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Old 8th May 2019, 19:57
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We will just call it Baby Wessex till we descide on the name
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Old 8th May 2019, 20:54
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After a big curry, Budgie pushed out a jumbo all on his own.
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Old 9th May 2019, 07:25
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Having declared a Weather Radar emergency and landed at a airport not type equipped the technician finds a novel way to reach the radome
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Old 9th May 2019, 08:02
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Someone's been watching too many episodes of 'Thunderbirds'

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Old 9th May 2019, 08:16
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With five successful attempts under his belt, Hoskins' new airshow act was shaping up well. He was now ready to try it with the 747 airborne...
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Old 9th May 2019, 09:15
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That's the easy part. Getting in via the APU is the hard part!

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Old 9th May 2019, 11:10
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This explains why when the instructor calls for the 'Emergency Stop' by banging the clipboard on the dashboard that the occupants need to be fully belted up
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Old 9th May 2019, 18:07
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"So,the next step is, we try it in flight. We're pretty confident there'll be no problems."

--"Oh? and how is the pilot going to see where he's going?"
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Old 9th May 2019, 18:21
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Open the pod bay door HAL
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Old 10th May 2019, 05:23
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Amazon's direct-to-your-door parcel delivery service begins its final leg.
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Old 10th May 2019, 09:22
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The spec required the new military freighter to be capable of loading and unloading without any use of ground equipment.
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Old 10th May 2019, 10:24
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As part of Joint Force Jumbo, the Fleet Air Arm were less than impressed when they were only allocated the rotary support element.
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Old 10th May 2019, 11:41
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"This one is close, that one is far away."
(With apologies to Father Ted)
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Old 10th May 2019, 11:55
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Economy was forced upon President Trump during his state visit to the UK in 2019...
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Old 10th May 2019, 12:28
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After the flight the pilots tech note said ' Buzzing noise in cockpit', Maintenance logged, 'Opened door and let buzzing noise out'
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Old 10th May 2019, 12:32
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Daily Fail headline....Due to the lack of affordable hotel rooms in Madrid and Baku, surplus Concorde's used as emergency accommodation and for Mr Beckham transport supplied
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Old 10th May 2019, 12:40
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Sun headline: Jumbo Mumbo Robbo Blojo

(I've no idea what it means either)
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Old 10th May 2019, 13:15
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From his wifes perspective, his chopper was no jumbo.
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Old 10th May 2019, 19:51
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This is of course, how the opening nose became known as the Bell end....
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Old 11th May 2019, 00:34
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LAST CALL - Judging tomorrow......
(Not a caption....obviously!)
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