Petition for the abolition of Crossbows
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Perhaps the name is relative to the person.
Q. What is a crossbow?
A. It is an offencive weapon.
See any similarities anyone?
Oh by the way, the good old C130K has 3 hyd systems as well (if the aux system counts).
Q. What is a crossbow?
A. It is an offencive weapon.
See any similarities anyone?
Oh by the way, the good old C130K has 3 hyd systems as well (if the aux system counts).
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I wonder if the thread on this page titled "Viking TX Mk.1?" might give some more clues as to the identity of the "mighty T1".
Meanwhile the post in which Crossbow announced he was ex-ETPS seems to have vanished....
Meanwhile the post in which Crossbow announced he was ex-ETPS seems to have vanished....
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I've come up with what I modestly think is good advice for people who claim interesting CVs or have come phishing. Go and research a job to the extent that you do it for some time. Once that's compete, come back with comments about it. You'll be fully briefed then, won't you?
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A post from Crossbow:
....And a quote from Hyd3failure:
...Spooky, or just coincidence....
....YOU decide!
16B
Nice thread but from the replies you are close to the wind. surely remarks such as
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Borrow a service revolver, go behind the nearest hangar and do the decent thing
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is suggesting we mureder the PM and overthrow the government -
are you suggesting a military coup? Fraid the 24,000,000 people who voted for His Tonyness wouldn't agree with you.
VOTE LABOUR
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Borrow a service revolver, go behind the nearest hangar and do the decent thing
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is suggesting we mureder the PM and overthrow the government -
are you suggesting a military coup? Fraid the 24,000,000 people who voted for His Tonyness wouldn't agree with you.
VOTE LABOUR
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As to your assertion that previous Tory cuts were “just about in line with commitments” GET REAL MAN! They were at the height of the Cold war and involved reducing air defence capability, massive cuts to amphibious and maritime air capability, huge reductions in the RN surface fleet and general reductions in war reserves. If the Argentines had waited about 8 months to invade the Falklands then thanks to the Tory cuts from Thatcher and Nott there would have been no way on earth to get them back!
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well said fella. Lets never let the Conservative party ruin this country again. The Labour party have just about got this country back on its feet again after years of sleeze and misgovernment.
VOTE LABOUR
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As to your assertion that previous Tory cuts were “just about in line with commitments” GET REAL MAN! They were at the height of the Cold war and involved reducing air defence capability, massive cuts to amphibious and maritime air capability, huge reductions in the RN surface fleet and general reductions in war reserves. If the Argentines had waited about 8 months to invade the Falklands then thanks to the Tory cuts from Thatcher and Nott there would have been no way on earth to get them back!
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well said fella. Lets never let the Conservative party ruin this country again. The Labour party have just about got this country back on its feet again after years of sleeze and misgovernment.
VOTE LABOUR
....YOU decide!
16B
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Crossbow Found (well maybe!)
A moment's latteral thought has produced the following:
Collins English Dictionary:
Crossbow (n) - a type of medieval bow fixed transversely on a stock grooved to direct a square-headed arrow. 'cross, bowman (n).
Bowman (n) - an archer.
RAF Retired List 2002:
Bowman M N BSc(Eng) Born 1960 Retd 1998 GD Branch
RAF List 1998:
Bowman M N BSc (Eng) tp qwi qs (GD/P)
So, we have a 45-year old (admitted) former RAF pilot at Warton (admitted) who is a TP called Bowman (possibly), who has proved himself to have a transverse view to almost the rest of society (well at least on PPRuNE).
Collins English Dictionary:
Transverse (adj) - 1. crossing from side to side; athwart; crossways. 2. a transverse piece or object.
Thus: crossbow!
In the sense of cross-dresser, cross-coupled; cross-eyed; crosshatched; cross-opinionated (OK, I made that last one up).
Well, done Watson, now get back to work!
Collins English Dictionary:
Crossbow (n) - a type of medieval bow fixed transversely on a stock grooved to direct a square-headed arrow. 'cross, bowman (n).
Bowman (n) - an archer.
RAF Retired List 2002:
Bowman M N BSc(Eng) Born 1960 Retd 1998 GD Branch
RAF List 1998:
Bowman M N BSc (Eng) tp qwi qs (GD/P)
So, we have a 45-year old (admitted) former RAF pilot at Warton (admitted) who is a TP called Bowman (possibly), who has proved himself to have a transverse view to almost the rest of society (well at least on PPRuNE).
Collins English Dictionary:
Transverse (adj) - 1. crossing from side to side; athwart; crossways. 2. a transverse piece or object.
Thus: crossbow!
In the sense of cross-dresser, cross-coupled; cross-eyed; crosshatched; cross-opinionated (OK, I made that last one up).
Well, done Watson, now get back to work!
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I hate to shoot down what appears to be a well-researched point, but Crossbow himself says:
Now, Bowman M N BSc(Eng) Born 1960 Retd 1998 GD Branch would mean joining the RAF at 16 (possible) then going to Liverpool Uni (looking shaky? What were the in-service degree options at that time?). If the other way around then either Crossbow has a typo on his join date or this is not the person in question.
Over to you.
I did atend University at Liverpool (Before they named it after a catologue). However, in 1976 when I joined the RAF
Over to you.
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Green Meat,
Fair point, well made but I must defer to BEagle here as I recall he once announced to PPRuNe that he went to university in the 70s having already started his RAF career. ie. There must have been a scheme that brought you in, gave you some training, sent you off for a degree, then brought you back for some more training. Might have been the Green Shield (as commonly known)system or another special deal!
crossbow has admitted to being 45 now, so 1960 is bang on!!
Over to you BEagle.
Fair point, well made but I must defer to BEagle here as I recall he once announced to PPRuNe that he went to university in the 70s having already started his RAF career. ie. There must have been a scheme that brought you in, gave you some training, sent you off for a degree, then brought you back for some more training. Might have been the Green Shield (as commonly known)system or another special deal!
crossbow has admitted to being 45 now, so 1960 is bang on!!
Over to you BEagle.
Mark Bowman (a Warton TP and ex-Harrier mate, and, 20-odd years ago at least, a BLOODY GOOD BLOKE) is younger than Crossbow, and was a University Cadet at London UAS, not Liverpool, while I was there. If memory serves he graduated in 1982 (or 83 - certainly no earlier than 81).
He wouldn't mis-spell like Crossbow, and I rather suspect that his attitudes would be more mainstream.
As a Harrier mate the chance of him praising the Jag would also be remote.....
I think we're taking Crossbow's claims too literally - 45 years and at Liverpool Uni in 76 (whether that was the start point or graduation) doesn't work. That's 16 years old....
Now I know Liverpool was a second rate red brick hole then, but suspect they demanded more than o-levels to get in....
He wouldn't mis-spell like Crossbow, and I rather suspect that his attitudes would be more mainstream.
As a Harrier mate the chance of him praising the Jag would also be remote.....
I think we're taking Crossbow's claims too literally - 45 years and at Liverpool Uni in 76 (whether that was the start point or graduation) doesn't work. That's 16 years old....
Now I know Liverpool was a second rate red brick hole then, but suspect they demanded more than o-levels to get in....