"MkIII" <mkiii@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Hehe.
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> No never saw a show at Greenham & '76 I was 14! (it's a real common
> again now btw, trees, grass, picnics), but I live near that area now.
>
> I was in the RAF as a fitter, and I know what you mean. There is still
> a class system in the UK forces, but it is slowly fading away.
> Yes again to the NCOs 'playing' hard. Beer & shorts tend to flow like
> water in the Sgts mess.
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> "Gene" <Try2Spam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "MkIII" <mkiii@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> > Quite a few of us.
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>> > I hope no one hears my heavy (English) accent & tries to ban me. ;)
>> >
>> > "Tomasz Swidzinski [no dot]" <soth3d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> >> Hi,
>> >> Some of lw users live outside america.
>> >> Amazing, but true.
>> >> EOT
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>> >> pozdrawiam serdecznie / best regards
>> >> Tomasz
>> >>
>> >> I'm out of bed and dressed. What more do you want?
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>> >> http://www.soth3d.com
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>> God bless the Brits. I had some great times there. There was this
>> scot lass .....
>>
>> Hey MKIII, did you see any of the airshows at Greenham Commons in
>> the 70's? I flew an S model cobra in 70's at one. 1976, I think.
>> Great time - great beer - great company. Just one small complaint -
>> as a warrant officer I was given the choice of hanging out with the
>> sargeant pilots or the officers. What's up with your officers? Gene
>> pool a little shallow? Some were a bit odd at times. Needless to say,
>> I hung out with the British warrants and sargeants. Had a blast.
>> Those guys knew how to work hard and play hard.
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I was only 26, so not that much difference. The airshow was the second
largest to the Paris Air Show. I stayed at a town by the airfield - can't
remember the name anymore. Started with an 'S' I think. Nice part of the
country around there. The Druid drawings were neat. Those, the flight up
the Thames and the crossing from France to dover and Stonehinge were
really neat for us. After all history here in the states is just a few
hundred years. Shakespere's town was around there also wasn't it?
Stratford on Avon if I can remember my lessons.
There used to be a weapons range near there. We went there to fire TOW
missles out of the cobras. Hard to believe that large base is gone. Nice
though that the Europe is getting some benefit from the end of the cold
war.
The guy I stayed with was killed a couple of years later in Ireland. I
found single malt scotch thanks to him. We used to trade off and stay in
each others houses for vacations my last two years in Germany.
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