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Old 17th Dec 2018, 19:46
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Authorised for one transit only.
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Old 17th Dec 2018, 19:50
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In cutting the perimeter hedge, the RAF ruined their attempt to make the number of serviceable Tornados appear larger than it actually was.
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Old 17th Dec 2018, 19:54
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Nice idea Bloggs, but we really need the forward facing Radar Warning Receiver.
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No wonder we're going so slow, there's half a ton of cement in the front.
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Old 17th Dec 2018, 21:12
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The RTP programme threw up something of a surprise.
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Old 17th Dec 2018, 22:34
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Well I could wait six months for the system to get me a new vertical fin or I could just use the “buy now” feature on e bay and get it in 2 days........
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Old 17th Dec 2018, 22:36
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This is what happens when you are ordering toilet paper but get one number wrong on the NATO stock number.......
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Old 17th Dec 2018, 22:37
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Honest Guv, I found it in the ditch on the side of the road !
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Old 17th Dec 2018, 22:53
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Well you said you wanted a piece of tail . . .
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Old 18th Dec 2018, 01:27
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We're gonna need a bigger boat...
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Old 18th Dec 2018, 01:28
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It helps with cornering but the problem is getting her up to Mach 0.9.
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Old 18th Dec 2018, 01:28
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Don't look now, but I think we're being Tailed...
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Old 18th Dec 2018, 01:30
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The gate guards confiscated every item that they tried to take out of the base, but they didn't realise that the gang was stealing Ford Transit Vans!
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Old 18th Dec 2018, 04:21
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Hoskins, even wearing that helmet and mask, you're not fooling anybody.
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Old 18th Dec 2018, 04:41
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Lucky they took the photo at that time, a second later he hit 88mph and vanished...
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Old 18th Dec 2018, 06:36
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At Waddington, trials of the prototype Thunderbird 4 did not go unnoticed.
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Old 18th Dec 2018, 07:03
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It's the stealthy version. Look, you can hardly see it!
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Old 18th Dec 2018, 07:05
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Clarkson GR Mk1. Ambitious, but rubbish!
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Old 18th Dec 2018, 08:03
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It's got swing wings too!

You mean variable geometry wings...

No, it's a rusty Transit, they're flappin' in the breeze...
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Old 18th Dec 2018, 08:09
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The latest Transformer toy kept getting stuck between Transit Van and Tornado Fighter modes.
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Old 18th Dec 2018, 08:18
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"So if the speed radar says our van was doing 100 mph in a 30 zone, we just say, 'No, we're a Tornado and the radar just mistook us for a car.'"
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