VIPER BITES COBRA
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#HumorInUniform by Seshadri Vasan)
We all had shifted to the new Hansa mess in 1974. A wonderful location indeed but also there were plenty of vipers on the mess road.
On one fine night, this Cobra (Alize pilot) decided to take an after dinner walk to bring down the effect of that one too many Feni drinks.
A viper bit our Hero.
To begin with, that poor viper did not know that he was biting a Cobra.
That too a Cobra who was in his elements!
And the Viper had no way of knowing that our Cobra had more fire in his belly than Viper itself.
...Guess what?
Of course our hero was taken to the hospital and treated. Nothing happened to him.
But the bearers of yesteryears in the Hansa mess and the domestic staff swear that they saw a strange sight.
The stupefied viper was behaving rather oddly!
It crawled unusually straight before retreating!!
You do know that the Vipers go sideways normally.
This strange behavior of the Viper was discussed next evening at the bar.
After thorough analysis of the behavior of the Viper and detailed discussions it was concluded that this strange phenomenon happened due to the Viper's fangs coming in contact with the fenny saturated blood that was flowing in the veins of our Cobra.
I believe there have not been any viper bites on the aircrew since then.
Folklore has it that the subsequent generations of vipers have been warned not to bite any aviator who is not sober!
And how do the Vipers make out if an aviator is sober or not?
Simple!
There is no Naval Aviator who is sober after the sun goes down!!!
#PilotHumor