/diy/ - Do It Yourself

No pix unfortunately but a cool (read: terrifying) story from my father.

He was a mechanic in the RAF for years.
He had to open up and climb inside the fuel tank of an Avro Vulcan for routine maintenance (pic related, best looking heavy bomber ever)
Looking at the maintenance record its the first time the tank has been opened in 6 years
Opens it up to find a small wooden stool inside, left from the previous mechanic that was in there 6 fucking years ago
This plane had been on operations with a wooden stool rolling around in the tank drenched in fuel