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Old 8th Aug 2017, 20:44
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Dammit - I told the crew to NOT gather in the cockpit while I tested the new disc brakes
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Old 8th Aug 2017, 23:09
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"True, it is a much larger aircraft than the normal aircraft carrier sees, but there was no need to string the arrestor wire quite so high above the runway."
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Old 9th Aug 2017, 06:57
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OK, OK, I know I told you to minimize the Z component when you did the compass swing but not like this.
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Old 9th Aug 2017, 10:00
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OK Bloggs. The phrase is "I have control, Sir", not "You to me to me to you to me again".
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Old 9th Aug 2017, 11:08
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But on the positive side....I have just got my pen back I left with the tail gunner!
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Old 9th Aug 2017, 11:56
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Aaaaannnnnd.....STOP!
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Old 9th Aug 2017, 12:01
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I take it the exchange program with the Submariner didn't go so well?
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Old 9th Aug 2017, 19:07
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Entries have slowed up so judging tomorrow evening 10.08.2017 so we can have something for the weekend.
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Old 9th Aug 2017, 19:52
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"I've heard of 'wheel-barrowing', Hoskins - but this is ridiculous !"
 
Old 9th Aug 2017, 19:57
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"After that dreadful faux-pas in the Mess last night, I wished the ground would swallow me up !"
 
Old 9th Aug 2017, 21:52
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Not sure about this VTOL trial....
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Old 9th Aug 2017, 22:26
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Michael Gove decrees that in order to burn less fuel, no aircraft may fly faster over London than the average speed of traffic on the M25.
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Old 10th Aug 2017, 09:14
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"Time to use our CRM training. I'll stand on your shoulders and see if I can reach the escape hatch."
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Old 10th Aug 2017, 09:30
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Say again QNH?
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Old 10th Aug 2017, 10:15
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"It's got dark all of a sudden - switch the cockpit lights on !"
 
Old 10th Aug 2017, 10:54
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The trial to drop an aerial mine from a B-24 was not progressing well.
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Old 10th Aug 2017, 11:12
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After the war, in the spirit of good relations, the Army Air Force offered conversion training to ex Stuka pilots. Some struggled to adjust.
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Old 10th Aug 2017, 11:19
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Flight Engineer to Captain, sir, I think there's dirt in the carburetors.
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Old 10th Aug 2017, 12:07
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What's a Mountain Goat doing all the way up here?
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Old 10th Aug 2017, 13:06
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"The cloud's turned green ! - what can it possibly mean ?"
 



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