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Old 30th Oct 2013, 22:59
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"Beam me up, Scotty"
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Old 30th Oct 2013, 23:11
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George Lucas thought the original opening scene for Star Wars lacked ooomph.
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Old 31st Oct 2013, 00:26
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Tetris, the early years.
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Old 31st Oct 2013, 01:04
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As Nelson's Column toppled, a tiny biplane fell out the side of it.
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The wing walking Zepplin was the highlight of Nutty's barnstorming show.
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Old 31st Oct 2013, 01:43
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The pilots are starting to really resent the Zeppelin crews descriptions of their launch operations as "and then the ship had a bowel movement"
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Well whaddya know? Seamen can fly!
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Old 31st Oct 2013, 03:00
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Biggles thought, well oops, I tried to find Macon but all I got was Graf Zepplin, well they all look the same as he is marched off to a POW camp

While attempting his latest round the world flight, beardy Branson wished he had paid the extra for a inside seat
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Congratulations Mrs Zeppelin, it's a pup.
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Old 31st Oct 2013, 07:18
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Biggles considered this an ingeniuos way to avoid enemy radar until Ginger pointed out that it hadn't been invented yet!
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Old 31st Oct 2013, 07:24
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"And once you are over the threshold it's a snap roll and you land on. Don't be late with the round out though Hoskins."
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Old 31st Oct 2013, 07:34
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Cue a song ...

"Those Magnificent men and their Flying Trapeze"
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Old 31st Oct 2013, 07:50
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Kirk to Enterprise ... My Shuttle Craft is caught in some sort of alien tractor beam ... I'm going in ... Kirk Out.
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Old 31st Oct 2013, 09:42
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CRIKEY! What's an upside down hangar doing all the way up here?
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Old 31st Oct 2013, 09:53
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"He's having problems getting it in, deploy the hair!"


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"There were eight in the Zep and the little one said roll over, roll over, so we all rolled over and one fell out, there were seven in the Zep and the little one said roll over......"


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Old 31st Oct 2013, 10:09
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Lt. R. J. Laytecks USN undertakes an external check for perforations
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Note on the end of the trapeze: "Out to lunch, back in 1 hour".
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Although their Airships liked the concept, they were not impressed with the name 'Avro Haemorrhoid'.
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