The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III

[Undried Plum]

Was he the guy who was the only RAF pilot to fly, in uniform, a marked Royal Air Force aircraft in Vietnam during The American War?

Deleted as I hadn't RTFQ'd.

New guess: Jock Dalgleish. Outstanding member of me old flying club (Embra); and formerly personal pilot to a fellow member of said club: HM King Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom.

[fin]

Here's a low tech (Brownie Hawkeye) view of the airport in 1956. I was pretty excited as it was my 1st ever landing (passenger) in a fixed wing plane. (Taylorcraft)

[CharlieOneSix]

New guess: Jock Dalgleish. Outstanding member of me old flying club (Embra); and formerly personal pilot to a fellow member of said club: HM King Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom.

Rather than thread drift this one I've posted in Rotary Nostalgia about Jock Dalgleish and King Hussein.....

[om15]

Was that last photo taken under water?
Los Vegas perhaps

[fin]

Ha. Nope. Just low quality black and white print copied a few too many times.

I'm going to give it up now. Here is the flyer (see what I did there) from the day I was there. Love the phone numbers from 64 years ago.

Lets have open house again.

[4mastacker]

.......There was an ex-Admin App Cpl at the RAF Liaison Party Istres/Orange with me, he made a successful career of Diplomatic and Special Duties postings.
Besides his RAFLP tour. he did a tour with NATO, split between Paris & Brussels, he was there when de Gaule kicked NATO out. And 3 tours on the staff of various Air Attache's........

>>Drifting a bit<<. I worked with a lass who's hubby was a FS scribbly; she told me about the Innsworth "Circle" which was made up of SNCO scribbly drafters who would "arrange" a posting to some sweet part of the world then back to Innsworth and repeat the cycle. I thought it was just bitchiness on her part cos her hubby wasn't one of the favoured until I was chatting to the Chief Clerk at MPA, a Sgt, and asked why he was the CC when the size of the place justified at least a FS or WO. He too, told me about the "Circle" and that the "Circle" wouldn't lower themselves to do a tour at such a mundane place as MPA when there were embassy and other SDL postings to fill. The guy on my trade desk never left Innsworth on promotion to FS and WO, he just moved along the corridor.

>>Drift off<<

[Capetonian]

Not far from an area that produces excellent wine, this is a place I've been to, although the photograph is not mine. It was pleasant place to go for weekends after working in the not too distant capital city.

[om15]

Possibly Renacca in Chile

[om15]

sorry, that should read Renaca.

[Capetonian]

Sorry om15, I can't possibly give you that, you've spelt it wrong dos veces. It's Reñaca! You forgot what an ex-colleague of mine used to call the 'coño' sign on the n.
Not guilt free myself, I emailed a friend wishing him 'un feliz ano nuevo' once, because I was too lazy to find out how to do the ñ, and predictably I got a reply saying 'and a happy new arsehole to you too.'
I spent a few weeks working in Santiago and used to escape to Viña del Mar and Reñaca at weekends. Very pleasant indeed.

Good spot. Interestingly in your photo it could be mistaken for Clifton Beach in CPT. But it's not, so you are in the LH seat.

[om15]

Thanks Cape, the clue was the wine, I guessed Chile and came up with the above photo, the square building in the centre was the key point.

OH as I am in the middle of assisting missus om with some hoovering.

[om15]

Back in the chair, this should fly off the shelf,

[Capetonian]

The colours and style say Thailand.

[om15]

Not there, not a million miles away, I haven't been there, but I read something about this city and found it very interesting.
My first clue, if you came ashore at Calais you could drive here without crossing water.

[ian16th]

Not there, not a million miles away, I haven't been there, but I read something about this city and found it very interesting.
My first clue, if you came ashore at Calais you could drive here without crossing water.

Not even a river?

[om15]

I meant a ferry rather than a bridge, sorry about that.
At the moment you can't drive through Iran, Afghanistan or China, so that takes out quite a few countries that you can't get to directly.

[Dushan]

Slavic, Eastern Orthodox country?

[om15]

Religion was repressed here for many decades, but is mainly Orthodox Christianity.

[tango15]

I have a feeling that this could be one of the 'Stans'

[om15]

Not a Stan.