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Forum: Military Aviation

13th Apr 2014, 15:27

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Tell you what, there's nothing like putting on a...

Tell you what, there's nothing like putting on a pair of old cape leather flying gloves. Trouble is all of the touch screen kit in aircraft these days works better with a naked finger.

Forum: Military Aviation

9th Apr 2014, 07:37

Replies: 234

You know you're getting old when......

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I've actually driven up Silver Street in Lincoln...

I've actually driven up Silver Street in Lincoln in a snow storm and seen the same queueing to get into a nightclub. Yet if you gave them all the right kit and asked them to go on a refreshing five...

Forum: Military Aviation

8th Apr 2014, 23:14

Replies: 234

You know you're getting old when......

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Up until 1988 my telephone number was South...

Up until 1988 my telephone number was South Cockerington 628. Them were the days eh. Talking of phones do you remember public phone box handsets always use to smell of the sickly sweet odour of...

Forum: Military Aviation

26th Mar 2014, 08:28

Replies: 234

You know you're getting old when......

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We used to call the white thigh gap between the...

We used to call the white thigh gap between the top of the stocking and the knickers the Giggle Zone, 'cos if you got there you were laughing.

Then someone who should have been publicly hung...

Forum: Military Aviation

23rd Mar 2014, 18:31

Replies: 234

You know you're getting old when......

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Now £177 ph at Cambridge...

Now £177 ph at Cambridge...

Forum: Military Aviation

20th Mar 2014, 01:24

Replies: 234

You know you're getting old when......

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I've been walking with my U3A group today,...

I've been walking with my U3A group today, probably late 50's to early 70's and it's wonderful to know that after six miles my aching ankle is as nothing to the aching hips and arthritic knees. I...

Forum: Military Aviation

19th Mar 2014, 07:24

Replies: 234

You know you're getting old when......

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When you flew in a Hastings. When the mob...

When you flew in a Hastings.

When the mob wasn't run by beancounters and jobsworths.

When you realise that some of the first Lightning pilots are now in their 90's.

When Wg Cmdrs are as old...

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