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Caption Competition Mk III

Old 12th Jul 2021, 09:08
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The Metropolitan Police are looking for 11 Italian citizens, wanted in connection with the theft of silverware from a sporting facility at Wembley in North East London.
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Old 12th Jul 2021, 09:19
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I do thank you and hope the wait was worth it I also bear a gift of pictures of the stored VC10 at abingdon in the link below, a link that todays picture comes from, so without any further delay, on with the competition.
https://www.globalaviationresource.c...don-1983-1985/


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Old 12th Jul 2021, 09:24
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Well we've lightened it as much as we could, but it's still going to need the curvature of the Earth to take off.
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Old 12th Jul 2021, 09:27
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You know, if we were to make this out of foam, we could sell them as 3D jigsaws.
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Old 12th Jul 2021, 09:35
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Not a caption

Most of my time in VC10s was spent sitting facing aft including a flapless landing into Akrotiri just after the invasion, which was a bit sporty and very noisy. I did get a ride in the RAE VC10 which was spent stooging around the North Sea in very nose high attitudes with the bit that kept it from falling off the thrust switched off or turned down or some such.


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It says here locate but do not cement Tab A into Slot B. Where the heck is Tab A?
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Old 12th Jul 2021, 09:36
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Meccano boy has a wet dream.
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Old 12th Jul 2021, 09:39
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Oh, hang on chaps, it was in my pocket all along, you can stop the lose article check now.

Or

The hunt for the SEngO’s contact lens continues.
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Old 12th Jul 2021, 11:20
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Richard Noble's original attempt to build a Mach 1 car had a teensy little flaw...
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Old 12th Jul 2021, 11:22
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These bloody Airfix kits are getting so bloody big now...
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Old 12th Jul 2021, 11:26
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Tomkinson's next project in his school metalwork class merited a clip round the ear from the teacher...
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..and with this mod, we're hoping to turn it into a bi-plane.
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Old 12th Jul 2021, 11:51
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Now we have got the wing off I can see the problem. The dihedral is the wrong way up. Turn it over and put it back, it will fly better.
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Old 12th Jul 2021, 12:17
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"Correct Hoskins....you will indeed need the box of 'extra' bits that were left over from the last time you put this one back together - try including them this time!"
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I told you that buying aircraft from Ikea was a bad idea!
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The latest Transformers movie features an aeroplane that turns into a Kitten.
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Old 12th Jul 2021, 12:38
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We get a magazine delivered every week with another part... Every pilot on the squadron gets their own copy.
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And we put this sign on the wall last week, after Hoskins tried to install the wing from an F-4.
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Well it was all right till we got her up to 88 MPH...

( those who have been following would have expected a M1.6 comment )
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We still haven't found where that squeak is coming from.
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Normally ' Transformer ' turns into something exciting
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