Caption Competition Mk III
When designers drop too much acid in their youth , you get the Aircraft equivalent of the Philadelphia Experiment , and if it crashes it can always be blamed on pilot error . He erred by attempting to fly something that looked liked the fruit of two close cousins .
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Edwards, this is NASA 805, there seems to a problem with the yaw string...
Early design for the Lockheed U1.5 does not show up on frontal radar
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Early design for the Grumman F13 variable geometry wing needs more design imput
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The Four Nation design for the Swing Wing MRCA descide to drop Ireland from the planning committee
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Early design for the Grumman F13 variable geometry wing needs more design imput
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The Four Nation design for the Swing Wing MRCA descide to drop Ireland from the planning committee
US General to Air Force Major....
Hoskins has stolen the ****it Prototype and is deserting to Russia, should we not send up the Interceptors??
AF Major, no thats part of the plan to put the Soviets programme back decades
Hoskins has stolen the ****it Prototype and is deserting to Russia, should we not send up the Interceptors??
AF Major, no thats part of the plan to put the Soviets programme back decades
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Numerous complaints were received about the misprint in the Airfix assembly instructions.
Hoskins flew on regardless, pondering the shiny big metal pin and attached flag in the cockpit pocket and wondering what it was for.
A bit heavy kicking off the drift in that last landing Hoskins!
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“NO, NO, NO. Hoskins, don’t try flying it backwards … over.”
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In an early treatment for Starwars, the X Wing Starfighter was conceived as the Slash Wing Starfighter...