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Old 28th Feb 2022, 12:04
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"Well, ATC weren't joking when the they said the runway was flooded. But look, being a pilot, I can walk on water!"
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Old 28th Feb 2022, 12:15
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I don't know what happened. Everything seemed fine in the flare, but then the wheels came off.
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Old 28th Feb 2022, 14:19
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And so it was that Spaz Sinbad transferred to the RAN.
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Old 28th Feb 2022, 15:23
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Pilot walks off concerned that bad news usually come in threes, flooded runway, gear up landing, what could go wrong nex. ....
just as a Morris Marina fell on him from a passing Chinook
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Old 28th Feb 2022, 15:24
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Thank god we didn't go for tbe Nuclear Capable option....
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Old 28th Feb 2022, 15:26
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At least when the RN dropped their brand new shiny jet in the oggin we don't need a giant fish hook to get it back
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Old 28th Feb 2022, 15:33
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Austrailian Ministry of Defence decree that with immediate effect, Divining Rods are to be included in Pilots Personal Equipment prior to operating in Monsoon Season
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Old 28th Feb 2022, 15:34
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Some tw@t left the fire hose on from the previous caption above and we had ' leakage '

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Old 28th Feb 2022, 15:34
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Putting Hoskins in charge of hydroplaning tests turned out to be a mistake.
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Old 28th Feb 2022, 16:58
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Having perfected the gear up landing technique , they are greasing the runway for the gear up departure tests , stand well back anything can happen in the next thirty minutes .
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Old 28th Feb 2022, 17:00
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Instinctively, you know when you land gear up . It takes full power to taxi in .
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Old 28th Feb 2022, 17:03
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Hoskins equals the World Low Flying Record - again.
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Old 28th Feb 2022, 18:08
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...and that's why every patch of wet cement has Kilroy Hoskins was 'ere
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Old 28th Feb 2022, 18:10
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Lewis regretted not pitting for Full Wets when Max was called in
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Old 28th Feb 2022, 18:15
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First trials of the Fly by Wire drone did not go fully according to plan when it was found range of the remote control was limited to 1000 meters on a 1500 meter runway.
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Old 28th Feb 2022, 18:44
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I wish the contract had specified undercarriage!
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Old 28th Feb 2022, 18:49
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If I stand just here, I can get roasted by the jet efflux rather than the Wingco!
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Old 28th Feb 2022, 19:56
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Why is there never a crew jeep at dispersal...??
This is the M55 still under construction you landed on...
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Old 28th Feb 2022, 20:53
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You can just see the wannabe Luke Skywalker X-wing pilot walking off into the sunset with a big cross through his wings, wanting to be in the sky again with some more Luke luck.
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Just because the follow me truck drove into a pond . . .
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