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Old 11th Sep 2021, 17:24
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Russia trials a mandraulic rotor damping system for the African market......
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Old 11th Sep 2021, 17:25
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They’re surely desperate to get out of Kabul.


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Old 11th Sep 2021, 17:28
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He tells me he’s a professional droop stop and his fee is five shillings per day
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Old 11th Sep 2021, 17:46
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The human mass balance weights seem to create a strange resonance at certain RPMs .

Cheap like borscht and you can barely hear the screams at cruise speed .
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Old 11th Sep 2021, 17:49
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You can barely hear the screams once up to cruise power .
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Old 11th Sep 2021, 17:52
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Listen son , every pilot starts out on the wing after a few trips you might get to actually see the inside of the helicopter .

If you are lucky we will show you where the golden rivet is located after your second trip
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Old 11th Sep 2021, 17:56
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Are you sure this is how Alan Bristow got his first start in aviation ?
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Old 11th Sep 2021, 18:21
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Captain Hook, give my best to Davy Jones when you see him...
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Old 11th Sep 2021, 18:23
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Yep i'm over the barbed wire, now where's the lorries to England ...
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Old 11th Sep 2021, 18:28
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Eddie The Eagle ... the early days.
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Old 11th Sep 2021, 18:29
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Extinction Rebellion ( Or Fathers for Justice) pick the wrong mode of transport to bring to a halt. When RAF Mildenhall is brought to a total stop..
( think of the clot on the Tube train...got himself beaten up....)
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Old 11th Sep 2021, 19:55
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They said it was dangerous to walk under the rotors so I should be fine here.
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Old 11th Sep 2021, 20:52
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Keep a good all-around lookout, they said.
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Old 11th Sep 2021, 21:50
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Trials begin for the safest place to stowaway. Undercarriage or wing?
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Old 11th Sep 2021, 21:54
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Kwick-Fit's first foray into rotor balancing fails to impress.
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Old 11th Sep 2021, 23:07
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"OK, give me the video camera and I'll get those shots of the blades wobbling on every revolution. And send my pay to my family..."
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Old 12th Sep 2021, 02:19
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In the spirit of the Jamaican bobsled team, the Saharan Olympic diving team had to use their initiative when training.
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Old 12th Sep 2021, 02:57
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It’s an idea from Fairey, we call it the Rotorwyne
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Old 12th Sep 2021, 04:52
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SImon Cowell sees another sure fire hit on his crop of talent shows ....this ain't one of them.
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I'm sure a Drone Cameraman's job involved sitting in a nice comfy cabin in Wyoming


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