RAOC Gazette - page 152
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| Corps | RAOC |
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| Material type | Journals |
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1981 |
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| Colour | No |
| Grey | No |
| Early date | 1981 |
| Late date | 1981 |
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THEY JUST COULDN'T WAIT icipation of further delay in delivery of a wheelbarrow rn has been scaled for, and with specialist advice from 421 jf. Unit (Staff Sergeant Proctor), a semi-operational. locally- oducL-d wheelbarrow has been designed and manufactured at \[ : Gibraltar. The pre-production model is shown in our L oU)graph. Below are the design and performance specifications id characteristics. The pre-production model has the following basic specifica- jn : H) Genuine one-wheeler barrow; (2) Genuine Felix No. 1 omplete with on-board computer, twin extending booms with liversal joints (strictly limited extension), home-made scaffold- : ligsticks. genuine Jack-in-the-box TV camera (no monitor i of course), and—special feature—feet exposed to the ,1 dtur sunshine. This prevents any sudden attacks of cold ci and enables the utilisation of solar energy (not recom- ended for UK-based deployment); (3) Genuine Felix No, 2 jwer unit. Kitted out with tropical weight cabbage suit (Courtesy • the 2nd Battalion the Light Infantry) and feathered tickling ick to either:—(a) Maintain hysteria level of No. 1 or, (b) eep No. 1 awake. ••••• '••• v ^^sH^^'-^^um^dt^i^^'-' - ••' •••• *,: - ^ - : : ^ ••••<: ; ?'s.:V :V4 ? ^ - S r ^ ^ £ % . > ' ' ^ " . ' 'i>S'* , :,-«>^;f5Slg-*Tife , Ai^B-:ii¥:-»^>s.!fc!&:csw Photo Sergeant K, Webster. Bob Bond, his wife Magda and Captain M i k e Parsons. Bob has three world champion titles in Class ' A 1 Catamarans. from the Mohnesee Sailing Club, Major Chris Beeton RA, four Senior Instructors, nineteen Instructors in training and nine- teen students learning from scratch. THE LONG AND SHORT THIS astonishing photograph is not of a remnant from the l Western Desert or from It Ain't Half Hot Mum.' It is of Mr Len Simms of Vehicle Branch DSM(A). As a wave of apathy sweeps over our loyal readers in response to this pearl, I can hear their cries of " why the long shorts?" or even "short longs/' Simply this, Len organised his own walk for charity and this amazing rig is his walking kit. Happily he only walked about the office; the mighty roar of Chilwell traffic was not stilled by stunned disbelief at this apparition. None the less, he collected the most useful sum of £6.21 for the Leukemia charity. Well done Len and keep up the good walk, 5J^~^^;^-^---:^»**^ The RAF with a design that will never get off the ground. , >TES:—(i) Pigstick firing cables double as guiding: reins operated by Genuine Felix No. 3 ; (2) All team members carry enuine RAF Invincibility Badge; see left arms. (3) Felix No, 3 arries genuine five-shot Browning twelve bore (locally purchased artridges) to assist the exposed, cold feet feature (see l b above); \) 421 EOD Unit please note: feathers supplied by Fin* lazoomers, of that swish nitespot—Penelope's! IX FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS ALLOWING in his fathers footsteps, Private Graeme Eastley us joined the Corps. He was accepted into RAOC by Lieu- enant Colonel C. E. van Orton, Commander Supply Ordnance Jervices Berlin who handed over the side hat worn by Private :astley's father during his service with the Corps. Private Eastley transferred from the Army Air Corps, where le served as a Crewman/Driver/Signaller; he is now a Supply rierk. His father, Mr Victor Eastley, who is now a Chargehand vith the Electricity Board, served twenty two years in the Corps, tving as a Sergeant in 1971, WORLD CHAMPION VISITS BAOR 30B BOND, the Training Manager of the Royal Yachting Association recently ran an Instructors' Course at the Dum- nersee Yacht Club in West Germany, Bob, who is a very experienced sailor and three times vorld champion in Class 'A* Catamarans, was accompanied by • •s wife, Magda, also a very good sailor. The aim of the urse was to provide suitably qualified and experienced sailors th RYA Instructors' certificates and to teach soldiers the RYA method of sailing as devised by Bob Bond. The course was organised by Captain Mike Parsons of Dulmen, the RYA Principal of the Dummersee Yacht Club and was made u p of two coaches—Mike and his opposite number — OF IT 121 — Half mast for charity. |
| Book number | R0250 |