Remember these?

[taff]

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Sweedish container.

[Gogsy]

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Sorry Taff,it's a Norwegian container.

[taff]

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Cheers Gogsy, my grey cells not working.

[stephenfrank]

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You knew it was Scandanavian taff, thats not bad.

[billS]

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it's a container,easy innit

[jackw102]

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Army Airborne Transport Development Centre 1959 (part of JATE Joint Air Transport Establishment)
A demonstration drop over Salisbury plain in front of a load of Brass, some of them from NATO.
The load was an Austin Champ and a 25 Pdr Field Gun and Limber.
Due to time constraints on the DZ the take off process at base was a bit rushed and some of the load checks were done a little on the quick side.
The run into the DZ went OK and the load was pushed down the runners and went merrily out the back with no sign of a chute deployment. Apparently someone had forgotten to remove the pins from the chute packs!

When the dust had settled on the ground the poor old Austin Champ was no more than 18" tall and the 25 Pdr gun barrel was bent like a banana!

It was an expensive trial for the Champ fleet as on another occasions the locks on the pallet failed when the a/c rotated on takeoff and the whole think went out the back and bounced down the runway shedding bits as it went.Austin.jpgFerret.jpgWombatc.jpgVickers.jpg

[Tug]

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The pictures show 1=Champ 2=Ferret 3= Wombat 4=Vickers MG. As for the Heavy drop candle we had the same thing happen in France with a land rover & trailer carrying a 106 RR in 1961

[trubrit2411]

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Did we do rigging courses at Faringdon ? .....about fifteen miles from Bath ? It began with F I think.

[Don the Mod]

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Did we do rigging courses at Faringdon ? .....about fifteen miles from Bath ? It began with F I think.

I did mine at Netheravon.

[taff]

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Brize in 81

[SP737a]

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Abingdon about 74 I think - but I do remember we got there and they were making a new film about 'Reef Mains Extraction' me and Frank Ubsdell were film stars

[tudor]

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Hence the saying "Lubbly Jubbly"

Yup - remember them called that...

[Kanaka]

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1960 did 'Riggers' course at Netheravon. Instructor Sergeant was nicknamed 'Halfamark'. Any slight mistake in his eyes he would say "Lose Half a Mark'. Said it so often he got that knick name. Platforms were different to those showed in photos. Rigged Land Rover, Trailer and 106 Recoilless Anti Tank gun.

[Tug]

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Your right Kanaka, we had "Shock Struts" under the land rover and trailer and i don't see any under the Champ,you muct have been there around the same time as myself mate.

[Pat Harley]

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If that's a wombat Tug,it must be a prototype or something,because the cradle is different from the beast I remember,and the venturi is shorter.Maybe a mobat,as that's the only one of the family I have never seen?