RAF Fylingdales and its cliche

[DaveB]

Sorted Jim ;-)

ATB

DaveB :tab:

[dswanson]

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.

[Rick Piper]

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

[DelP]

Must be a services thing

Depends which Service Rick..in the Army it was 'If at first you don't succeed...get someone else to do it'

Derek

[Rick Piper]

Hi Del

That was only for Officers ;-)

Regards
Rick

[sketchy]

....making remarks about Brit Army Officers are we?!?!? lol