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Old 19th Sep 2013, 20:45
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"Captain to Flight Eng, check the Galley and see if the pies survived"
"Fraid not skipper, but the good news is the crockery survived, it appears to be paper”
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Old 19th Sep 2013, 20:49
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Well I like the name "Harrier", but I'm not so keen on the pusher prop layout.
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Old 19th Sep 2013, 20:49
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Ahh ... So that's where Antony Gormley got his inspiration for the Angel of the North
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Old 19th Sep 2013, 21:13
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Come in lucky seven, your time is up.
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Old 19th Sep 2013, 21:31
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"I told you it was unlucky to taxy under a ladder."

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"Smithers, take a note... To the Engineers, can you please reduce the brakes effectiveness"

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Old 19th Sep 2013, 21:49
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Copilot: "So what do you think about my short field landings, Skipper?"

"Slightly better today, just keep digging upwards!"
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Old 19th Sep 2013, 22:00
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Skip, how many times to have I have to tell you, "George" does not have an autoland facility no matter how many dammed buttons you push!
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Old 19th Sep 2013, 22:02
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"Bit late on the round out Hoskins!".



Or....


"By Golly Spiffy.....these Lib's don't half stop when you stand on the brakes do they!"
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Old 19th Sep 2013, 23:37
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Ok, I know you wanted to design a Bomber that wasn't a tail dragger, but this is ridiculous!

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Skipper, can we just buy the Nav some glasses? This low level stuff is getting me down.
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Old 19th Sep 2013, 23:49
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Bloke in open hatch at rear.

"You can see our 'ouse from 'ere".
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Old 20th Sep 2013, 00:18
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"Not a bad concept for an anti-aircraft installation, but it has to shoot down at least two of theirs before it becomes cost-effective."


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Proof of the 'sitting down the back of the aircraft is safer' urban myth.
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Old 20th Sep 2013, 01:32
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cap'n...the engines cannae take it anymore!!!!
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Old 20th Sep 2013, 02:01
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Hoskins, check your manuals, it's not called an acrobatic endorsement it's called an aerobatic endorsement.

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Slight overun on the runway, do you think anyone would notice.
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Old 20th Sep 2013, 02:52
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Bloggs takes the "Green House Concept" to a whole new level!
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Old 20th Sep 2013, 04:51
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Bloggs...when I said "Plough the field"...
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Old 20th Sep 2013, 05:40
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Consolidated put their B24 crew restraints to the ultimate test.
All harnesses have passed.
All crew have passed over.

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to make a big impact, he did not mean it like this, colonel."



General Four Star to lowly colonel - "Hank, if I've told you once, I've told you a hundred times - 'When you're in the s h i t . . . . don't track it!' "

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Old 20th Sep 2013, 06:25
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Old 20th Sep 2013, 06:28
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Blogs you blithering idiot ... When I said "Rotate" it was to have been in the vertical plane
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Old 20th Sep 2013, 06:30
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I told you 3 clicks is about right to achieve min diff on the brakes

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Old 20th Sep 2013, 06:35
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At the end of WWII Major "Hoot" Spratz USAAC begins his new business venture ... apparently he's able to set and erect four fence posts at a time with is novel approach
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