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Old 3rd Nov 2021, 19:36
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Scotty voice

" Cap'n you bend em i'll fix em "
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Old 3rd Nov 2021, 20:55
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Better let Brize know the Autoland is U/S.
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Old 3rd Nov 2021, 21:00
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He muttered something about he could fix it as he had photoshop?
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Old 4th Nov 2021, 05:23
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When Clark Kent was in the Air Force: "I thought all airplanes had folding wings..."
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Old 4th Nov 2021, 07:56
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Now if we could only iron out the small wrinkles we are still on track for the Replacement Carrier COD Aircraft.

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Old 4th Nov 2021, 08:00
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Now Boris, had you taken the train back from Glasgow, the Climate Activists would not have attempted the sabotage.
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Old 4th Nov 2021, 08:06
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As the crippled aircraft made a successful emergency landing and all on board were saved, Pilot, Captain, soon to be Major Tracy had the rest of his family depart the scene just before the photographer arrived..
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Old 4th Nov 2021, 09:32
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Well there I was over Central London on 5 th November and some blighter named Fawkes shot me down...
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Old 4th Nov 2021, 11:08
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See what 'appens when you do not follow the " Follow Me " car when visiting a unusual Airbase. .
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Boy that lamppost was cemented in well..
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The Marshaller with the lighted batons was asked where the Forklift was... cr Airplane the Movie
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Old 4th Nov 2021, 11:22
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"So show me in the Release to Service Document where it specifically forbids a Cuban Eight?"
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Old 4th Nov 2021, 11:37
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We may have to revisit the "fuel it up with hydrogen and run it until something breaks" strategy.
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Old 4th Nov 2021, 11:59
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DARPA’s first attempt at modifying a KC-135 into a research ornithopter proved less than successful…..
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Old 4th Nov 2021, 12:06
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Let's just cut the cockpit section off and build a museum building round it. Say that was always the plan..
Let's just cut the wings off, stick a reactor in it and call it the AUKUS Sub. Say that was always the plan..
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Old 4th Nov 2021, 12:14
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The Chinese team tasked with building a KC-135 clone failed to realise that the “Wan Wing Hai, Wan Wing Lo” scribbled in the stolen plans was a bad joke and not a design specification…
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Old 4th Nov 2021, 12:32
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Don't panic everyone. SWO isn't due back til 6 and I've got some Gorilla Glue in the workshop.
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Old 4th Nov 2021, 13:50
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CO, XO and Nav Officer are flown back Stateside from Guam...
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Old 4th Nov 2021, 13:58
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I think it's time we let Bertha, the wing walker, go.
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Old 4th Nov 2021, 14:16
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"A bit late on the round-out, Hoskins?"

[Apologies if someone else has got there first]
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Old 4th Nov 2021, 18:39
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Thanks lads that's good, I can use the Horizontal Stabiliser to reach the pole and change the bulb after some miscreants stole the long ladder..
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Old 4th Nov 2021, 19:02
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I knew those 5G antennas next to the ramp would cause trouble.
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