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Old 7th Oct 2012, 08:58
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At 65 I guess it does.....

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Old 7th Oct 2012, 09:11
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I'm Phil and I live in (although not from) Redhill.
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Old 7th Oct 2012, 10:37
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Of the boats I have owned, my favourite was Wanderoo - 25 ft, wooden, a Luke 5 tonner, totally impracticable,, and almost as old as me.
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Old 7th Oct 2012, 10:47
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If you don't know, you don't need to. Verstanden?
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It's Kiswahili for my name......
and "South East of Penge" is a rough heading towards my location......

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Old 7th Oct 2012, 12:31
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In a control train there is a mixing box that dampens out feedback forces from the control surfaces whilst also preventing the agricultural stick holder from doing too much damage. The analogy of preventing too much force being passed down to those down the train whilst also preventing those from the bottom having too much influence on the top I thought was apt.
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Old 7th Oct 2012, 15:47
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This has become so interesting that I have decided to send of bottle of half decent wine to the best/most imaginative/funniest/stupidest PPRuNe name. So, step up and tell your tale. Actually, I think another bottle for the best-told account.

Terms and conditions apply, offer may not be valid in all region, only ony one prize per household, competitors must be over 18, PPRuNe employees need not apply, our products may contain nuts or have been tested on humans.
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Old 7th Oct 2012, 16:07
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No fair Courtney! If you'd thought of that earlier I'd have made up something much more epic. And untrue.
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Old 7th Oct 2012, 16:09
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Feel free to republish. No points lost for elaboration or embelishment. I like good stories, not necessarily true ones. If you don't believe me, read my journal.
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Old 7th Oct 2012, 19:01
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a bid for the bottle

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A bit tame but I'll start the ball rolling. Whilst a stude at Linton in the early 80's I asked my instructor (the famous/infamous C***s W**n) to show me a Canadian Break. About a nanosecond afterwards after my head had rebounded off the canopy of the trust JP Mk 3 - he said W"you mean like that"? I was hooked and practised it endlessly. CB
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Old 7th Oct 2012, 20:17
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Bottle bid by Fox3WheresMyBanana

After a surprisingly good 2v2 split against a couple of Danish F-16s*, where I managed to get a guns kill on the trailer, there appeared over my right shoulder a banana. No, not a Bucc we had missed but a bright yellow one of the edible variety, dangling on the end of a telescopic car aerial (as affected at the time by execs who used them as pointers for briefings).

The stick monkey had earned his reward.








*8th Aug 89, I've just checked
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Old 7th Oct 2012, 21:30
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OK. This is better, Fight's on!
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Old 8th Oct 2012, 13:15
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Well.......

on second thoughts
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Old 8th Oct 2012, 14:21
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On mature reflection I consider it unwise to even begin to explain my reasoning to a bunch of aviation chavs!
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Old 8th Oct 2012, 14:35
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I'm a chimp, not a chav - higher IQ, better dress sense and far more socially acceptable.

We primates are so unappreciated


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Old 8th Oct 2012, 14:49
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Because 'Phantom' had been taken.

I bent one quite badly once - by co-incidence it was my last flight in an F4...
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Old 8th Oct 2012, 16:12
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Wasn't that badly bent; it continued to fly as did the other machine I believe....
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Old 8th Oct 2012, 17:20
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F3WMB

On a similar theme Fox, I used to paint zips on them and put them on the table at Dining In nights at the Rock Apes place setting! CB
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Old 8th Oct 2012, 18:02
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Odd juxapositiun/justaposition/being next to each other.

Ask Blaireau about dining-in night tables and the preparation thereof. Also the explosives used. SIB take note.
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Old 8th Oct 2012, 19:27
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TT2 -actually means 'Tits up twice'. Others hold the evidence.
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