Hi Guys. following on from another thread where my picture of the HGB went down rather well, I thought that we could have a thread with pictures and stories of our favourite equipments/tasks/jobs. Anything engineering both military and civilian acceptable, including stories of success, failures and difficulties overcome.
Please do not turn this into an armoured/planty/CoW/knocker/EOD/para/commando/trade et al slanging match ... you can do that elsewhere on any number of threads. The idea of this thread is to show some pride in what you have built/operated/achieved and perhaps also to pass on some lessons learned.
I start with my picture from the previous thread; this is an HGB ramp/bridge constructed in Plymouth Naval Dockyard by 8 Fd Sqn in January and February 1979. It was designed to allow articulated trucks up onto the deck of HMS Ark Royal to carry off stores at her decomission. Finished and handed over on the 14th February 1975 it was called Valentine Bridge. An epic construction task it earned the QMSI who designed and built it the BEM. I don't know who stripped it out after completion as 8 Sqn deployed to NI shortly after.
Please do not turn this into an armoured/planty/CoW/knocker/EOD/para/commando/trade et al slanging match ... you can do that elsewhere on any number of threads. The idea of this thread is to show some pride in what you have built/operated/achieved and perhaps also to pass on some lessons learned.
I start with my picture from the previous thread; this is an HGB ramp/bridge constructed in Plymouth Naval Dockyard by 8 Fd Sqn in January and February 1979. It was designed to allow articulated trucks up onto the deck of HMS Ark Royal to carry off stores at her decomission. Finished and handed over on the 14th February 1975 it was called Valentine Bridge. An epic construction task it earned the QMSI who designed and built it the BEM. I don't know who stripped it out after completion as 8 Sqn deployed to NI shortly after.
