In the annual Hare and Tortoise race a clear winner was declared! "I knew he'd run out of puff declared farmer Giles"

Photographer

In the future everyone will think it is a fake.

Keep 'em coming, ladies and gents. Unless there are any objections, I propose a deadline of 1900 on 30 Dec 04, with an awards ceremony to follow shortly thereafter.

John

If Ray was going, then he was feckin' well taking Dublin with him!






With apologies to a well known Lightning/VC10/QFI bloke :E

And now -- the moment you've all been waiting for!

(FX: fanfare by the Blues & Royals)

What a stunning set of entries! In the Highly Commended section, the category winners are as follows.

Mr John Farley with:

“When I say cheese please don’t turn your back on me like that………….oh sh*t”.

Mr Trumpet_Trousers with:

"Oh f*ck, I guess that's not the seat adjust lever then!".

And Mr JWCook with:

Nigel the tug operator hadn't been aware of just how fast he was going till he turned the corner.

But the champion of champions, tonights' winner, is:

(FX: drum roll, fanfare, 21-gun salute, etc)

Mr ADR with:

The rivalry in the "Straightest Furrow" event was intense, and competitors sometimes attempted to break their rivals' concentration. This run in the 1968 competition was hampered by a distraction considered unsporting by many of those present.

Quite the most superb caption I've ever seen. Even Mrs '599 thought it was hilarious.

And now -- it's over to ADR for the next instalment . . .

John

(PS: the photo was perfectly real and not concocted in any way. It shows George Aird ejecting from XG332 on 13 September 1962, having had a reheat fire. He departed from the aircraft at about 100ft on finals to Hatfield and broke both legs and his right thigh but made a full recovery).

I won that round? :}

:O Thank you! You and Mrs '599 clearly have a first-rate sense of humour. I'm moved and delighted to find myself a winner, and -- oh, I see people are looking at their watches! A captioned version of the photo is online here, for further enjoyment and sharing.

Here's the next round. Let your imaginations loose on this one!

http://tinypic.com/14tuuh

adr

"This stealth technology is good" thought Brian. "Not one person has noticed I have an umbrella up and it's not even raining!"

"Clearly underwhelmed by the lack of foreign participation in the 2006 RIAT, Mr Smith and family from Cornwall decided to add a bit of exotic Americana to the airshow themselves!"

Err...Farnborough Tower....just confirm the runway for the flypast?

Newly formed 633 Squadron was clearly experiencing large-scale serviceability problems with its new stealth aircraft. Nevertheless, they managed a spectacular flypast at the Shrewsbury Flower Show, to the delight of the enormous audience.

John

"They are flogging these off at the RAF's disposal sale and sometimes they throw in a drum for good measure"

Judging by the stares received during the trial run, the Stealth Cloaking Device still had a lot of development work to be done

Slightly below glideslope...on glidepath!!!:O

Regards & Happy New Year;

'J' Bloke:cool:

The introduction of the new inflatable Stealth bomber was a complete success until it was first deployed on operations. It was then found that even a small fragment of AA fire could ruin the approach as the aircraft let out a loud farting noise, became uncontrollable, and left the enemy helpless with laughter.

Care in the Community - another Government success story

He should have gone to SpecSavers.....

Guess multiple entries are permitted.

How about these

"Look what I just found in the belfry of that church down the street. Now I don't know what to do with it."

OR

"This model is short on longitudinal stability. That's why I had to drum up the long haired assistant contributing auto stab."

Def Minister: Unfortunately the prohibitive cost of the stealth UACV has left us with little funds for a launch platform, however, Jones from the budget office can run quite quickly...

And then

"John Farley promised to meet me here . He is going to fly it for me and Chuck Yaeger wants to watch."

"What aircraft?"

;) :rolleyes: