Originally Posted by Arte_et_Marte

Heidi? Was that the blonde thing, that kept getting barred from Hobart, and had to be 'smuggled' in?

Quite attractive though, if it's the same bird.

Different bird.

Originally Posted by cloudbuster

Ian Byrne, top bloke, did time on both 659 and 669, now a Vicar in Bungay.

Ian Byrne, yes, top bloke, would never have had him down as a padre though. Good on him! Was a gazelle driver in 659 when I knew him, I remember him getting reamed whilst flying GOC and turning round to speak to him with a clowns red nose on!

Dutch Holland was Sqn beefer, And a young captain scout flight commander who banged out and ended up flying silver tubes in new Zealand I think, another young captain in gazelle flight went to ETPS and was last heard a test pilot at Aerospatiale.

And then there was 'Corky' who can forget corky?

You may be interested to know that Corky is a very top neddy in the CAA now! Head of Flight Crew Standards.

Originally Posted by vortexringpiece

And then there was 'Corky' who can forget corky?

If you had him as Flt Comd I guess you'll remember him. I was across the road and suffered a seemingly endless stream of attached Fish-heads and Cousins as Scout and then Lynx Flt bosses. Andy Simkins was my first Gaz Flt commander. Tony Pring's stoof was during pre-Med Man 7 training. The late AJ Smith was QHI.

Originally Posted by cloudbuster

If you had him as Flt Comd I guess you'll remember him. I was across the road and suffered a seemingly endless stream of attached Fish-heads and Cousins as Scout and then Lynx Flt bosses. Andy Simkins was my first Gaz Flt commander. Tony Pring's stoof was during pre-Med Man 7 training. The late AJ Smith was QHI.

No corky wasn't flight commander, line pilot on gazelles and then onto Lynx, when did AJ check out? I saw him at Waddington air show 3 or 4 years ago, was flying jet rangers for Dragon heli's out of Sheffield but still with the crabs, he told me at the time.

Corky was forever in trouble for one thing or another, silly rupert shit mainly, but he nad a great set of flying hands. Could fly rings round most Lynx pilots I knew.

Do you remember Trubbers?

AJ crashed a civvy A109 in the Mournes not long ago. There's a thread over on PPRuNe. TBH, during my groundcrew tour I didn't have much to do with Apple Battery aircrew, we spent most of the time taking the piss out of your MT monkeys like Colin Bolsover and Alf Williams, and drinking with the 669 Aircrewmen in the BBC after a Friday afternoon 'Flight Safety Meeting'.

Originally Posted by Arte_et_Marte

Heidi? Was that the blonde thing, that kept getting barred from Hobart, and had to be 'smuggled' in?

Quite attractive though, if it's the same bird.

Oh yes I remember her, and her big mate Kiki.in potoffs, or the whynot.
Happy days and nights!

Originally Posted by cloudbuster

AJ crashed a civvy A109 in the Mournes not long ago. There's a thread over on PPRuNe. TBH, during my groundcrew tour I didn't have much to do with Apple Battery aircrew, we spent most of the time taking the piss out of your MT monkeys like Colin Bolsover and Alf Williams, and drinking with the 669 Aircrewmen in the BBC after a Friday afternoon 'Flight Safety Meeting'.

Colin and Alf, bloody hell, blast from the past

Bloody sorry to hear about AJ, self opinionated northern Cnut, but a bloody good egg!

Originally Posted by vortexringpiece

Colin and Alf, bloody hell, blast from the past

Bloody sorry to hear about AJ, self opinionated northern Cnut, but a bloody good egg!

Kenny Kerr, Badger Blackman were two others.

AJ didn't change at all when he transferred to the RAF. Many's the times he'd throw his opinions around when sat in the TV room at R850, cursing as someone had swiped the batteries in the remote.

Chap you're thinking of was a very good mate of mine, initials JC.

Yes, and he used that crash in a Flight Safety meeting last week. First I knew of it.

John's still with PAS

Cloudbuster, wash your mouth out. We're with PremiAir!