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Old 11th May 2017, 10:55
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"Complaints will not be entertained after leaving the Pay Table !"
 
Old 11th May 2017, 10:58
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"They can do anything to you in the R.A.F. lad - except put you in the family way - and they'll have a damned good crack at that !"
 
Old 11th May 2017, 13:17
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The IP is never on the same 50 thou as the target.

"I'll bet this'll look good on camera!"
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Old 11th May 2017, 14:04
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If an advance is going well, you're walking into an ambush!
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Old 11th May 2017, 14:35
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The Battle plan ceases to exist, the moment you engage with the enemy.
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Old 11th May 2017, 19:49
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Prior planning prevents piss pour performances

Time spent on reconnaissance is seldom wasted

If it doesn't work before take off it won't get better in the air
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Old 11th May 2017, 20:28
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Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
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Old 11th May 2017, 20:43
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We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone.
That means you too.
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Old 11th May 2017, 21:18
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"Not everything worth doing is worth doing well"

"If you can't learn to do something well, then at least learn to enjoy doing it badly"

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Old 11th May 2017, 23:32
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Life is a sexually transmitted terminal disease.

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Old 11th May 2017, 23:41
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Flying is not inherently dangerous, but to an even greater degree than the sea, it is unforgiving of any carelessness, incapacity, or neglect.

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Old 12th May 2017, 06:20
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I'm a man with strong principles - if you don't like them I have others!
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Old 12th May 2017, 06:20
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Don't fly too near the Sun, Icarus
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Old 12th May 2017, 06:48
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Old 12th May 2017, 06:59
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The best advise can be found on a box of matches,

"Keep dry and away from children"

My personal moto,

"Just because you can doesn't mean you should"

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Old 12th May 2017, 08:56
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If you want something doing properly, get a man in.
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Old 12th May 2017, 10:01
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Sticky Issue

If the Royal Air Force had wanted you to have a wife it would have issued you with one!
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Ain't the internet wonderful.

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went all the way to Australia and back in only 27 hours and 32 minutes.
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Old 12th May 2017, 13:43
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As posted some time ago by someone much more knowledgeable than myself:


Don't trust any aircraft where the wings are faster than the fuselage.
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"Never put off until tomorrow something you can put off until next week"


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