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Old 13th Jun 2014, 20:35
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MOD gets a nasty shock as they discover exactly which version of Lightning that they have ordered for the new carriers.
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Old 13th Jun 2014, 20:59
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MOD Procurement Branch does it again.............
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Old 13th Jun 2014, 22:51
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"Join the RAF & get to play with some super models" he said....
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Old 13th Jun 2014, 23:18
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Old 14th Jun 2014, 00:01
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Hybrid fighters are the way to go, but we need to work on the batteries a little more.
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Old 14th Jun 2014, 01:40
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Proof that Lightning ops have never ceased, they were just scaled down.
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Old 14th Jun 2014, 08:07
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"FAB, Virgil, launching in one minute."

"Stand by, Scott, check your 10 o'clock, you've left Lady Penelope's suitcase behind!"
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Old 14th Jun 2014, 08:23
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Ex Lightning pilots will do anything to appear on "You've been framed".
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Old 14th Jun 2014, 13:08
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Scramble....Scramble..... Spindrift inbound.
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Old 14th Jun 2014, 13:35
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"No, I don't have a wife or children. However did you guess?"
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Old 14th Jun 2014, 13:48
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"Yes I know you joined as a fighter pilot and yes I know you were streamed to be a desk jockey on drones, but we've had budget issues, so get over it"


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Old 14th Jun 2014, 14:23
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"Why aren't they in the air?"
"They refuse to fly."
"Oh, so lightnings do strike twice....."
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Old 14th Jun 2014, 14:33
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Advances in dehydration technology were game-changers











unless there's a drought..
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Old 14th Jun 2014, 14:44
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At the time of the Lightning's introduction the side-effects of AVPIN were not fully understood.
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Old 14th Jun 2014, 14:49
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SAC Bloggs ... I told you not to leave them out in the rain
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Old 14th Jun 2014, 14:52
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Forecast for the day is for a little lightning.
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Old 14th Jun 2014, 15:07
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"We fly them lower, it fools the Arabs, and we successfully got rid of the unauthentic whining noise by sending the flight Eng's home"
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Old 14th Jun 2014, 15:12
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It's the only way Vettel and Ricciardo are going to get on the front of the grid this year.
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Old 14th Jun 2014, 15:33
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Sorry lads you were a bit late on the start ... Typhoons filled in for you at HMTQ's Birthday Fly Past today
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Old 14th Jun 2014, 15:45
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I thought the EE Lightning had a 28v DC back-up battery ... which was carried internally
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