December 19, 2005 at 3:05 pm
RAF Pilot Admits To Taking Women On Joyride
Sun, 18 Dec ’05
Reprimanded Over “Jolly” Incident
It’s a classic tale: Boy meets girl. Boy flies airplanes. Boy takes girl on airplane ride.
A RAF search-and-rescue pilot is now dealing with the consequences, however, after admitting he took two women along for an unauthorized ride in a Sea King helicopter — all in an effort to impress them.
(Before we go any further, a few of the guys at ANN plead guilty to having done the same thing — although not in Sea Kings, as none were actually flying for the Royal Air Force at the time — Ed.)
According to the Daily Telegraph, Lt. Mark Dennis — a Sea King pilot for 14 years — told a court-martial board in Devonport, England, that he took his friend Suzy Goodson, and another woman, Lee Scott, on a tree-skimming flight over the mountains of Snowdonia National Park. (Classy — Ed.)
According to the Telegraph, though, it was nothing the women hadn’t seen before — both Goodson and Scott are members of mountain rescue teams. However, Dennis told the court-martial board the ride was a “jolly for Suzy.”
Dennis received a jolly reprimand over the joyride.
FMI: http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk
Apologies if this has been posted before, there was a post about free flights with the RAF, but I couldn’t find it 😉