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Caption Competition Mk IV

Old 1st Aug 2023, 21:53
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Nice jugs and a big piece of tail.

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Old 1st Aug 2023, 23:33
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Look at the skid mark across my lawn…

Sorry about that, it appears to have shaved the keel and the bottom off the Elsan.
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Old 1st Aug 2023, 23:38
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Ooooh look, it has laid some Power Eggs…




In case you do not know the term

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power-egg

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Old 2nd Aug 2023, 09:16
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What do you mean "the tail gunner has done a visual check on all four engines ...and it doesn't look good!"?
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Old 2nd Aug 2023, 09:56
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Originally Posted by NutLoose
"at which point I lost control..."
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Efforts to reduce draft for takeoff were successful — to a point.
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Latest Sunderland leak test : Failed
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Right, thats Vne sorted....
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Old 2nd Aug 2023, 10:43
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Using them to haul salt seemed like a good idea . . .
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Old 2nd Aug 2023, 12:12
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Old 2nd Aug 2023, 14:25
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Oh my God! What a typo! Barnes-Wallis didn’t mean bouncing bombers….
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Old 2nd Aug 2023, 14:29
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Hoskins, when I said get hold of an old airframe for our gate guard ....I had rather hoped for something more.......complete!
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Any landing you can walk away from is a good one said the tail gunner!
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When over-pressurization valves fail.

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They say a helicopter is 10,000 parts flying in close formation. But it doesn't seem to work for seaplanes.
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Old 3rd Aug 2023, 08:52
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"No, Hoskins, it never was an amphibian."
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Old 3rd Aug 2023, 20:24
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Judging time

Runner up with an offering that tickles the heart of this retired RCN officer is Nutty with

Finished with engines…

But the winner is Cavuman1 with the classic and politically incorrect

Nice jugs and a big piece of tail.
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