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Rehearsals for the first air-to-air refuelling trials were coming along nicely, although Ponsonby was intrigued as to how Carruthers intended to keep his cap on in the slipstream.
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Many thought that Ponsonby's legendary bar room tales of derring-do were simply alcohol-fuelled - and how right they were...
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"OI! No mobile phones on the forecourt!"
At the Old Warden open flying day they still like to dress up in period garb and do things the old fashioned way, just after this picture was taken McDonalds delivery arrived to spoil the effect
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Round the world? No, I'm only taking Fred across to Croydon but since they introduced ATC, the holds and procedures have become ridiculous...
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Not realising his place in history, Bertie becomes the first ever passenger to impatiently await boarding by hovering at the gate.
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Passenger consumption of Sauvignon Blanc required drastic measures.
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"Ok that's the oil tanks filled, where do we put the fuel?"
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The ground crew painted the cowling as a memorial to the late, great, Grumpy Cat.
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Mr. Prune decided to have a cigarette whilst waiting for Mr. Jones to finish whatever he was doing.