Squirrel incident at Ternhill
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Squirrel incident at Ternhill
BBC NEWS | UK | England | Shropshire | Two hurt in RAF helicopter crash
Both crew walking wounded thankfully.
Both crew walking wounded thankfully.
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Good to hear the crew are fine.
Good to see the BBC have their details correct as usual. The pic shows a police twin Squirrel. When did DHFS start using them?
Has Harry bypassed basic fixed wing training? I don't think so. But what are the BBC to know, eh?
Good to see the BBC have their details correct as usual. The pic shows a police twin Squirrel. When did DHFS start using them?
Has Harry bypassed basic fixed wing training? I don't think so. But what are the BBC to know, eh?
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I'd like to think 'nob' was a deliberate mis-spelling of 'knob' but as hardly anyone anywhere on Pprune can tell between Their & There, or To & Too...Anyway thanks for noticing.
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I'd like to think 'nob' was a deliberate mis-spelling of 'knob' but as hardly anyone anywhere on PPRuNe can tell between Their & There, or To & Too...Anyway thanks for noticing.
You just know that your spelling will need to be exemplary from now on?
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See... There was me thinking that some poor mammal was involved in bringing down a military aircraft at an ancient airfield only to find that this whole thing was about spelling and grammar... 
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Well that one must be deliberate, I really hope. Better than getting ponced on, anyway...
It's easy to tell between honest typo's, be it a slip of the finger, casual attitude whatever, to plainly using the wrong word - that's what amazes me, probably the worst culprits being airline types...
Thanks for pointing out my -brain on standby- Chipmunk howler, have corrected it.
On a much more important note, I'm glad the helo' crew weren't badly hurt.
BTW in case you get the wrong idea, Double Zero relates to Dastardly & Muttleys' car, no 007 pretensions; must get a logo.
It's easy to tell between honest typo's, be it a slip of the finger, casual attitude whatever, to plainly using the wrong word - that's what amazes me, probably the worst culprits being airline types...
Thanks for pointing out my -brain on standby- Chipmunk howler, have corrected it.
On a much more important note, I'm glad the helo' crew weren't badly hurt.
BTW in case you get the wrong idea, Double Zero relates to Dastardly & Muttleys' car, no 007 pretensions; must get a logo.
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"Ponced on?"
Oh dear, this could just run and run..........................
"Ponced on?"
Oh dear, this could just run and run..........................
Rising to the bait here is Uncle Warmtoast's Guide to Good Writing
1. Each pronoun agrees with their antecedent.
2. Just between you and i case is important.
3. Verbs has to agree with their subjects.
4. Watch out for irregular verbs which have crope into our language.
5. Don’t use no double negatives.
6. When dangling, don’t use participles.
7. Join clauses good, like a conjunction should.
8. Don’t write a run-on sentence you have to punctuate it.
9. In a letter themes reports articles and stuff like that we use commas to keep a string of items apart.
10. Don’t use commas, which aren’t necessary.
11. Its very important that you use apostrophe’s right.
12. Don’t abbrev.
13. Check to see if you have any words out.
14. As far as incomplete constructions, they are wrong.
15. Never use a preposition to end a sentence with.
16. It is important to never ever under any circumstances split an infinitive.
17. The active voice is preferred.
18. Use of the passive voice is to be avoided.
19. Eschew obfuscation.
20. Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do.
21. Last but not least, avoid clichés like the plague.
2. Just between you and i case is important.
3. Verbs has to agree with their subjects.
4. Watch out for irregular verbs which have crope into our language.
5. Don’t use no double negatives.
6. When dangling, don’t use participles.
7. Join clauses good, like a conjunction should.
8. Don’t write a run-on sentence you have to punctuate it.
9. In a letter themes reports articles and stuff like that we use commas to keep a string of items apart.
10. Don’t use commas, which aren’t necessary.
11. Its very important that you use apostrophe’s right.
12. Don’t abbrev.
13. Check to see if you have any words out.
14. As far as incomplete constructions, they are wrong.
15. Never use a preposition to end a sentence with.
16. It is important to never ever under any circumstances split an infinitive.
17. The active voice is preferred.
18. Use of the passive voice is to be avoided.
19. Eschew obfuscation.
20. Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do.
21. Last but not least, avoid clichés like the plague.
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I was using the hyphen for the sake of clarity, seemed a sensible precaution.
I also spelt Chipmunk correctly in another less hurried post below the one seized on...
I do agree on one thing though, that doesn't look like a police helicopter unless perhaps early trials with the manufacturer.
Now even those attempting to have a go at me seem to have proven my point ( I was hoping they were doing it deliberately but apparently not ) shall we get back to what happened to the helicopter ?
I also spelt Chipmunk correctly in another less hurried post below the one seized on...
I do agree on one thing though, that doesn't look like a police helicopter unless perhaps early trials with the manufacturer.
Now even those attempting to have a go at me seem to have proven my point ( I was hoping they were doing it deliberately but apparently not ) shall we get back to what happened to the helicopter ?
So, anyway, how are the crew who crashed?
Sod that, when are important spelling/punctuation/grammatical errors to correct, who gives a 'sh*{£' about the crew.
(Both fine, walking wounded, Squirrel little more poorly (it won’t polish out).
shaking like ****ting dogs though after the incident.