Caption Competition Mk II

[c52]

Pretty poor show - that fake cloud looks folded, to me, and if this is a chariot of fire, I'm a dutchman.

[Buster Hyman]

Screw the flying contraption exhibit! Nutty's about to break the record for blowing up a condom with his nose!

[CAEBr]

The origin of the full motion single axis flight simulator

[Wensleydale]

There's a policeman holding us up.... its like waiting for paint to dry.....

"I say. You there! Constable. Have you seen this Hay Wain?"

[Kiltrash]

At Fylingdales the (early) early warning radar detects either a very large formation far way or a small group nearby in comming. Really must get the R as in Ranging sorted

[Kiltrash]

Due to the retirement of AWACS Bae source replacement aircraft and radar housing from the Hendon Museum. Well it is within budget...just.

[Kiltrash]

Woman in white. Now what can I get for Harold's tea?.... I know meatballs and spaghetti.

[Kiltrash]

In a demonstration of RADAR all went well till someone retuned to Brian Blessed FM. The return was swamped and the enemy got very close

[Kiltrash]

On the way to the Army barracks at Aldershot for the first SBAC show, the convoy broke down at Laffans Plain and so history was re written

[Traffic_Is_Er_Was]

Well if one wants to sell a "Balloon Buster" to the military, one also needs a...

[Traffic_Is_Er_Was]

Bill Boeing (second from right) files away in the back of his mind an idea for a bomber undercarriage that, with a little tweaking, might come in handy one day,

[Traffic_Is_Er_Was]

At the 1912 Farnborough Show, the "Balloon-o-Car" and the "Cart-a-Plane" exhibits failed to drum up much interest from the public.

[MPN11]

The Kremlin’s early venture into Industrial Espionage (Flying Machines) did not repay the investment in deploying Agents.

[Wensleydale]

The Russian pilot said that he had bought the machine so that he could measure the height of Salisbury Cathedral because you never know when such information will be important.

[Chu Chu]

Desperate to smuggle heavy water across neutral Sweden, Quislings set up a touring vintage aircraft exhibit, complete with tritium-filled balloon.

[Kiltrash]

The Keystone Kops are called to investigate the missing strip of rubber from the balloon. Suspicion falls on Mr Dunlop when the flat tyre on the cart is mysteriously fixed

[Kiltrash]

As the morning flight arrives at Croydon from Liverpool the Captain reported the wheels were there last night but in the morning they were gone. However Seamus was able to sell him some new wheels. Only £100 the set

[c52]

"The British aeronautical industry is the envy of the world."

[cavuman1]

Those magnificent men in their flying machines,
They go up, Tiddley up, up,
They go down, Tiddley down, down.
Up! down! Flying around!
Looping the loop and defying the ground!
They're all frightfully keen.
Those Magnificent men in their flying machines!

#1 Victrola Hit by the Wright Brothers and the Brothers Montgolfier, 1905

- Ed

[Wensleydale]

BAE was not happy because somebody had stolen the horse that was pushing their cart.