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The RAF was forced by cutbacks to use a cheaper method to train the fighter pilots to fly, navigate, and shoot all at once. The armour-plated bowler was a later addition.
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After another close encounter with an Addison Lee taxi, Fred decided that "Oh, I say there...!" was an insufficiently robust response...
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It's my Self-propelled Shooting Brake. I've got the shooting bit sorted out, still working on the brakes...
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Nah, mate - that's not a mobility scooter.....THIS is a mobility scooter!
(Apologies to Crocodile Dundee).
(Apologies to Crocodile Dundee).
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Having fired the Browning at full speed, trials revealed the commonly called Browning Effect, where a Browning stain was noted to the rear of the operator.
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Early trials by the RAF equal opportunities branch revealed that the trade of air gunner could be opened up to wheelchair users, a fleet wide feasability study is now being carried out with the expertise of the Bader Bus Company to roll out wheelchair friendly access to the front, upper and rear turrets of the Lancaster bomber.
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Only a slight oversight - you can't back pedal your way out of danger.
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Squeeze the brake then squeeze the trigger.
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Don't fire! There's a twig caught in your spokes.
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Squeeze the brake then squeeze the trigger.
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Don't fire! There's a twig caught in your spokes.
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MOD cutbacks strip the Army's new Main Battle Tank back to the bare bones.
Heathrow had always prided itself on the presentation of it's staff, as this early photograph of an Airfield Operations Officer on bird control duties demonstrates.
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Machine gun fire soon brought the offensive to a halt, as recoil killed any fwd motion produced by the fitted engine.
And in the off chance one is knocked out and captured, one is already dressed for dinner in the enemy's Officer's Mess.