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04-20-2005, 03:01 PM
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#346 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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Country:  | Great stuff, do ever work along with the CP-140? I worked on every one of em - OH NO YOU SAID IT AGAIN UGGHHHHH!!!!!  
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04-20-2005, 03:13 PM
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#347 | | He who does not skim
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Country:  | We work with them often. 
The craziest thing I saw was a Dutch P-3, on a NATO deployment one time. The crazy f*cker buzzed the ship at I'd say no more than twenty feet off the water, right down our port side. I was off watch, having a smoke on the quarter deck, and he scared the living **** out of us! It was great! 
The captain didn't seem to see the humour in it though.  | |
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04-20-2005, 03:23 PM
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#348 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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Country: | Yep - someone said it earlier, the Dutch could be kinda crazy 
Back in the 80s I was a tech rep with Lockheed, made a couple trips to PEI when it was operational. We had fuel tank leak problems for a spell during that time on P-3s and CP-140s, helped trying to correct the problem. Sure enjoyed Canada! 
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04-20-2005, 03:28 PM
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#349 | | He who does not skim
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Country: | Not much to do in PEI but drink.
Some nice beaches though. | |
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04-20-2005, 03:35 PM
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#350 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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Country: | Yep - would usually run back to Halifax ASAP!
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05-02-2005, 07:48 AM
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#351 | | Senior Member
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Country:  | My dad tagged a Canadian P-3 while on a NATO exercise. Gave it a nice big 11 Sqd. symbol.
A story about being buzzed, one of the lads on my dad's squadron was working on a Lightning while an exercise was on. The station was supposed to be getting air striked, and coming in no higher than 30 feet were two Bucs slamming over the airfield...the bloke on the Lightning shits his pants, falls off the wing and lands straight on the red top before toppling to the ground.
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05-02-2005, 08:13 AM
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#352 | | "Shooter"
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Country: | If you aren't expecting it, it can be pretty shocking! I was in a security tower at Lakenheath during a NATO exercise. The tower was at 60 feet in height. They called an "alarm red" and we saw 2 German Alpha Jets coming in low from the east, and I mean LOW! One of them came straight at us. We watched as he got closer and ducked as he broke at the last second. If I had been on the catwalk outside, I swear I could have reached out and touched it! Shook that tower pretty good too.
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05-02-2005, 08:23 AM
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#353 | | Senior Member
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Country: | Yeah, those Bucs are fast and loud. I bet the lad had to change his pants. I bet the pilots who Lightnings bounced probably crapped their pants too.
It used to happen all the time, pilots bouncing each other. Like a Phantom would be flying a long then zooming straight down and past it a Lightning from a different squadron. Apparently, Lightnings used to bounce U-2s as well.
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05-02-2005, 01:16 PM
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#354 | | Master of Ewes
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good stories.......
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05-02-2005, 01:39 PM
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#355 | | He who does not skim
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Originally Posted by plan_D My dad tagged a Canadian P-3 while on a NATO exercise. Gave it a nice big 11 Sqd. symbol. | I wonder when they noticed?
We play little practical jokes like that on each other all the time. It always seems that the Kippers and Canucks go after each other the most too.
Ship's mascots are always a favourite target. We "kidnap" them, and hold them for ransom. Usually for cases of beer. 
I was in a painting party one time here in Halifax. We had a couple of RN frigates in, and a group of us were sent over to help them with a bit of painting, just to be neighbourly. We do that sometimes. Well my buddy managed to mix up some pinkish stuff and painted a huge band-aid on the side near the waterline, with a red maple leaf in the center.
But the best part is, no one noticed it! I mean, the thing was huge! It went undetected until they were leaving! Someone squealed as they were pulling away.
I thought we were dead, but nothing was really said about it. Ah, the good old days when officers still had a sense of humour. 
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05-02-2005, 01:41 PM
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#356 | | Konfused with a 'K'
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05-02-2005, 01:45 PM
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#357 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | man that sounds brilliant!! any more stories like that??
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05-02-2005, 01:58 PM
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#358 | | "Shooter"
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Country: | When I went TDY to Turkey years ago, they contracted some local Turks to paint the water towers on base. They are usually painted in a red and white checker pattern. Well, apparently there was a miscommunication. The water towers were a lovely shade of pink!  I wish I had taken a picture.
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05-02-2005, 03:33 PM
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#359 | | Senior Member
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Country: | The RAF used to 'zap' each other all the time. Any squadrons come to visit a base would be splattered with the local squadrons symbol. Both 5 and 11 Sqd. based in Binbrook were getting each other all the time apparently.
Any visiting nation would get it worst. The visiting aircraft would end up with 11 Sqd. and 5 Sqd. symbols splattered all over them.
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05-02-2005, 07:26 PM
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#360 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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Country: | We were on deployment at Barber's point Hawaii in 1998. There were several P-3 operators there from Korea, Japan, Australia and Canada. While attending a "very booze rich environment" party, three Japanese P-3 crew members went up to my squadron's maintenance officer (Chief W/O Smith, real name) and asked "where can we see the Arizona?" After eyeballing them from head to toe for about 5 seconds he turned beet red and snapped back, "WHERE YOU LEFT IT THE LAST TIME YOU VISITED IT!" 
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