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Old 6th Dec 2016, 11:59
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"Seems, when they built it, they were short of longerons, but long in shorterons."
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Old 6th Dec 2016, 12:43
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Before final assembly the Boss insisted on a dry assembly.
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Old 6th Dec 2016, 12:47
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The proponents of origami got even more adventurous but the tail was just a bit too heavy
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Old 6th Dec 2016, 12:51
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"Round-out a liitle late, eh, Hoskins ?"
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Old 6th Dec 2016, 13:10
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New slant on the ripple effect then?
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Old 6th Dec 2016, 13:24
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Only now did it become clear where Elin and the nine iron had gone afterwards...
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Old 6th Dec 2016, 13:47
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That's the last time I park in the hangar next to a Bird-in-a-Biplane.
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Old 6th Dec 2016, 14:37
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"It's not what you think - our new painter had "expert in trompe-l'oeil" on his cv - with hindsight, perhaps we should have asked him what that meant."
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Old 6th Dec 2016, 14:48
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"The eBay ad said 'unfinished project - majority of work done, just needs finishing off.' Bargain, eh?"
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Old 6th Dec 2016, 15:10
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"Y'know, when he booked it for a land-away, I was racking my brains thinking about where exactly 'Warburton' was."
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Old 6th Dec 2016, 15:44
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"Insurance won't pay - they're putting it down to flare, whirr and tear."
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Old 6th Dec 2016, 17:02
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"Its Mother was frightened by the skeleton of a Dinosaur in the National History Museum when she was carrying it !"
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Old 6th Dec 2016, 17:12
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Attempts by Hovis to build aircraft revealed a major flaw in their thinking.
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Old 6th Dec 2016, 17:18
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An enthusiastic Aussie entrant for the NATO Tiger Meet went a bit far on the realism stakes.
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Old 6th Dec 2016, 17:21
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"I think he exceeded -5G in that last bunt on the programme !"
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Old 6th Dec 2016, 17:22
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Its not quite what I had in mind when I suggested that you would have more fun in a tail dragger....
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Old 6th Dec 2016, 17:28
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"It seems young Mr Wang Yong Wong thought he'd update the dragon in the New Year Parade."
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Old 6th Dec 2016, 17:30
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"Halfords Customer Service admitted that their rotary-polishers do have a slight tendency to scratch the paintwork."
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Old 6th Dec 2016, 18:23
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Vectored Thrust....errrr.....no! We did sorta like what we saw in the MD NOTAR design however!
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Old 6th Dec 2016, 18:28
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"You said you wanted a chopper."
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