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Old 22nd Aug 2005, 21:44
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Mountainman
 
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The 2CV is a top car!

Interestingly enough, the original design spec for that car required it to be able to drive across a ploughed field with a cargo of eggs without breaking them.

Stick with me here because there is a point to this.

When helicopters were first trailed by the Admiralty in the UK (Scapa Floe, Orkney during WWII) the best use they could put them to was guess what...............?

Transporting eggs from all the poultry farms because they didn't break as many as the lorry drivers did!

One of the pilots was called BristowBTW.

Just a little bit of rotary wing trivia for all you spotters out there.

MM
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