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Old 11th Nov 2021, 08:51
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"Call the Ball"??? Mate, they're in my friggin throat! Now someone cut me out of this harness!
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Old 11th Nov 2021, 08:52
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Thank Gawd we're not on that Planet in Interstellar!
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Old 11th Nov 2021, 10:40
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Couldn't you have just used a fishing rod?


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Old 11th Nov 2021, 10:57
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USN brass "Fast Jet is best" mindset meant that the introduction of Dunking Sonar required some unfortunate compromises.
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Old 11th Nov 2021, 11:02
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Wow! Only a 7.5 from the Hungarian judge. He is certainly hard to please.
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Old 11th Nov 2021, 11:22
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And there I was with a windscreen full of North Atlantic and nothing on the clock but the maker's name.
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Old 11th Nov 2021, 11:26
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“What are we trying to catch?”
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Old 11th Nov 2021, 11:41
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I think we should keep the dipping SONAR on the rotary fleet.
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Old 11th Nov 2021, 11:45
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After an F11 shoots itself down, the Navy adopts new weapons testing procedures.
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Old 11th Nov 2021, 14:05
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I don’t think this is what he had in mind when he said sling yer hook..
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Old 11th Nov 2021, 14:08
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Ohhh NOW you decide to try and steer..
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Old 11th Nov 2021, 14:11
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This Panther ain’t pink and you haven’t got a Clouseau..
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Old 11th Nov 2021, 14:12
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They’re asking “do we need ground power?”
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Old 11th Nov 2021, 14:22
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Right laddie. when they said “angled nose in”
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Old 11th Nov 2021, 14:31
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Hoskins acquired another nickname to add to his long list ... "Captain Hook".
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Old 11th Nov 2021, 15:21
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"Pull up! Pull up!!"
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Old 11th Nov 2021, 15:28
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Pilot to Nav Well i still think this is a Helicopter Carrier...but NOOO you insisted your navigation skills are spot on..
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Old 11th Nov 2021, 15:33
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Crew are gonna need a longer ladder to get into the cockpit...
Well that's additional work said Bae... $10m pleas
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Old 11th Nov 2021, 15:34
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Fortunately the World Champion ' Hook the Duck " had been drafted 6 months ago...
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Old 11th Nov 2021, 15:36
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Normally we wait till the aircraft are too badly shot up before we dump it over the side....But as it was Hoskins aircraft might as well cut out the middle man.
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