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Old 3rd Mar 2023, 10:54
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Balloon folding is getting quite good these days.
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Old 3rd Mar 2023, 13:19
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Gonna need smaller bullets
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Old 3rd Mar 2023, 13:20
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Hoskins was disappointed to find the aircraft was already disassembled
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Old 3rd Mar 2023, 13:22
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Henry refused to help the war effort by building anything on his production line that was not black...
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Old 3rd Mar 2023, 13:23
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The USN found the cardboard box was a lot more useful...
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Old 3rd Mar 2023, 13:26
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Having failed miserably to shoot down any enemy aircraft in 60 sorties, PO McGoo found the solution by moving the gun sight 9 inches to the left...
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Old 3rd Mar 2023, 13:29
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When King Tut's buriel pyramid was opened they were surprised to find parchments depicting a flying machine..
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Old 3rd Mar 2023, 14:33
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A Barrel Roll or Roll out the Barrel?
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Old 3rd Mar 2023, 15:01
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We saw what Grumman nailed on to the back of an R2800 and reckoned we could do better...
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Old 3rd Mar 2023, 15:20
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"Too close for missiles! Switching to magnifying glass!"

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Old 3rd Mar 2023, 16:18
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I need fuelling....Do you take plastic?
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Old 3rd Mar 2023, 16:19
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Flying Officer Sprue gets his first command.
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Old 3rd Mar 2023, 16:23
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If it was built by Ford we'd deliver them complete and then they would gradually disassemble themselves, as opposed to this a kit plane, that comes disassembled and you assemble it.
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Old 3rd Mar 2023, 16:55
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After the great successes of training combat gerbils for trench warfare , the next generation attack drones will be flown by highly trained combat gerbils chosen from the most talented combat gerbils with combat experience .
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Old 3rd Mar 2023, 17:00
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Leaked documents from the FAA clearly show what caused the first release glitches on the 737 MAX.
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Old 3rd Mar 2023, 17:03
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Wow, what a REVELLation!
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Old 3rd Mar 2023, 17:06
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The BOI determined the manufacturer had used thousandths of an inch not the instructed millimeters along the roll axis.
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Old 3rd Mar 2023, 17:10
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Having heard a Thunderbolt could be flown through a brick wall, Lt.(jg) Hoskins found that a Corsair couldn't, it squashed.
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Old 3rd Mar 2023, 19:25
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" I think we need to get the plans out of the lend lease equipment from WWII", said President Putin.




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Old 3rd Mar 2023, 21:29
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R2D2: The early years.
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