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Old 15th Sep 2013, 10:57
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BEagle
 
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What happened to the Air Traffic Landrover with his box of cassette tapes, PA system....
Especially one on of his colleagues had switched cassettes to one which merely bellowed out "WHY DON'T YOU SODDING BIRDS JUST F*** OFF!!!".

An ancient nav, with whom we were issued whilst ours was away on the honking course, told us of an effective method of bird clearance. On night he'd been radar bombing in a Lincoln over a range somewhere in Germany. Somehow a c.ock-up had been made and the bombs duly descended into a large waterfowl sanctuary, Cat5-ing several million deutsche ducks... Questions Were Asked, but this was the early 1950s, so the usual "Shouldn't have started the war, eh Fritz?" sympathetic answer was given....

Last edited by BEagle; 15th Sep 2013 at 11:02. Reason: Because the idiot PPRuNe nanny-word checker doesn't know the origin of the term 'c.ock-up'!!
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