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Old 8th May 2019, 08:31
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"I can't stand choppers - they get right up my nose!"
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Old 8th May 2019, 08:48
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And here's to you mini Robinson, Jumbos love to lunch on you they say, hey hey hey...
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Old 8th May 2019, 09:19
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Got to keep up with the times.
The old saying used to be "an elephant straining at a gnat."
Now it is "a jumbo snapping at a Hoverfly."

Yes, yes, I know. A Hoverfly it ain't.
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Old 8th May 2019, 09:31
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Drone problem? No problem!


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Old 8th May 2019, 10:24
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If Heath-Robinson designed a Crew Rapid Egress System...
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Old 8th May 2019, 10:56
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"Hmmm, lemme see...have I finished the taxi checks.... I got a "Door Open" warning, I am using 95%thrust but can't move forward, ....'Air Force One, request taxi assistance, I can't see the centreline'. Oh look, they sent the "Follow Me" chopper ....Is that fat slug on board yet? (Hic..)"
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Old 8th May 2019, 11:31
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Pacman goes into the air freight business. What could possibly go wrong!
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Old 8th May 2019, 11:37
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"Well that's the transatlantic record in the bag for a Robinson helicopter"
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"Ahhhhhhh in flight catering"
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Old 8th May 2019, 12:35
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An early concept for the 747, just a military freighter back then, provided a much wider fuselage for the air-launch of helicopters. Here seen in a mock-up.
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Old 8th May 2019, 12:49
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So that's what Self Loading Freight means...
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Old 8th May 2019, 12:49
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"I don't remember eating THAT"
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Old 8th May 2019, 13:42
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We're practising - first catch a hovering helicopter, and by degrees build up to retrieving the Space Shuttle.
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Old 8th May 2019, 15:10
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Is that big oaf turning his nose up at us?
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Old 8th May 2019, 16:37
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The remake of "You Only Live Twice" suffers a budget cut...

(ooops, just noticed Buster's earlier reference to the film!)

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Old 8th May 2019, 17:20
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“Robinson? No, darling, let’s call it Archie.”
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Old 8th May 2019, 19:10
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A new UBER Heliservice to get you home
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Skip I thought it was Chinooks we loaded in Liverpool
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Old 8th May 2019, 19:17
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Spotters flight over 'the Boneyard' should get some interesting photographs.
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Fed up with the usual fare at St Maarten approach Nutty tries a new angle
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Old 8th May 2019, 19:26
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Having arrived in Hong Kong the jockies leave the aircraft leaving the horses to follow on
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Old 8th May 2019, 19:32
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Gestation reaches full term and another baby Robinson is born...
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