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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#61 Post by ian16th » Tue Jul 28, 2020 1:21 pm

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Tue Jul 28, 2020 12:49 pm
 In Reykjavik a bottle of duty free scotch would be chucked into the boot of the handling agent's car on the apron and a huge fresh salmon got chucked onto the aircraft. A great deal both ways.
Strange deals were done in days gone by.

At Istres c1957, we had a standing order with the AQM's on the Abingdon Beverley's.

4lb of bacon or pork sausages, got them a bottle of Scotch.
And while the deal was being done, a couple of sliced loaves would be purloined!

A bottle of Scotch cost us 7/6, French bread was no good for fried bread or toast!

We used to do a big fry-up on an Aladdin Stove.
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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#62 Post by Ex-Ascot » Wed Jul 29, 2020 7:33 am

At the end of a long Royal or VIP tour the galleys were loaded with grub particularly from the last sector. It was approved practice to divvy it up amongst the crew. One steward sold a pile of smoked salmon sarnies to his local pub. Bloody idiot, he lived on station, most of the folk in there were Royal Air Force. He went back to a mess.

Come on, someone post a piccy.
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#63 Post by Woody » Wed Jul 29, 2020 8:11 am

Yes Sah!

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#64 Post by Ex-Ascot » Wed Jul 29, 2020 11:05 am

Limassol Salt Lake. Can't see any flamingos though. That be AKT runway the other side. Have planted a jet there a few times. Where Mrs Ex-Ascot and I first met. At a bar(OM) of course. You knew I would get that one straight away Woody.
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#65 Post by Woody » Wed Jul 29, 2020 1:06 pm

Just thought I’d put an easy one up to get things moving, you have control Ex-A :-bd
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#66 Post by ian16th » Wed Jul 29, 2020 2:12 pm

Been out shopping, so I missed that one!

The very flat beach to the left is Ladies Mile!

Terrible for swimming, ultra safe for kids.
Wade out a quarter of a mile and the Med reaches your knees.

It was the only beach that could be reached from Limassol by public transport.
Never went back to Ladies Mile, after I bought the scooter.
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#67 Post by Ex-Ascot » Wed Jul 29, 2020 2:59 pm

Thanks Woody. Sticking to the Royal Air Force. Interesting story about how this aircraft ended up here.
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#68 Post by om15 » Wed Jul 29, 2020 4:25 pm

I don't think that is Rio de Janeiro, but it might be East Fortune?
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#69 Post by G-CPTN » Wed Jul 29, 2020 5:05 pm

om15 wrote: ↑
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 I don't think that is Rio de Janeiro, but it might be East Fortune?
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#70 Post by llondel » Wed Jul 29, 2020 6:19 pm

The Vulcan was an amazing aircraft, out standing in its field.
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#71 Post by Boac » Wed Jul 29, 2020 6:26 pm

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#72 Post by PHXPhlyer » Wed Jul 29, 2020 7:14 pm

Rim Shot!
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#73 Post by 4mastacker » Wed Jul 29, 2020 7:14 pm

Would that be XJ823 at Carlisle Airport? One of the last 27 Sqn jets to leave Scampton. One its contemporaries couldn't be scrapped cos its leading edges were a bit "warm", so it was parked on an isolated pan until they had "cooled" down (took about 9 months I believe).
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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#74 Post by Ex-Ascot » Thu Jul 30, 2020 4:59 am

OM is right side of the pond.

Just going into town
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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#75 Post by om15 » Thu Jul 30, 2020 6:39 am

Goose Bay.
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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#76 Post by Ex-Ascot » Thu Jul 30, 2020 6:43 am

Am in town and OM is in the chair. I will give the story behind it when home.
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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#77 Post by om15 » Thu Jul 30, 2020 5:46 pm

She was there when I stopped there for a night stop in 1988, is she still in one piece?

http://studysupport.info/vulcanbomber/goose_bay.htm


Here is another airport with a Vulcan story attached.

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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#78 Post by om15 » Fri Jul 31, 2020 6:58 am

Here is the subject aircraft on a happier occasion.

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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#79 Post by larsssnowpharter » Fri Jul 31, 2020 7:58 am

Shiraz?
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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

#80 Post by barkingmad » Fri Jul 31, 2020 8:15 am

Is that Vulcan at Sunderland, now hemmed in by the Nissan factory complex?
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