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Old 8th Dec 2016, 12:00
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Right then Ginger, Staish says he wants cold beer tonight and the bar freezer has gone tits-up again. Get this to 20,000 feet, fly around for 1/2 hour and straight back. That ought to sort it.
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Old 8th Dec 2016, 12:06
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Pilot: "Water in the tanks again? Bugger...can't go up today eh? Better luck tomorrow chaps...I'm off to the Pub"
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Old 8th Dec 2016, 13:37
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Finally....a good use for the Spit as the Hurri's are all off fighting Jerry!
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Old 8th Dec 2016, 13:42
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"Here you are, Douglas. A couple of pints of this and you'll soon be legless."
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Old 8th Dec 2016, 13:51
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"I say, a pair of you and a couple of barrels, we're in for some fine rogering when you are done"



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Old 8th Dec 2016, 14:44
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  1. Shouldn't we be mounting it BEFORE we fill it ?
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Old 8th Dec 2016, 14:54
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I thought it was beer bottles we were supposed to drop for the whistle effect
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Old 8th Dec 2016, 15:14
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Now, when you say "underwing hardpoint", Professor...?
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Old 8th Dec 2016, 21:39
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So you're telling me Rolls-Royce have discovered a way to run the Merlins on beer, so you've commandeered all the local supplies? ....Damn this war!!!
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Old 9th Dec 2016, 10:05
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We seem to be approaching the stall, so the judging panel will be dropping their tanks at 1700Z today.
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Old 9th Dec 2016, 10:08
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So that's how Spitfire Ale gets its name!
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Old 9th Dec 2016, 10:34
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That bloody well explains why all of our beer ends up at 29 Sqn.
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Old 9th Dec 2016, 11:54
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"Are you sure you flushed all the petrol out thoroughly before you started, Hoskins ?"
 
Old 9th Dec 2016, 12:00
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"Wouldn't it have been a better idea to carry a bigger barrel and do without the tank ?"
 
Old 9th Dec 2016, 12:56
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Flash point must be pretty low, Bert's got a fag in his hand.
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Old 9th Dec 2016, 15:47
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"Pilot's keeping an eagle eye on the loading to make sure he gets every last drop he signed for - and shouldn't those barrels be on more of a tilt ?"

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Old 9th Dec 2016, 16:11
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The Judging Panel arrived safely in time for Happy Hour, having flown direct from Faversham fully tanked-up with Shepherd Neame's Spitfire Kentish Ale (correctly identified by Penny Washers: "So that's how Spitfire Ale gets its name!"). They had a short delay before take-off because they had to de-beer and re-beer (as Conso sensibly suggested: "Shouldn't we be mounting it BEFORE we fill it?"). Shortly after landing, Jim, having read Traffic_Is_Er_Was's safety guarantee ("Flash point must be pretty low, Bert's got a fag in his hand.") settled down with his first pint, then brought the judging to a temporary halt as he lit a cigarette, sipped his beer, and calmly exploded (correctly predicted by Danny 42C: "Are you sure you flushed all the petrol out thoroughly before you started, Hoskins ?") Judging had to wait until Jim had collected himself.

The Panel were much impressed with the overall quality of entries, and awarded 'Special Mentions' to the four competitors quoted above. However, the three captions that most tickled them were:

In 3rd Place: AndyTug with "Judging by what the bloke on the left is writing, is this the first time Australian lager landed in the UK?"

In 2nd Place: Arm_out_the_Window with "I'm not sure that's what HQ meant by 'Let Jerry have it with both barrels', but carry on anyway."

But, in 1st Place is Wensleydale (who seemed to be in his element here, clocking up a record 7 captions in the Panel's shortlist) with: "The Spitfire behind will be carrying the Whisky - he's the tail chaser."

Wensleydale is therefore the winner of the Coffman Starter Trophy, and hopefully will provide us with something for the weekend.

You have control...

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Old 9th Dec 2016, 17:41
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Well done sir, and (not a caption) apparently the official name for them was "Modification XXX depth charges"..... guess that's why the guy is chalking it on there?
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Old 9th Dec 2016, 18:03
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Originally Posted by andytug
Well done sir, and (not a caption) apparently the official name for them was "Modification XXX depth charges"..... guess that's why the guy is chalking it on there?
Interesting. I've found a "Modification XXX depth charge" link: You won?t believe this one weird trick they used to fly beer to the D-Day troops in Normandy | Zythophile
which is a good read. According to the article, the drop-tank in our picture is not the Mod XXX, but is a Typhoon/Hurricane jettison tank modified to carry beer on the Spitfire. The Mod XXX was a carrier to enable actual barrels to be carried - one under each wing!
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Old 10th Dec 2016, 07:23
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Thanks very much! Lets try with this one......


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