Anyone in the Royal Air Force?

[DrunkMonkey 0]

Um, looking to contact someone in the RAF. I'm in the USAF, wanted to get a list of RAF traditions.

[GeordieSkydiver 0]

I'm in the British army, but I work in aviation, so I could probably find some, we have some RAF squibbers (riggers) ying around somewhere.

Lee

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[kallend 2,151]

WWII (Battle of Britain) RAF song:

Oh, the bold aviator was dying
And as 'neath the wreckage he lay, he lay
To the sobbing mechanics about him
These last parting words he did say

"Take the magneto out of my stomach,
And the butterfly valve off my neck,
Extract from my liver the camshaft,
There are lots of good parts in this wreck"


"Take the cylinders out of my kidneys
The connecting rod out of my brain, my brain
From the small of my back get the crankshaft
And assemble the engine again"

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[DZJ 0]

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WWII (Battle of Britain) RAF song:

Oh, the bold aviator was dying
And as 'neath the wreckage he lay, he lay
To the sobbing mechanics about him
These last parting words he did say

"Take the magneto out of my stomach,
And the butterfly valve off my neck,
Extract from my liver the camshaft,
There are lots of good parts in this wreck"


"Take the cylinders out of my kidneys
The connecting rod out of my brain, my brain
From the small of my back get the crankshaft
And assemble the engine again"

That's not, strictly speaking, an RAF song. It originates with the Royal Flying Corps of the First World War.

[shropshire 0]

I'm ex-RAF.... but a couple of traditions that I do remember ...

(1) Send your officiers to war whilst we NCOs stay at home (in the main - N.B there are some NCO aircrew)!

(2) Bomb the other poor sap from the edge of space (or over the horizon) from where he's got no chance of seeing you This is a GOOD one! Oh, unless he/she is s'posed to be on YOUR side!

(.)Y(.)
Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[Ian84 0]

Im in the process of applying at the moment, passed the interview and now i have the medical in 2 weeks time. As for traditions, im spending this weekend at the base for 'Novemberfest' but I think thats just a tradition of the squadron I've applied to.