 97,768
Posted By teeteringhead

So, following that logic, alleged crimes...

So, following that logic, alleged crimes committed by civilian police should be investigated by Service police???
21st Dec 2023, 11:24
Replies: 32
Views: 6,584
Posted By teeteringhead

. My favourite SRO was from Odiham after a rash...

. My favourite SRO was from Odiham after a rash of sheds/leantos appeared in MQ gardens.

"No erections allowed in MQs without the permission of the Family's Officer"
19th Dec 2023, 12:24
Replies: 28
Views: 8,120
Posted By teeteringhead

Mog remember it well! (there goes what...

Mog

remember it well! (there goes what remains of the incognito!)
15th Dec 2023, 20:32
Replies: 163
Views: 41,900
Posted By teeteringhead

Shy Such grandeur! I got mine in the gents at...

Shy Such grandeur! I got mine in the gents at the NI Det (NOT where I earned it!!) from my Flt Cdr who was standing in the next porcelain.

"Hey Teeters" he said, searching in his pockets (!!!)
...
13th Dec 2023, 14:53
Replies: 76
Views: 15,765
Posted By teeteringhead

. I'm pretty sure - having been involved in such...

. I'm pretty sure - having been involved in such things - that they don't.

I am also very sceptical of the IPR/copyright malarkey about badges and insignia. It's fiction FFS!!

Might have to...
13th Dec 2023, 14:42
Replies: 163
Views: 41,900
Posted By teeteringhead

Knew a guy in our village who had one of these...

Knew a guy in our village who had one of these "Lord of the Manor" titles that you buy (or maybe it was bought for him). Put that on his chequebook ........

But then I also knew a senior RAF...
8th Dec 2023, 08:25
Replies: 33
Views: 3,208
Posted By teeteringhead

And wasn't there a Harrier (?) in Germany that...

And wasn't there a Harrier (?) in Germany that someone banged out of; Harrier continues flying East (!!!) until taken out by Lightning or F-4?

Or was that another bar room Urban Myth??
3rd Dec 2023, 09:28
Replies: 33
Views: 5,293
Posted By teeteringhead

.....and retired as a sqn ldr. That may have...

.....and retired as a sqn ldr. That may have been banter Shy.
30th Nov 2023, 14:59
Replies: 33
Views: 3,208
Posted By teeteringhead

Heard a similar tale about a Lysander. Had a 109...

Heard a similar tale about a Lysander. Had a 109 on its tail so slowed down - flaps, slats and anything else; 109 had to fly past and was hit by a Bren Gun from the Lysander's door....

Good tale...
28th Nov 2023, 08:53
Replies: 63
Views: 10,621
Posted By teeteringhead

There were certainly some in the Coronation...

There were certainly some in the Coronation flypast. Some years ago I worked with an aged spec aircrew Sqn Ldr (err 16 years younger than I am now!) who had flown a Meteor in the flypast.

He said...
26th Nov 2023, 08:23
Replies: 4
Views: 1,660
Posted By teeteringhead

Don't GSMs have inscribed name and number on the...

Don't GSMs have inscribed name and number on the edge - mine does (although it is the '62 pattern).

Second thoughts - if it's a replacement, it may not have the name.........
22nd Nov 2023, 16:01
Replies: 20
Views: 2,144
Posted By teeteringhead

When did the Vampires at Shawbury - supporting...

When did the Vampires at Shawbury - supporting the Air Tragic School - retire. They were certainly still going late 60s - don't know about '71.......
19th Nov 2023, 15:05
Replies: 86
Views: 26,129
Posted By teeteringhead

A few years ago I had to research the wearing of...

A few years ago I had to research the wearing of Army/RN/RAF wings on other Services' uniforms for a real issue for regulars (no more details - it might imperil my incognito!) . The rule then - this...
19th Nov 2023, 10:57
Replies: 66
Views: 13,976
Posted By teeteringhead

Remember it well! But not with affection ..........

Remember it well! But not with affection ....... we always called it "squashed frog".
17th Nov 2023, 14:46
Replies: 86
Views: 26,129
Posted By teeteringhead

....... if he flies with the AEF.....

....... if he flies with the AEF.....
15th Nov 2023, 15:10
Replies: 287
Views: 160,339
Posted By teeteringhead

Think in the 80s there was an AEO Nimrod Sqn...

Think in the 80s there was an AEO Nimrod Sqn Cdr......
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