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brum FM
Number of posts : 2808 Age : 83 Localisation : Sandbach Cheshire Cap Badge : RA/QOH Places Served : JLRRA (Hereford) Nienburg Paderborn Colchester Munster Maresfield (Cyprus) Hohne Hemer Op Banner x4 Woolwich Registration date : 2010-03-02
| 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.
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| | | brum FM
Number of posts : 2808 Age : 83 Localisation : Sandbach Cheshire Cap Badge : RA/QOH Places Served : JLRRA (Hereford) Nienburg Paderborn Colchester Munster Maresfield (Cyprus) Hohne Hemer Op Banner x4 Woolwich Registration date : 2010-03-02
| Subject: Re: Kit and Equipment page - main site 19/1/2013, 14:08 | |
| [quote="cartav"] 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 ! | |
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| Subject: Re: Kit and Equipment page - main site 19/1/2013, 14:17 | |
| - Quote :
- My Father in Law was a Scaley (TOT),
Does he have a name???Could have bin around in my day. |
| | | Shelldrake FM
Number of posts : 3048 Localisation : Camberley Cap Badge : Royal Artillery Places Served : Troon, Lippstadt, Devizes, NI, Paderborn, Dortmund, Colchester, Belize, Canada, Cyprus, Gutersloh Registration date : 2010-10-26
| 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. | |
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| Subject: Re: Kit and Equipment page - main site 19/1/2013, 17:03 | |
| Didn`t know of him..I didn`t get to Blandford untill 68.. |
| | | JPW Let Gen
Number of posts : 1119 Age : 82 Localisation : Berkshire Cap Badge : REME Places Served : Rotenburg Ploen Lippstadt Hamm Wetter Minden Munster Bielefeldt Dusseldorf Registration date : 2008-11-09
| 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 | |
| | | cartav Maj Gen
Number of posts : 784 Age : 93 Localisation : s. yorks Cap Badge : RA (ns) RA, R.Sigs, RE ( TAVR) Places Served : Oswestry, Tonfanau, Woolwich, Osnabruck, MT School Bordon, Bulford, Manorbier, Hameln, R.Sigs Blandford, RSME Chattenden, Western Highlands. Registration date : 2011-04-26
| 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........ | |
| | | JPW Let Gen
Number of posts : 1119 Age : 82 Localisation : Berkshire Cap Badge : REME Places Served : Rotenburg Ploen Lippstadt Hamm Wetter Minden Munster Bielefeldt Dusseldorf Registration date : 2008-11-09
| 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? | |
| | | Shelldrake FM
Number of posts : 3048 Localisation : Camberley Cap Badge : Royal Artillery Places Served : Troon, Lippstadt, Devizes, NI, Paderborn, Dortmund, Colchester, Belize, Canada, Cyprus, Gutersloh Registration date : 2010-10-26
| 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). | |
| | | steve LE Maj
Number of posts : 1000 Age : 75 Localisation : near Cuxhaven Cap Badge : Royal Signals + Royal Engineers Places Served : Verden-Aller + Willich + Iserlohn + Hameln Registration date : 2010-02-14
| 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 | |
| | | dandc Lt Col
Number of posts : 383 Age : 74 Localisation : gateshead Cap Badge : 15/19H.ARMY AIR CORPS Places Served : tidworth, fallingbostle, detmold, hongkong, minden Registration date : 2009-05-22
| 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. | |
| | | cartav Maj Gen
Number of posts : 784 Age : 93 Localisation : s. yorks Cap Badge : RA (ns) RA, R.Sigs, RE ( TAVR) Places Served : Oswestry, Tonfanau, Woolwich, Osnabruck, MT School Bordon, Bulford, Manorbier, Hameln, R.Sigs Blandford, RSME Chattenden, Western Highlands. Registration date : 2011-04-26
| 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. | |
| | | ciphers Maj Gen
Number of posts : 978 Age : 90 Localisation : Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada V2S 7C5 Cap Badge : Royal Signals Places Served : Catterick (1951) - BAOR (1952 -1954)-(Herford - Bunde - Munster) - Japan (Kure) - Korea (Pusan - Seoul) - Cyprus (Nicosia) - Suez Op (1st Guards Brigade) - UK (63 Sigs Regt TA, Southampton) Registration date : 2008-06-30
| Subject: Re: Kit and Equipment page - main site 4/2/2014, 18:42 | |
| Things are getting tough ... what next I wonder Len (Ciphers) | |
| | | brum FM
Number of posts : 2808 Age : 83 Localisation : Sandbach Cheshire Cap Badge : RA/QOH Places Served : JLRRA (Hereford) Nienburg Paderborn Colchester Munster Maresfield (Cyprus) Hohne Hemer Op Banner x4 Woolwich Registration date : 2010-03-02
| 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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