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Old 25th Oct 2018, 16:01
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Where's the engineer who signed the F700 "Ground tested and found serviceable"?
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Old 25th Oct 2018, 19:39
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"Call the Ba..."
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Old 25th Oct 2018, 22:19
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"I said I have a sore sphincter, not a bloody sore splinter"
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Old 25th Oct 2018, 22:22
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"Who shouted hit the deck?"
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Old 25th Oct 2018, 22:24
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"That's what happens when you run a plane across the grain"
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Old 25th Oct 2018, 22:45
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With time on his hands, Cpl. Mallory looks at his wing & starts to wonder...
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Old 25th Oct 2018, 23:59
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"I'm board, flying these planks!"
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Old 26th Oct 2018, 04:59
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The official report blames wake turbulence from a Kite.
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Old 26th Oct 2018, 07:43
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Orville waited whilst Wilbur went for some furniture polish. Despite having received advice that “It’ll buff out”, Orville just wasn’t convinced.
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Old 26th Oct 2018, 09:20
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Lt Cholmondley-Warner gave up trying to decipher the assembly instructions for the Ikea "Playne".
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Old 26th Oct 2018, 11:42
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The origin of on a wing and a prayer and it didn't work then.
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Old 26th Oct 2018, 11:43
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OK Icarus, what next?
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Old 26th Oct 2018, 12:12
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"It come to pieces in me 'and, Mum !"
 
Old 26th Oct 2018, 12:18
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"What do you mean I had a Prop Strike?"
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Old 26th Oct 2018, 13:17
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The pilot attributed the mishap to his not knowing which end of the plane was the front and which the back.
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Old 26th Oct 2018, 14:14
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"It wasn't my bloody fault! I wish someone would hurry up and invent a "NO STEP" sign!
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Old 26th Oct 2018, 14:30
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"I landed it perfectly correctly, but standing orders say to destroy anything that shouldn't fall into enemy hands."
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Old 26th Oct 2018, 14:31
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Originally Posted by Wensleydale
Gosh - thank you!

Keeping with the old aeroplane theme


e….

Leading Aircraftman Smith reported the possible rigging defect to Air Traffic control and his subsequent good show award was featured in Air Clues.
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Old 26th Oct 2018, 15:07
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"What happened?"

"Dunno....just got here myself!"
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Old 26th Oct 2018, 15:51
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If only he'd sat in the cockpit, facing forward.

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