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Old 3rd Jun 2023, 22:27
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I think we’re lost Big Pistons Forever, the end destination should be up here somewhere.
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Old 3rd Jun 2023, 22:33
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Bloody road signs are in Welsh, let's just admit that we're lost!
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Old 3rd Jun 2023, 22:44
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Did that sign say waddington

no it said “Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch”
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Old 4th Jun 2023, 01:09
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Originally Posted by Confusious
Flight Lieutenant Hoskins was asked to do a ninety degree flypast to check the landing gear.
FL LT Hoskins was asked to a ninety degree flypast to check the canopy unlock annunciation...
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Old 4th Jun 2023, 01:12
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Originally Posted by sealo0
Did that sign say waddington

no it said “Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch”
The unexpected consequence of this flight path was the lowering of the transit speed to 80Kts to permit waypoint identification....


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Old 4th Jun 2023, 02:24
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And the winner is…….not Nutty

It is fdr for this entry

F-700: DEFECT: Suspected Birdstrike. RECTIFICATION: No evidence of birdstrike found. Canon 70-300 zoom found in RH aileron horn. Removed, RTS.
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Old 4th Jun 2023, 03:06
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almost certainly a rinse 'n repeat... but never less interesting!

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Old 4th Jun 2023, 03:08
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You'll be fine just there Frank. They never strike twice in the same place!
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Bit late on the bail out Hoskins!
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His next assignment was delivering a 757 to Argentina!
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Old 4th Jun 2023, 03:31
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Finders keepers !
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Old 4th Jun 2023, 03:32
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OH so that’s what those guys mean when they say they are “buying the farm”
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Old 4th Jun 2023, 03:35
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And they said lightning never strikes twice
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Old 4th Jun 2023, 03:52
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Dibley Herald 1962: "Jim Trott loses straight line ploughing competition"...
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"NOOOO! He's headed for the glasshouse with the marijuana crop!"
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Old 4th Jun 2023, 06:18
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Classed as a "Major Incident".
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"Another Bl**dy Crop Circle"!!
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Old 4th Jun 2023, 06:20
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Well baling usually follows grass cutting in these parts.....
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There's something you don't see every day...A Massey Ferguson TE 20....
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Thinking he was still in the Mach Loop just didn't cut it at the board of inquiry!
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