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Subject: Re: Kit and Equipment page - main site 19/1/2013, 14:05

"Crab" and "Crab Air" appeared in the mid-seventies. (We Pongos had nothing to do with it).

I'd heard Brylcreme types mention it, but didn't take much notice, (well, you don't, do you ?).

Last time I went through Aldergrove, there were mugs on sale, bearing the legend;
"Fly Crab Air !"

I'm surprised it's still in use, after all this time.

Subject: Re: Kit and Equipment page - main site 19/1/2013, 14:08

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But in all seriousness (for once ! ) Having read through Steve's account of why we still have something to fill lonely days, it looks like we've a lot to thank the Scaleys for. That's it,
congratulations on a job well done you lot !

There's a lot of grovelling going on here. What's the matter with everybody ?

Get off your knees and strap on a pair ! bounce

Guest

Quote :: My Father in Law was a Scaley (TOT),

Does he have a name???Could have bin around in my day.

Subject: Re: Kit and Equipment page - main site 19/1/2013, 14:43

Gordon, his name was Major SWEG Bowser, he died in harness in 1967. His last posting was with 30 Sigs in Blandford.

Guest

Didn`t know of him..I didn`t get to Blandford untill 68..

Subject: Re: Kit and Equipment page - main site 19/1/2013, 19:01

Don't worry

REME is sitting quietly in a lay by ready to clear the mess you lot are going to leave behind

I think the term "Crab Air" was in use in the 1960s

Subject: Re: Kit and Equipment page - main site 20/1/2013, 11:45

Gordon. wrote:: Didn`t know of him.............

Referring to your Avatar Gordon ? Looks familiar, but he could do with a haircut.
Reminds me of a lad who was known for the verses he scribbled in the latrine cubicles............ Something like :-

Wee slickit timorous chieftain o' the pudding race......

or
Leeze me on drink ! It gies us mair
Than either school or college.
It kindles wit, it waukens lear,
it pangs us fou o' porridge........

Subject: Re: Kit and Equipment page - main site 20/1/2013, 11:57

When did Teenie, Weenie Airlines (a pun on the American Trans World Airlines) with reference to the AAC come into use?

Subject: Re: Kit and Equipment page - main site 20/1/2013, 12:03

JPW, I believe that it was first used by American forces during the Vietnam war. I first heard the phrase around the mid 70s when stationed in Colchester (We had a resident AAC Flight next door).

Subject: Re: Kit and Equipment page - main site 20/1/2013, 13:59

Same in the late 60s at 1 Div Verden-Aller also with a AAC flight sharing Caithness Barracks with the Signal Regiment

Subject: Re: Kit and Equipment page - main site 20/1/2013, 19:25

CRAB AIR. a name given to RAF helicopter pilots, (when tasked with search and rescue tasks the pilots have a tendancy to aproach the casualty site side ways on ) i could be wrong but its the best one i have heard.

TWA or teenie wennie airways, a long time ago when every senior rupert wanted his personal helicopter it seemed like a small airline company at times.

Subject: Re: Kit and Equipment page - main site 21/1/2013, 09:32

[quote="dandc"] CRAB AIR.

Thanks ! Logical and sounds like the best answer so far.

Subject: Re: Kit and Equipment page - main site 4/2/2014, 18:42

Things are getting tough ... what next I wonder

Len (Ciphers)

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Subject: Re: Kit and Equipment page - main site 4/2/2014, 21:28

Speaking an ex-paramedic, who's watching the patient ?
(That's a Sturmley-Archer bicycle lamp, I used to have one of them on my bike).

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