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Old 21st Nov 2016, 02:47
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As I had not seen your post....not withstanding its proximity....I plead innocent of your charge.....but guilty for Failure to See and Avoid.
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Old 21st Nov 2016, 06:41
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"Clearly, Sir, it's not finished yet. There's a delay on the front and rear sections of the fuselage, each of which we're milling out of a single ingot of jam doughnut. We reckon it'll be mighty sweet to fly."
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Old 21st Nov 2016, 07:22
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SASLess, great minds . . .
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Old 21st Nov 2016, 07:26
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Not to be confused with the BAKA we call it the BARKING, as in . . .
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Old 21st Nov 2016, 09:15
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"It reminds me of the time I was letting myself down VFR on a Waaf I once knew, though she wasn't as highly polished"
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Old 21st Nov 2016, 09:18
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"When they said it was my turn in the barrel, I was expecting something better than this"
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Old 21st Nov 2016, 09:19
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Old 21st Nov 2016, 09:29
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"They said you couldn't polish a turd, well...Lockheed have proved them wrong"
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Old 21st Nov 2016, 09:33
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"The wife always told me the extra cream you get in a gold top wasn't worth the extra cost, and nothing I have seen so far dispels her assumption"
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Old 21st Nov 2016, 09:40
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"It looks fintastic"
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Old 21st Nov 2016, 09:50
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NOW IT CAN BE TOLD

Just released by the National Archives, this previously Top Secret image of the Mars (Mini Airborne Rations Shipper), retro-fitted to the bomb bay of the Vulcan for Operation Black Buck in 1982. There was concern that crew rations would pass their sell-by date during the lengthy sorties to the Falklands, so the Captain would despatch the Co-Pilot in the Mars to re-stock with suitable items at the nearest supermarket, hence the dual-purpose undercarriage quickly but cleverly designed in the days leading up to the operation by I. Hammer (Blacksmith) of Scampton village. (It is notable that the Hammer contract is the only Defence Contract to be completed within budget - "fifty quid - I only deal in cash, mate" - since 1849, and Lord Hammer of Scampton has thereby forged himself a place in history and now has many more irons in the fire).

The Co-Pilot would access the Mars using the door between the crew compartment and the bomb bay, the existence of which has only now been unclassified after more than fifty years of speculation since its inadvertent exposition in the film 'Thunderball'. It was only kept secret by carefully-managed propaganda promulgated by Vulcan aircrew who were under strict orders to describe any suggestion of such a hatch as being utterly vacuous.

In the event, the Mars was never actually deployed, due to the intrinsic inability of any crew to come to a mutual decision about whether or not they should purchase corned beef and Argentinian Tango.
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Old 21st Nov 2016, 10:24
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Originally Posted by Pontius Navigator
Jim, nah, click the reply icon, in the reply window tick option Quote message in reply

Job dun
Ah, that's how it works! I've wondered about that for years!!

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Old 21st Nov 2016, 10:34
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"How are the brakes?? Why do you think I am standing here"
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"Mate, the lack of chocks is the least of your worries"
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"Remember the old saying , crashed and burnt, well.... they were thinking of this when they came up with it"
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Old 21st Nov 2016, 11:08
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"With respect, Sir, there's nothing wrong with a B-29's wheels."
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"Escape system, Sir? You can't escape the obvious, I'm afraid."
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Old 21st Nov 2016, 11:43
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I'll take off the Kiddie wheels when you take off that ridiculous helmet!
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"No, Sir, this is how its stored. When you need to use it, you soak it with water and it expands to full size."
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...And in a alternative universe, Chuck Yeager found the sound barrier really was a barrier!
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