Ooh, bet that stung! 😀

The really fun part came just after that. It was pointed out to me that as I was leaking at a rather alarming rate it would be wise to seek medical attention. I duly wandered off along the flight line towards a large green tent with a big red cross on the top of it…
Upon reaching what I assumed to be a first aid station I was surprised to see a bunch of USAF wallahs swanning about drinking alcoholic beverages & laying about all over the tent in lawn chairs. There also seemed to be a complete lack of anything vaguely medical, apart from the tent itself.
I enquired about the chances of a bit of duct tape or something to seal my noggin & was informed that this was in fact a decoy first aid station set up by a bunch of guys who wanted a front row seat to the airshow & had borrowed the tent…. The real first aid station was bloody miles away… which is how I arrived at the place with a bloody rag in one hand & a beer in the other. :rolleyes:

Getting hit in the head by a prop hanging on the front of TFC’s B25 at Alconbury in ’90. Part of the “pull it thru 12 blades” pre start malarky & some pillock couldn’t count. As I turned around to walk away he pulled it thru one more blade… CLANG!! I still have the scar.
SG’s comment: “I hope you didn’t get any blood on my aeroplane” :rolleyes:

That was the day I learned that if you have a headwound that is bleeding rather profusly it’s NOT a wise decision to try & stem the flow of claret with a rag soaked in avgas & aeroshell…
smelled nice tho 🙂

I have some pics taken from the top of the parking lot next to Camb YMCA on Parkers Piece of 3 VC10’s flying over in formation 🙂 Taken between ’89 & ’91.

Dizzy Addicott apparently barrell rolled a VC10 over the Atlantic…. no passengers, just the crew…