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[maxi77]

Remind me to tell you sometime of our delivery of about 2 weeks' worth of RAF Gibraltar O'Mess newspapers to HMS Penelope in the Western Med, about the time of the Yom Kippur War - by Canberra.

Upon request, a 'parcel' was made up and taped inside the bomb-bay doors. The ship obligingly put a ship's launch over the side and we did a very low, slow run at close to stalling speed.... circa 95 knots, AIR. A guess was made, and the bomb-door OPEN switch was toggled.

We climbed away. The 'parcel' hit the launch square on.

After a couple of minutes, the ship's 'Jimmy' came on the air. "The captain has asked me to convey his compliments. Sincerely."

Many many moons ago I was on a frigate on the Beira patrol, and occasionallly the shackletons fron Majunga would do a maildrop. On one occasion the pilot flew particularly low and close and as he flew away the CO called him and after thanking him commented that he could see fhe copilots flies were undone.