RAF Pipe Band.

**Jacques** · 25th August 19, 03:31 PM

Originally Posted by The Q

That would be correct..

Rock Apes? Is that the RAF Regt?

Just curious. Had the opportunity to play with them when i was posted at Goose Bay in Canada around 1990 - 93.

**The Q** · 26th August 19, 12:01 PM

Originally Posted by Jacques

Rock Apes? Is that the RAF Regt?

Just curious. Had the opportunity to play with them when i was posted at Goose Bay in Canada around 1990 - 93.

Yes that's one of the less rude nicknames for the RAF Regt , just about every trade has some sort of nickname, Engines were Sooties, my trade Electronics (RADAR in my case) were fairies..

**Jacques** · 26th August 19, 12:35 PM

Originally Posted by The Q

Yes that's one of the less rude nicknames for the RAF Regt , just about every trade has some sort of nickname, Engines were Sooties, my trade Electronics (RADAR in my case) were fairies..

Thanks. When the RAF Regt was at Goose Bay and without supervision, it seemed they had turned drinking and fighting among themselves into a daily event. In the RCAF we used similar terms like rigger for air frame techs and fitter for engine techs. They used to call mp's meatheads until the govt cut our budget in '83 it was changed to bone-heads.