Fatzdaddio
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Fatzdaddio
Hi to all Members,
Being an old man with some previous aviation moments , I've joined in order to remind myself of the variety of life caused by that occupation.
I was in ....RAF ( til the Varsity ! ) Gulf Air ( F27 ) Emirates Air Service (Twin Otter ) Jersey European ..Metropolitan ..Schreiner ( in Angola ) .. B.I.A. ( '1st jet' 1-11 ) .. Air Europe (F.100) ..Bangkok Airways ..British Air Ferries - British World ..World Airways .. British Mediterranean (A320 ) ..Air World - Flying Colours - JMC --Thomas Cook (B757 with TC )
My last flight was July 2010.
It will be fun for me to read any recollections of any of those aircraft types and companies !
Being an old man with some previous aviation moments , I've joined in order to remind myself of the variety of life caused by that occupation.
I was in ....RAF ( til the Varsity ! ) Gulf Air ( F27 ) Emirates Air Service (Twin Otter ) Jersey European ..Metropolitan ..Schreiner ( in Angola ) .. B.I.A. ( '1st jet' 1-11 ) .. Air Europe (F.100) ..Bangkok Airways ..British Air Ferries - British World ..World Airways .. British Mediterranean (A320 ) ..Air World - Flying Colours - JMC --Thomas Cook (B757 with TC )
My last flight was July 2010.
It will be fun for me to read any recollections of any of those aircraft types and companies !
- barkingmad
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Welcome to the team, Fatz!
Your aquatic exploits in the Gulf surely deserve a mention?![Puppy dog eyes :O3](./images/smilies/108.gif)
Your aquatic exploits in the Gulf surely deserve a mention?
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Re: Fatzdaddio
You'll be disappointed.Fatzdaddio wrote: ↑Tue Jul 16, 2019 5:32 pmIt will be fun for me to read any recollections of any of those aircraft types and companies !
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Welcome aboard, Fatz. I make that about 17 airlines...........!!!! Many of whom went bust.....gulp! ![Praise ^:)^](./images/smilies/77.gif)
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Re: Fatzdaddio
Welcome Fatz, I was a LAME with BIA/Air UK 1979 to 1984 and with Jersey European 1989 to 1997, so our paths may have crossed, also had many friends at BAF/Jade Point/British World.
A friendly forum, do you have an allotment?
A friendly forum, do you have an allotment?
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Re: Fatzdaddio
'Barking mad' ..
How did you know that I was a diver in the Gulf ..and on the American drill ship that discovered a Dubai offshore oil field ? That was before I became a pilot !
How did you know that I was a diver in the Gulf ..and on the American drill ship that discovered a Dubai offshore oil field ? That was before I became a pilot !
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Hi to OM15 ..
Paths must have crossed ..
but not on an allotment ?
Paths must have crossed ..
but not on an allotment ?
Re: Fatzdaddio
I look forward to nostalgia (if you can look forward to something in the past).
- barkingmad
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Nostalgia isn't what it used to be in the old days........,
- CharlieOneSix
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Welcome on board Fatz. BAF and British World. Viscounts? If so you may well have shuttled me ABZ-LSI and back at some point.
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Re: Fatzdaddio
Welcome Fatz - that's quite a width/depth of experience!
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Re: Fatzdaddio
With Slash and FD2 that makes three of us.
- Stoneboat
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Re: Fatzdaddio
Welcome Fatz, hope ya like trivia.
The F-27 must have been a bit of a dog in the Gulf.
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The F-27 must have been a bit of a dog in the Gulf.
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Re: Fatzdaddio
My dear chap, welcome aboard. There are some pretty sane aviation folks on here you can communicate with but one doesn't come under that bracket.
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- barkingmad
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Is one's sanity adversely affected by years of travelling in aluminium tubing breathing oil-contaminated air frequent crossing of time zones eating sh1t food trying to sleep in strange beds whilst the crew-disturbance unit (aka housekeeping) make as much decibels as they can whilst you try and get your allocated rest?
Be careful FatzD, there are some folks here who deserve my posting name but not through their fault!
Look forwards to your comments on the many threads here.![Puppy dog eyes :O3](./images/smilies/108.gif)
Be careful FatzD, there are some folks here who deserve my posting name but not through their fault!
Look forwards to your comments on the many threads here.
![Puppy dog eyes :O3](./images/smilies/108.gif)