Air Force investigating intermittent engine failure on aircraft.

And in many cases, the enlisted crew (and guests) got some right seat
time...

Naw! Mine got "left seat" time.....and thought that they were
great pilots with the "control wheel stearing" ON. :-)

My father (the Staff Sargent radio operator) got left seat time in
C-119's in the early 1950's flying Western Europe and North Africa.

Netko wrote in
x.com:

On Tue, 21 Nov 2006 20:50:20 +0000, Harriet and John wrote
(in message ):

feather one of the others. I knew a guy who put his ball cap on the
number

It's childish, I know, but this put me in mind of Buster Gonad,
seen here on the nose of an RAF Jaguar during Operation Granby,
1990-91.

Golly... And the US military take flak for the occasional 'colorful' bit of
noseart... ;^}

On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 3:58:27 +0000, Bob Harrington wrote
(in message ):

feather one of the others. I knew a guy who put his ball cap on the
number

It's childish, I know, but this put me in mind of Buster Gonad,
seen here on the nose of an RAF Jaguar during Operation Granby,
1990-91.

Golly... And the US military take flak for the occasional 'colorful' bit of
noseart... ;^}

The RAF's own site describes the nose art from Granby as risque and
not for the easily offended. However, it proudly carries it all
the same, linked from:

http://www.raf.mod.uk/gulf/colours.html

Buster Gonad is a character from a comic called Viz, as are Tray
and San, the Fat Slags, seen here on a Hercules.

http://www.viz.co.uk/

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"Netko" wrote in message
x.com...

Buster Gonad is a character from a comic called Viz, as are Tray
and San, the Fat Slags, seen here on a Hercules.

That's from the Falkland's War.


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Alan Erskine

On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 16:32:39 +0000, Alan Erskine wrote
(in message ):

That's from the Falkland's War.

I'm sure you have a good reason for saying that and I know I get
things wrong but, as witnesses for the defence, I call the Royal
Air Force and the British Broadcasting Corporation:

"Initially, the Hercules fleet was deployed in the European
camouflage" (plus the picture):

http://www.raf.mod.uk/gulf/support.html#herc

"Created in 1989":

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3759970.stm

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"Netko" wrote in message
x.com...
On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 16:32:39 +0000, Alan Erskine wrote
(in message ):

That's from the Falkland's War.

I'm sure you have a good reason for saying that and I know I get
things wrong but, as witnesses for the defence, I call the Royal
Air Force and the British Broadcasting Corporation:

"Initially, the Hercules fleet was deployed in the European
camouflage" (plus the picture):

http://www.raf.mod.uk/gulf/support.html#herc

"Created in 1989":

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3759970.stm

Ah well, I've been wrong before. :-)


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Alan Erskine