Pilot in sheep costume burned

[usmcecho4]

I can't tell if this belongs in "current news" or "aviation humor."

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article630286.ece

Semper Fi,
usmcecho4

 

[NavAir42]

Now that's just a good winging if I say so myself.

 

[KBayDog]

Looking at that image of the RAF gate, I now know what inspired the Five Man Electrical Band.

 

[HeyJoe]

Now that's just a good winging if I say so myself.

and it likely yielded (or will yield) a callsign that will last forever

 

[phrogdriver]

The injured pilot – who is on the fast-jet training scheme

I wish we called our training pipelines "schemes." It just has this very sketchy ring about it that I like.

 

[FLYTPAY]

I wish we called our training pipelines "schemes." It just has this very sketchy ring about it that I like.

So what percent get the fast-jet "scheme"?.....in the UK of course...

 

[Schnugg]

I hope he didn't get burned to Baaaadddd!

 

[phrogpilot73]

and it likely yielded (or will yield) a callsign that will last forever

Perhaps. We found out from our exchange officers that they rarely (if ever) do callsigns in the UK (at least the Royal Navy Commando world). They all just go by "nicknames" that are based on their first or last name.