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Old 21st January 2010 | 01:12
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In the old days an angled deck also stops 50,000 tonnes of ship running you over when the catapult only goes whoosh instead of wwwhhhooooooossshhhhhhh
Stand fast those on the bow cat

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Reminds me of all those times sitting in the stack gas on 6 Spot while Ark's Flyco forgot all about us: until released from FW recovery with the wind at Red 90, out of limits, and then cleared for take off
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