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Old 26th Oct 2018, 16:19
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I don't own this space under my name. I should have leased it while I still could
 
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TCT told me to guard the kite and not admit I was the pilot.
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Old 26th Oct 2018, 16:31
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A major issue with the Maurice Farman S.11 Shorthorn was the amount of typing involved in compiling accident reports.
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Old 26th Oct 2018, 16:32
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“If yer know a better ‘ole, go to it.”
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Old 26th Oct 2018, 16:34
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PAN PAN PAN ... send 12 feet of string, 8 yards of bamboo and 6 sq ft of calico.
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Old 26th Oct 2018, 16:36
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“Bu§§er. Some cad has a camera!”
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Old 26th Oct 2018, 16:52
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"It was a perfectly good three point landing - two wings a nose !"
 
Old 26th Oct 2018, 17:47
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Originally Posted by Danny42C
"It was a perfectly good three point landing - two wings a nose !"
Good to see you are still on form in some areas!!
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Old 26th Oct 2018, 18:24
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RAF Rulebook, 1st Edition, Addendum 1

Personnel must not sit on the runway when flying is in progress.
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Old 26th Oct 2018, 18:25
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"If God had meant man to fly, He would never have given us the railways." - [Flanders and Swann]

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Old 26th Oct 2018, 18:29
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10/- the lot, to a good home. No haggling.
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Old 26th Oct 2018, 19:15
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The facial expression says it all ... "Did I pass my FHT, Sir?"
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Old 26th Oct 2018, 19:18
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The RFC lifted Mess pranks to a new level.
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Old 26th Oct 2018, 19:53
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The use of Brighton Pier as an ALG was not without problems..

Ttfn
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Old 26th Oct 2018, 20:39
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RAF Rulebook, 1st Edition, Addendum 1

Personnel must not sit on the runway when flying is in progress.
Photo setter's note!

The location of the aircraft is actually on top of one of RFC Waddington's hangars!
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Old 26th Oct 2018, 23:17
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His "Bollocks it it's near enough" attitude to the folding wings failed to get him cleared for carrier operations.
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Old 26th Oct 2018, 23:35
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Originally Posted by Wensleydale
Photo setter's note!

The location of the aircraft is actually on top of one of RFC Waddington's hangars!
Phew! Thought I'd landed on top of a Sentry...
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Old 27th Oct 2018, 01:15
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Loudhailer from ground level....
Sorry sir we have a long ladder but Staish says for punishment you are up there till after the weekend
or
sir it's from your wife she is asking 'who the **** is Mabel I found in our married quarters
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Old 27th Oct 2018, 05:13
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The location of the aircraft is actually on top of one of RFC Waddington's hangars!
Hoskins realises he did not really understand "service ceiling" and instead found "service rooftop".
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Old 27th Oct 2018, 05:50
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I was all lined up to fly through the hangar when those b@st@rds Crawford and Thompson began to close the doors...
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Old 27th Oct 2018, 05:55
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At the time, Major 'Des' Ein-Floor just didn't see the irony of his name and rank.
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