Hi Guys, You could do worse than have a little read about the Shack here: http://www.gatwick-aviation-museum.co.uk/shack/shack.html The story about the night...
MessageA SENIOR MOMENT: I HOPE I HAVE THEM LIKE THIS A 98 year old woman in the UK wrote this to her bank. The bank manager thought it amusing enough to have...
Hi Nick, Peter may have passed this to you already? One for the album. Cheers Bryn Character Test This test only has one question, but it's a very important...
Me personally, Â I'm going to get the Pulitzer with the most detailed picture I can, sorry if I offend anyone with this result, but as Gordon is good at...
Hi Bryn, I was not me, but my answer would be " I would throw him a copy of the last labour party manifest". Any guesses if that would keep him afloat or...
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Jul 14, 2008 7:00 pm
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Do not photograph anything.... They could trace you from the picture of your foot on the buggers head!!!! Regards. Bernard. ... From: David Hawksworth To:...
... From: Bourne Gordon To: gordon.bourne@... Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 9:48 AM Subject: FW: READ THIS, IT'S DISGRACEFUL Gordon F Bourne Principal...
Hi Gordon, I'm afraid this story is an urban myth, it's been around since 2004 and I sorry, but it's not true, someone in the States has a grudge with...
Made me smile, but, I'm twisted. enjoy. Bernard. Cinderella is now 95 years old. After a fulfilling life with the now dead prince, she happily sits upon her...
Thanks, Bryn. I'm forwarding that to several friends not involved with the 203 Coffee Bar. How right you are - we're definitely getting into that zone! Mike ...
Hi chaps, I was at IWM Duxford (SallyB + the 90th celebration of the RAF) and took the opportunity to have a look at XF708 and the display board relating to...
It looks like a very fast aircraft, but so it should be as the groundcrew rush around in flying kit !!!!!!!!! Go for it Captain Bryn. Yours Peter....
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Bryn, They forgot to mention the uniformed air hostesses visiting all crew-stations with food & drink from the comprehensive a la carte menu at least every...
Hi Mike, Yes! They did miss that part....... ha ha. There's other very strange mistakes made though. I was at RAFA Shoreham airshow on the Saturday too!!...
I have just heard the sad news that Roy Holmwood passed away last night. Roy was a Flight Engineer on Nimrods (Et Al) in the 70's and although he never served...
Hi Cy, (and Pete) Thanks for spotting some of the errors Number 1. I don't know what sort of Shackleton the chap professes to have flown and been a crew-member...
Bryn We flew once with parachutes out of BK, I was on Bob Lyalls crew (210 Sqdn) and it was an airtest for a reported control restriction' which the ground...
Hi Bryn. When I did my first tour on Shackletons (commecning in February 1963) on 201 Sqn at St Mawgan we carried parachutes on all sorties, but we didn't...
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Hi Pom, Many thanks indeed for the extra information regarding parachutes on 201 Sqn at SN. The additional historical information on the one-man dinghies was...
Hi Cy, You were very brave getting up on that sortie! No wonder they dug out the parachutes for you! The chaps name was William Billing. Thank goodness that...
Hi Mike, Thanks for that.......... and I know the young man Billings (I found out this year Ed is actually older than me!) and as you say he is indeed called...
Hi Bryn, Just back from holiday and catching up! We carried parachutes & SS dinghies and wore immersion suits on 8 Sqn when sea temp was below 10 Celsius, so...
Hi Nigel, Thanks so much for taking the time to explain that facet of the Mk 2 (special ops) aircraft on 8 Sqn. It may well be the source of the misconception...
