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1991
1991 - 0601.PDF
STRAIGHTS LEVEL ZOO CRISIS SPECIAL "There is no sign of the Iraqis retreating, vehicles are still head ing south," Lt.-Col. Dick (Snake) White, commander of a Tomcat squadron of Harrier jump jets told reporters at a marine base in eastern Saudi Arabia, adding that he welcomes the chance to go af ter them in what he said would be "a turkey shoot." (Star Phoenix, Saskatoon, Canada, 1 February, 1991) Oh, no, it's the DH.86 again — this time a sight ing of one at Wadi Haifa in the Sudan in 1947. Be fore sightings of the ghosts of 86s past become too frequent (and before this column gets rechristened The Weekly Express) we'd better hope, along with Viv Bellamy, that the Hampshire lot get on with building a new one.... ROGER'S CONSPICUOUS CONSUMPTION QUIZ Q: What do the following have in common — cham pagne, coffee, white goods [you know, fridges and such like], and US air lines? A: There's only about seven major players, Jac ques Ancher, KLM Cargo executive vice-president, tells Budgie News, • "VICTORY IN 100 HOURS" scream Monty Orangebafl's banner head lines in the Daily Bigot as General Strike and his mo bile pillboxes storm trium phantly across the desert. The previous 936 hours, in which a few aircraft did a few isolated little raids here and there, were pre sumably just a little sof- tening-up routine, or an airshow to keep the troops amused... CONFIDENTIAL HUMAN ERROR FEEDBACK (CHEFs) Yes, of course, Nephew G F Cleminson. It was XV Squadron's 75lh, not its 50th (S & L, 27 Feb — 5 March) that the Hind was celebrating, as any ex-XV Squadron Lancaster pilot could have told ..Uncle Roger if he'd been listen ing... • The Budgie News pic ture boffins have still got a few of those wonderful Flightcolours of a few years ago left. They're still willing to make up packs of an assorted 30 in ex change for £5.00 — buy one for yourself, or a friend, or the local school project, by sending your cheque or postal order to: Quadrant Picture Library, Quadrant House, the Quadrant, Sutton, Surrey, SM2 5AS, United . King dom. FAT ARROWS TOUR EUROPE The first widebody acrobatic team, The Fat Arrows, has made its debut tour. The team, led by Capt "Chubby" Buffet, has made a number of appearances at airline catering conferences and describes its routine as an "aerial feast". One particularly noteworthy inthe routine is the team's Sausage Roll. (British Aerospace 146QTs (Quiet Trader) of Australian freight shipper TNT pose at their Cologne hub. The aircraft operate overnight to 30 destinations.) the same time as another jet was preparing to land on the same strip. The landing plane, which was. approaching the wrong runway, had to abort its takeoff to avoid a collision. Capt Bruce Speaking: "Take off power, Bruce." First Officer Bruce Here: "Done, Bruce — should I stand on the brakes, too?" The Mercury, Tasmania, 7 February 1991 Saro Cloud, 1936 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 13 - 19 March, 1991 59
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