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"Keep your head low, Smithers, and then this streamlined shape with enable us to reach 67 knots."
As a former harpist for the London Philharmonic, Alistair Llewellyn could not resist the temptation to give a quick pluck to a flying wire. When he did, the aircraft made a huge SPROING noise and collapsed in a pile of wire, canvas, and balsa wood.
- Ed
- Ed
Bet it wasn't the last pluck he had on a plane.
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How does it go? Oh, yes, “Pluck the wires and kick the tyres...”
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Leading Seaman Smith was known to be a pleasant plucker.
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That man there! No singing in the wires until we're airborne!