SAS getting new toys - traffic chaos to ensue around Kemble.
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The SAS have purchased a 747 fuselage which is being moved from Kemble to Hereford from 7am tomorrow...
Expect traffic issues!
http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/headlines/11...
Expect traffic issues!
http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/headlines/11...
Substantially bigger than the little one in the photo they are using.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/55538134@N08/8344355...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/55538134@N08/8344355...
One of my best memories of the period between basic training and starting my phase 2 training was going up there and spending a day as a "hostage", I was only 18.
Sitting in a bus being driven down the road, having a helicopter hovering overhead and then the windows get blown in, it was fantastic and just like being on a movie set.
They picked one of us to be a "sleeper terrorist" and as we were being lined up he pulled his gun out and got flattened by a load of them.
Sat in a training house, all of us with Brownings if I recall correctly, with a load of blank rounds and one of us chambers a round and fires, scared the s**t out of us.
Can't remember much else, it was 17 years ago, but distinctly remember it being great fun.
Sitting in a bus being driven down the road, having a helicopter hovering overhead and then the windows get blown in, it was fantastic and just like being on a movie set.
They picked one of us to be a "sleeper terrorist" and as we were being lined up he pulled his gun out and got flattened by a load of them.
Sat in a training house, all of us with Brownings if I recall correctly, with a load of blank rounds and one of us chambers a round and fires, scared the s**t out of us.
Can't remember much else, it was 17 years ago, but distinctly remember it being great fun.
jhfozzy said:
One of my best memories of the period between basic training and starting my phase 2 training was going up there and spending a day as a "hostage", I was only 18.
Sitting in a bus being driven down the road, having a helicopter hovering overhead and then the windows get blown in, it was fantastic and just like being on a movie set.
They picked one of us to be a "sleeper terrorist" and as we were being lined up he pulled his gun out and got flattened by a load of them.
Sat in a training house, all of us with Brownings if I recall correctly, with a load of blank rounds and one of us chambers a round and fires, scared the s**t out of us.
Can't remember much else, it was 17 years ago, but distinctly remember it being great fun.
[PH standard response]Sitting in a bus being driven down the road, having a helicopter hovering overhead and then the windows get blown in, it was fantastic and just like being on a movie set.
They picked one of us to be a "sleeper terrorist" and as we were being lined up he pulled his gun out and got flattened by a load of them.
Sat in a training house, all of us with Brownings if I recall correctly, with a load of blank rounds and one of us chambers a round and fires, scared the s**t out of us.
Can't remember much else, it was 17 years ago, but distinctly remember it being great fun.
What colour's the boat house roof?
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jhfozzy said:
The Hypno-Toad said:
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What colour's the boat house roof?
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It was so long ago I can't remember what colour the bus was, let alone the boat houseWhat colour's the boat house roof?
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What boat house?
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jhfozzy said:
One of my best memories of the period between basic training and starting my phase 2 training was going up there and spending a day as a "hostage", I was only 18.
Sitting in a bus being driven down the road, having a helicopter hovering overhead and then the windows get blown in, it was fantastic and just like being on a movie set.
They picked one of us to be a "sleeper terrorist" and as we were being lined up he pulled his gun out and got flattened by a load of them.
Sat in a training house, all of us with Brownings if I recall correctly, with a load of blank rounds and one of us chambers a round and fires, scared the s**t out of us.
Can't remember much else, it was 17 years ago, but distinctly remember it being great fun.
My step nephew got to be a hostage for a day a while back, the SAS were the terrorists and the police had to try to negotiate with them. The SAS ran the poor police ragged, loads of stress and changing the rules so the BiB didn't know if they were coming or going Sitting in a bus being driven down the road, having a helicopter hovering overhead and then the windows get blown in, it was fantastic and just like being on a movie set.
They picked one of us to be a "sleeper terrorist" and as we were being lined up he pulled his gun out and got flattened by a load of them.
Sat in a training house, all of us with Brownings if I recall correctly, with a load of blank rounds and one of us chambers a round and fires, scared the s**t out of us.
Can't remember much else, it was 17 years ago, but distinctly remember it being great fun.
jhfozzy said:
The Hypno-Toad said:
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What colour's the boat house roof?
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It was so long ago I can't remember what colour the bus was, let alone the boat houseWhat colour's the boat house roof?
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What boat house?
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FourWheelDrift said:
Substantially bigger than the little one in the photo they are using.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/55538134@N08/8344355...
Is it just me that would want to sit in the cockpit for the journey "flying" it?https://www.flickr.com/photos/55538134@N08/8344355...
Speculatore said:
It won't be taken to Hereford it will go to the training ground at Pontrilas Army Training Centre (PATA) on the Abergavenny road where the training wing is based.. The main base moved from PATA (Stirling Lines) many years ago and is now in the old RAF base just outside Hereford.
Having read several news articles, some are saying this is going to a scrap yard, so possibly not SAS related at all!Gassing Station | Boats, Planes & Trains | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff