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Old 20th Nov 2016, 17:43
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Yet again, MoD didn't get the Specification quite right, and BAe took full advantage of the errors and omissions.
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Old 20th Nov 2016, 17:47
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"Why do I need an oxygen mask? Does it really go that high?"
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Old 20th Nov 2016, 17:49
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"No Sir, that's not a light bulb in the air intake - it's just a filament of your imagination."
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Old 20th Nov 2016, 17:59
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"Who said anything about landing, Sir?"
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Old 20th Nov 2016, 18:00
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Multiple fins were intended to appeal to a certain Scandinavian market.
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Old 20th Nov 2016, 18:11
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"Its ok Sir, the training wheels come off after the first two landings. If you make them that is."
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Old 20th Nov 2016, 18:22
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Originally Posted by jim's brother View Post
In Firefox browser, right-click on original image then "Copy Image Location" ... then "insert image" in new post and paste the image location into the pop-up. Like this:

Jim, nah, click the reply icon, in the reply window tick option Quote message in reply

Job dun
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Old 20th Nov 2016, 18:28
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I don't own this space under my name. I should have leased it while I still could
 
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Er Dr Strangeglove are you sure this is a fighter plane? It looks more like a Fat Boy carried by those B29s.
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Old 20th Nov 2016, 18:31
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Airplane, Sir? Not actually.....this is your very own Bucket of Instant Sunshine!
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Old 20th Nov 2016, 18:33
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"Well sir, it doesn't really fly as such , it's just so ugly that the ground repels it. "
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Old 20th Nov 2016, 18:35
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"I'm not signing for that, Chief !"
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Old 20th Nov 2016, 18:39
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SASLess, I will give you the benefit of the doubt for plagarism
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Old 20th Nov 2016, 19:02
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Stealing an earlier inspiration ...

"She's a-Goblin, Sir, and that's her clitoris. Now take her to Heaven and back, Major Flasheart, Sir. Have fun!"
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Old 20th Nov 2016, 19:11
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Pilot-substitute: "OK, put some camouflage paint on it. I'm sure some European in NATO will buy it.
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Old 20th Nov 2016, 19:13
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The US Defense Sales Organisation gave their Soviet visitors a false sense of security.
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Old 20th Nov 2016, 19:15
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Young Sharky decided to give this opportunity a miss.
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Old 20th Nov 2016, 20:05
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The CoG was a bit high, so we redesigned the undercarriage.
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Old 20th Nov 2016, 20:16
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"Unfortunately they lost the final assembly drawing so we had to play it off the cuff"
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Old 20th Nov 2016, 20:19
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Jim, nah, click the reply icon, in the reply window tick option Quote message in reply

Job dun
Jim says, "Navs never change, do they?"



I think Jim is being overly harsh... JB
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Old 20th Nov 2016, 20:32
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"No, Sir, I'm not your groundcrew - this is the sim, and I'm your lateral movement."
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