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Old 16th Oct 2018, 18:53
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"Sir, the wasps built nests in the cannon barrels, and when I pulled the trigger...."
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Old 16th Oct 2018, 19:06
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What happened:

https://theaviationist.com/2015/11/1...mbat-training/
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Old 16th Oct 2018, 19:36
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Blogs.....Vne for this aircraft is.......Bloggs?

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Old 16th Oct 2018, 21:23
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There I was at 5,000 feet and a helicopter carrying a bus pulled out right in front of me......
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Old 17th Oct 2018, 01:24
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There I was at 5,000 feet and a helicopter carrying a bus pulled out right in front of me......
...and stopped suddenly, for no reason.
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Old 17th Oct 2018, 05:54
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Don't know what we hit - there was nothing on radar.
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Old 17th Oct 2018, 07:12
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While in the engine run up bay the Crew Chief accidentally applied full MIL power and the wire and chocks did not hold. Fortunately the baby food factory prevented a major disaster
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Old 17th Oct 2018, 09:14
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OK, for future bird strike tests don't use frozen turkeys
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Old 17th Oct 2018, 09:22
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Lacking that 'je ne sais quoi', the F18 Convertible was never a great second-hand buy.
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Old 17th Oct 2018, 09:51
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The FA in F/A-18 means F*** All left!
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Old 17th Oct 2018, 09:53
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Screw the F35B! This'll fit nicely belowdecks of the Queen Elizabeth!
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Old 17th Oct 2018, 09:54
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Gesundheit!
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Old 17th Oct 2018, 10:18
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Having comfortably exceeded the requirement to cut radome attenuation by 2dB, the new design was declared a resounding success.
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Old 17th Oct 2018, 10:25
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Guy thinking: "Geez, I hope the dash cam recorded it!"
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Old 17th Oct 2018, 10:38
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Captain R.N. "I say, chaps, awfully bally sorry, you just hove into view as we launched the Mess piano, what, what.
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Old 17th Oct 2018, 12:59
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Well b*gger me! This thing carries a bomb aimer, and he can eject too!
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Old 17th Oct 2018, 17:46
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Daily Mail reporter, after joining PPRuNe, files a story that aircraft accidents are far more frequent that official figures show...on average one a week
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Old 17th Oct 2018, 17:52
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Captain Will Smith of the Black Nights celebrates successfully downing the alien spacecraft by glossing over the minor damage to his aircraft. "Light em if you have em "
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Old 17th Oct 2018, 19:05
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LCDR Anderson acquired the new handle of “Bluntie” as LCDR Stubbs had already been assigned “Stubby”.
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Old 17th Oct 2018, 19:32
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