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  1. Oldstacker

    A new poem for remembrance

    Something from one of our dark blue brethren, but very appropriate this weekend. Lost at sea FWIW it touches me because I had an uncle KIA in the far east in WW2 who was hurriedly buried in the jungle (I have seen the photo's) but whose remains were never recovered and he is officially listed...
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    Music for a career

    Change of topic away from politics etc Thinking ahead to when I get old(er) and start losing my marbles or even grip on life, I have put together a video comprised of photo's illustrating my service career with captions etc about where I was & why I was in certain places etc. As part of that I...
  3. Oldstacker

    ID Tags

    So I was having an explore of the darker recesses of my bedside draw and came across my old dog tags - both sets - and it got me struggling to remember.... During the early years of my service (started 1976) we never saw our dog tags as they were held in PSF. Then, iirc, I was issued with my...
  4. Oldstacker

    Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Armitage

    As a stacker I remember him as AMSO but know his name as one of the 'grown-ups' for many years of my career. Obituary
  5. Oldstacker

    Now Ofsted's having a pop at MOD

    Accommodation & uniforms... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-63170214
  6. Oldstacker

    Army washing their dirty linen in public.... again

    Clearing up after a mate's bird If your 'love interest' throws up in your room, then who should clean up? More to this than meets the eye?
  7. Oldstacker

    Putin's special briefcase

    I'll just post this here... https://metro.co.uk/2022/06/11/vladimir-putins-guards-collect-his-poo-during-trips-abroad-16809780/ The pleasures of being in the close protection business 💩💩💩💩
  8. Oldstacker

    30 & 33 Sqdns Crete.

    I'm on holiday in Crete at the moment and today was an ideal opportunity to visit the 30 & 33 Sqdn memorial at Maleme. I am pleased to report that it is well maintained & simple but fitting tribute to the lost. For those that are not aware, today marks the 81st anniversary of the start of the...
  9. Oldstacker

    Canberra Boys

    I'm currently reading the book 'Canberra Boys' by Andrew Brookes. It's a history of the Canberra forces from their inception to withdrawal told largely through the stories of the aircrew that were part of it. What I hadn't realised before (mainly because I had never thought about it) was that...
  10. Oldstacker

    Adele & the BBC

    Is it just me or is anyone else sick & tired of seeing Adele getting a day's worth of free advertising on BBC news programmes today? I don't particularly like her anyway but I'm afraid I really don't see why a singer releasing a new track warrants several minutes of coverage on every national...
  11. Oldstacker

    I've discovered something new...

    I was indirectly pointed at something on YouTube yesterday that deserves sharing... The Avalon Jazz Band play some really 'mellow' music and their chanteuse Tatiana Eva-Marie both sounds good and is really easy on the eye (if you know what I mean.....) with a smile that just says something...
  12. Oldstacker

    More idiocy....

    Credenhill housing development how long will it be before a new resident complains or will they all be sold to MOD/military personnel?
  13. Oldstacker

    Spotters have their uses....

    Spotter saves jet I think this guy deserves a well done for doing the right thing....
  14. Oldstacker

    Where did they all go?

    45 years ago today, i took the Queen's shilling and she's been getting her pound of flesh back from me ever since.... To be fair, it's not been a bad life but 45 years since I joined up!!!!! I wonder what happened to the other fresh-faced youngsters in the 11 Flight photo at Swinderby?
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    Flight Safety films

    Does anyone else remember the flight safety film that was used in the late '70's that illustrated the 'swiss cheese' model of safety factors that started with a pilot (played by Richard O'Sullivan, iirc) getting his mess breakfast late and then nearly losing a Harrier? The point of the film...
  16. Oldstacker

    What do we think of this ex-member of Support Command?

    sex instead of rent So are these perverts preying on vulnerable young women or simply 'businessmen' offering an alternative to cash rent? They are upfront about the deal and if the the women are that short of cash that they are willing to take the deal then one alternative possibility is that...
  17. Oldstacker

    RIP - John Le Carre

    RIP to one of the greats of spy fiction - someone who entertained me for years. His books were masterpieces of the study of human nature in difficult circumstances. (but he would have been on my celebrity death pool list had he lasted a couple more weeks... so he's done the decent thing)
  18. Oldstacker

    RAF Historical documents

    Having been prompted by genealogy website Find My Past I checked the National Archives website and they have a large collection of RAF Sqn Operations Record Books for WW2 which have been digitized and are, for the Covid-19 duration, free to download. Some may be interesting to those with an...
  19. Oldstacker

    Engineering Safety & the internet......

    Could it happen again....Too much fuel additive
  20. Oldstacker

    RAF SAR Wessex & lifeboats

    So this is mostly footage taken on a couple of RNLI lifeboat training exercises a good few years ago before H&S kicked in but it does feature some reasonable footage of a Wessex working with the boats as well, including a winchman being dropped on to the stern of a lifeboat and then recovered...
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