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That Dragon is the business
listen up you sea hags
adopt the dragon now
listen up you sea hags
adopt the dragon now
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Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere***
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
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Its either that or pokemon....
Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.Comment
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the dragon is very good..possibly with buzz lightlear beatin the shite out of it shouting" to infinity and beyond. got a bit carried away there....Comment
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As always, too many christians and never enough lions.Comment
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Hi all
The old Marchettis in the Don all had cartoon character stickers on the fins, such as Pepe and Yosemite Sam and Goofy,I think. No particular significance attached to each but they survived several official attempts to remove them. Heli Flight were great men for cartoons and other kinds of unofficial drawings appearing on the aircraft and the flying kit, with their Pink Panther appearing on helmets and doors. The tails of an Alouette and a Cessna were adorned with fine commemorative paintwork, stretching the length of the tail on each one, for their length of service (30 yrs for the A.III) and signed by the unit members. These were done by a very talented artist who still serves in Heli. There were also some unofficial "tags"(unit stickers or actual graffitti) applied on several Don aircraft when visiting foreign airshows/airbases. So, there is a long tradition of adorning Service vehicles/ships/aircraft in the DF and long may it continue, as long as it doesn't degenerate to the level of the porn applied to RAF aircraft in the Gulf Wars.
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GttCComment
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and in one case on a visiting aircraft alsoThere were also some unofficial "tags"(unit stickers or actual graffitti) applied on several Don aircraft when visiting foreign airshows/airbasesThings fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere***
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.Comment
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Hi there
More than one. Some visitors didn't mind a bit I did see at least one cheese-eating surrender monkey lose the plot when some scally stuck an Air Corps sticker on his Alpha Jet.Some peple just get so uptight!!
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GttCComment
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Does the use of an axe on visiting American aircraft count?Covid 19 is not over ....it's still very real..Hand Hygiene, Social Distancing and Masks.. keep safeComment
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Le Niamh
For ages there was talk of it being Hong Kong Phoeey a 70's cartoon character again because of the Asian trip but it never materialisedComment
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whats the story behind the funnel mascot on the Aisling? looks like a take on the spartans or similar?An army is power. Its entire purpose is to coerce others. This power can not be used carelessly or recklessly. This power can do great harm. We have seen more suffering than any man should ever see, and if there is going to be an end to it, it must be an end that justifies the cost. Joshua Lawrence ChamberlainComment
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It was the year of fire...the year of destruction...the year we took back what was ours.
It was the year of rebirth...the year of great sadness...the year of pain...and the year of joy.
It was a new age...It was the end of history.
It was the year everything changed.Comment
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The last of the P20 or Deirdre class.As always, too many christians and never enough lions.Comment
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Knows as mohicans due to the original antennae configuration, which placed most of the radio aerials on the ships centrline, looking through certain eyes as if the ship wore a Mohican.
Deirdre was a Mammoth, the original of the species(from an old britvic ad)
Emer is Pepe le Pew, due to the stink from her waste treatment plant,
Aoife is the Wicked witch of the west(witch on broomstick wearing sailors hat) as the character aoife in irish folklore is the witch who changed the children of Lir into swans.
One of the peacocks is a gun toting Yosemite Sam, while the other is Roadrunner.
Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.Comment
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Sorry Goldie but you are well off the mark there pal. The Mohecian came about circa 1995-6 and was submitted in a competition ran by the XO and the prize was something like a rugby Jersey with the winning crest as it was close to foreign trip season and that was the time to get such things.Originally posted by Goldie fish View Post
A couple young A/Seamen came up with the Idea because Aisling was the last of the P.20 class to be built, hence "The last of the Mohecians". The idea went down a treat and one of the A/Sea who had come up with the idea was a keen artist and sketched what can be seen on the funnel badge today.............FACT. No MASTS at all.
Any other questions ??
As always, too many christians and never enough lions.Comment
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I think we are both right....
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