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RAF Fylingdales and its cliche
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Re: RAF Fylingdales and its cliche
Old sailors never die.. they just smell that way!
Re: RAF Fylingdales and its cliche
Hi,
The golfballs were a great reference when walking on the North Yorks moors and they always looked sort of ominous.
I've been on a few visits to Fylingdales over the years, in both golfball and pyramaid eras. In the golfball time they did a simulation of a missile attack from "the east" - 5 or 6 people shouting various gobbledygook to each other for 5 minutes. It was incomprehensible but very impressive !! The new display screens are also impressive as you can watch satellites meandering across the skies.
The time inside the golfballs was a bit scary - several tons of radar scanner gyrating above you in a random fashion - noisy and a very strong smell of heavy oil - unforgettable.
The golfballs were a great reference when walking on the North Yorks moors and they always looked sort of ominous.
I've been on a few visits to Fylingdales over the years, in both golfball and pyramaid eras. In the golfball time they did a simulation of a missile attack from "the east" - 5 or 6 people shouting various gobbledygook to each other for 5 minutes. It was incomprehensible but very impressive !! The new display screens are also impressive as you can watch satellites meandering across the skies.
The time inside the golfballs was a bit scary - several tons of radar scanner gyrating above you in a random fashion - noisy and a very strong smell of heavy oil - unforgettable.
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Re: RAF Fylingdales and its cliche
Hi Jim
It's nice to see i am not alone in the world of "if at first you don't succeed, kick the S*** out of it and shout profanities"
Must be a services thing
Regards
Rick
It's nice to see i am not alone in the world of "if at first you don't succeed, kick the S*** out of it and shout profanities"
Must be a services thing
Regards
Rick
Re: RAF Fylingdales and its cliche
Depends which Service Rick..in the Army it was 'If at first you don't succeed...get someone else to do it'Rick Piper wrote:Must be a services thing
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Re: RAF Fylingdales and its cliche
Hi Del
That was only for Officers ;-)
Regards
Rick
That was only for Officers ;-)
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Re: RAF Fylingdales and its cliche
....making remarks about Brit Army Officers are we?!?!? lol
try anything once, except for incest and morris dancing!!