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Old 17th Oct 2023, 12:09
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...and as the air traffic controller calls "Clear Land. Seventeen on", it is judgement time. The winner of this competition is Sasless with:

[QUOTE= Judging of the Spot Landing Contest was going to raise some challenges.[/QUOTE]

Congratulations on hitting the mark...the trophy will be with you once we've rescued it from under the pile...
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The glory of Naval Air!
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It will take more than one pass to erase the stain of losing the Army Navy game !
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Climate adaptation at work.
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Egg & spoon race Navy style!
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I always thought it was Supermarket sweep but each to his own
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The F35 B had taken the deck-cleaning robot with it.
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This wasn't the shot in the recruitment ad!
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Gender equality had not yet reached the test pilot school, despite the fact that women had been flying brooms for centuries.

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I thought it was supposed to be a wash and blow dry...
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Ah, so this is what they mean when they say "scrub the mission"...
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'Ere, that's Trigger's broom you're using. E'll not that you, e's had that same broom for twenty years - 17 new heads, 14 new handles but still the same broom...
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The Navy equivalant of sweeping sand from the desert.







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The Admiral came up with a brilliant idea. Save money by using seawater to brush off the rust!
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"Who are you calling a scrubber, Mister?"
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I have to admit when we started sinking I was expecting "man the lifeboats", but "man the brooms" just strikes me as desperation.
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Look at him, bloody Captain Canute up there on his bridge getting us to turn back the tide, but I prefer his old English name, "Cnut"
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Every time we nearly get it to the side, the bastard turns to Starboard.
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For their day off, the troops were promised a "Rub and a Scrub", but they were disappointed.
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I told you the bloody steam catapult wasn't hot enough.
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