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[SkippyBing]

I know when I was onboard for the JMC (Joint Maritime COurse - Boat type exercise of Scotland now called something more joint) at the start of the year the maintainers had a stencil of a cat's paw (our call sign was Wildcat) which they applied to every aircraft that touched our deck. Obviously the inter ship deck landing practice helped enormously with that...

[Michael davies]

I do recall seeing inside a Chinook during a walkaround at Duxford, numerous, well hundreds actually, of RN stickers, seems they came from the RN Seaking next door ( which was shipping boxes of them for the stalls ) overnight. The Chinook was being used as a taxi to Marshalls at Cambridge as well as part of the dispaly later on, they kindly offered to take some of the RN crew for a joy ride, it is said the taxi fare back to Duxford was not cheap LOL.

Mind to be fair, the inside of the Chinook was covered except the flying controls and panel, but the rest was fair game, including inside engine access covers an all.

Best

Michael

[forthbridge]

Unless I am very much mistaken, I seem to remember a guy in an RN flying suit (possibly a sea Harrier Pilot but not sure) lift a 6-pack which had been sitting in the tailpipe of an F3 some years back at Leuchars. There was some laughter from the punters who witnessed this, and a thumbs-up from the guy in question to three non-brit AF personnel who happened to be walking past at the time. Not sure of the year, but it was when there were Buccs, Phantoms, Jags, Fins and Harriers on static, so early 90s I'd say....