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Old 2nd Feb 2002, 03:37
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John Eacott
 
Join Date: Aug 1999
Location: Gold Coast, Australia
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Talking

Ark,

Thanks for the reminder on missiles, completely forgot the 2"RP's. Story of which, was the firepower demo one day off Ark, when a steely Phantom driver hoiked off 4 pods in ripple, whilst pulling a climbing turn away from the goofers. Set for airburst, it all looked very pretty, except the one that went ballistic and chased the Phantom, going off terribly close to the intake <img src="eek.gif" border="0">

My first job in Oz was driving a Mk60 north out of Derby, in the far north west, about 300+nm. Northbound in the morning, southbound in the afternoon, I was often asked in the Boab Hotel if I was a truck driver, since my right arm was 4 shades darker than the left <img src="wink.gif" border="0"> <img src="wink.gif" border="0">

Sitting up there in splendid isolation, wondering if all the passengers were behaving downstairs <img src="cool.gif" border="0">
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