Daniel cain 44,915 Posted July 12 Report Share Posted July 12 19 hours ago, .357shooter said: so two just flew over my house straight over the doughnut.anybody know where they are based near gloucester ?. Seen them myself a few times flying over presbury/soham last few months Quote Link to post Share on other sites
YOKEL 2,212 Posted July 12 Report Share Posted July 12 15 hours ago, .357shooter said: Apparently based in wattisham Suffolk. 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 22,942 Posted July 12 Report Share Posted July 12 1 hour ago, 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 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 12,098 Posted July 12 Report Share Posted July 12 Just now, 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. 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 22,942 Posted July 12 Report Share Posted July 12 6 minutes ago, 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 See, every day is a school day ! LOL ! Cheers. 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Leo Sayer 2,300 Posted July 12 Report Share Posted July 12 (edited) 2 hours ago, Greyman said: Funny enough a lad I know has just got a job at fairFord doing pest control and wildlife conservation 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 by Leo Sayer 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Big Ron 1,156 Posted July 12 Report Share Posted July 12 2 hours ago, chartpolski said: See, every day is a school day ! LOL ! Cheers. Life savers when you were in shit believe me lol you know u know hahaha Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 25,968 Posted July 12 Report Share Posted July 12 6 hours ago, 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 I was there this week working.... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
YOKEL 2,212 Posted July 12 Report Share Posted July 12 1 hour ago, TOMO said: I was there this week working.... There was a Nottingham crew doing the air con....you??? Yokel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 25,968 Posted July 13 Report Share Posted July 13 10 hours ago, YOKEL said: There was a Nottingham crew doing the air con....you??? Yokel No mate ...pest control Quote Link to post Share on other sites
greg64 2,799 Posted July 13 Report Share Posted July 13 This is a great read 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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