Daniel cain 46,667 Posted July 12, 2024 Report Share Posted July 12, 2024 On 11/07/2024 at 17:50, .357shooter said: so two just flew over my house straight over the doughnut.anybody know where they are based near gloucester ?. Expand Seen them myself a few times flying over presbury/soham last few months Quote Link to post Share on other sites
YOKEL 2,297 Posted July 12, 2024 Report Share Posted July 12, 2024 On 11/07/2024 at 21:40, .357shooter said: Apparently based in wattisham Suffolk. Expand True story... I worked on the hanger that was built to house the first Apache brought in, and on the other side of the runway we worked on the new training center for the simulator to teach the pilots. This would have been late 90's from memory. It was all over the local news that we were getting this state of the art helicopter. Hanger was completed, and they flew the first one in, only to discover someone in planning hadn't equated the hight of the radar thing on top of the rotors into the height of the hangar entrance! Turned it round and came back two weeks later when they'd sorted it we were all on the scaffold on the training centre pissing ourselves.... Yokel 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chartpolski 25,318 Posted July 12, 2024 Report Share Posted July 12, 2024 On 12/07/2024 at 12:55, mC HULL said: lol its 15 mile or so from my house chart 350year old farm house lol you’d get on right on with old boy he’s nearly 90 still at it all he was nearly killed in rhodesia the farm he was on family all killed he had to come home a week earlier with rheumatic fever lovely spot to live now but upto 15 year ago it was none stop yanks dropping bombs the range is maybe 300 meters away from him nothing to walk the beach see this they denied they were depleted uranium few accidents happened around there he said they would send the pilots home straight away Expand My mothers cousins had a tobacco farm in Rhodesia until the natives confiscated it. They moved to Canada and bought a farm with the money the UK gave them as compensation. Cheers. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mC HULL 14,152 Posted July 12, 2024 Report Share Posted July 12, 2024 On 12/07/2024 at 14:14, chartpolski said: My mothers cousins had a tobacco farm in Rhodesia until the natives confiscated it. They moved to Canada and bought a farm with the money the UK gave them as compensation. Cheers. Expand that’s what he grew tabaccco i never relised that was a crop there thought it was mainly american japan i never relised rheumatic fever was bad thought it was like flu lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chartpolski 25,318 Posted July 12, 2024 Report Share Posted July 12, 2024 On 12/07/2024 at 14:18, mC HULL said: that’s what he grew tabaccco i never relised that was a crop there thought it was mainly american japan i never relised rheumatic fever was bad thought it was like flu lol Expand See, every day is a school day ! LOL ! Cheers. 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Leo Sayer 3,004 Posted July 12, 2024 Report Share Posted July 12, 2024 (edited) On 12/07/2024 at 12:17, Greyman said: Funny enough a lad I know has just got a job at fairFord doing pest control and wildlife conservation Expand Was well over 30yrs ago I was down there. Would love go down again. We used go rook hawking on the Marlborough Downs, slipping from the car window. Loved it down there. Edited July 12, 2024 by Leo Sayer 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Big Ron 1,163 Posted July 12, 2024 Report Share Posted July 12, 2024 On 12/07/2024 at 14:25, chartpolski said: See, every day is a school day ! LOL ! Cheers. Expand Life savers when you were in shit believe me lol you know u know hahaha Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 27,227 Posted July 12, 2024 Report Share Posted July 12, 2024 On 12/07/2024 at 13:28, YOKEL said: True story... I worked on the hanger that was built to house the first Apache brought in, and on the other side of the runway we worked on the new training center for the simulator to teach the pilots. This would have been late 90's from memory. It was all over the local news that we were getting this state of the art helicopter. Hanger was completed, and they flew the first one in, only to discover someone in planning hadn't equated the hight of the radar thing on top of the rotors into the height of the hangar entrance! Turned it round and came back two weeks later when they'd sorted it we were all on the scaffold on the training centre pissing ourselves.... Yokel Expand I was there this week working.... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
YOKEL 2,297 Posted July 12, 2024 Report Share Posted July 12, 2024 On 12/07/2024 at 20:20, TOMO said: I was there this week working.... Expand There was a Nottingham crew doing the air con....you??? Yokel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 27,227 Posted July 13, 2024 Report Share Posted July 13, 2024 On 12/07/2024 at 21:54, YOKEL said: There was a Nottingham crew doing the air con....you??? Yokel Expand No mate ...pest control Quote Link to post Share on other sites
greg64 2,905 Posted July 13, 2024 Report Share Posted July 13, 2024 This is a great read 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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