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The Royal Aircraft Establishment tests the strength of an aeroplane's propulsion system by seeing how many men it takes to stop it from moving. This one is rated at two man-power.
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"I was shot up the arse by a 16 incher but being a pilot luckily my thick skull stopped it"
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"Well I am glad you decided to listen to me regards fitting a windscreen, but some bloody glass in it wouldn't go amiss"
"...and remember, if we have to leave the aircraft and parachute to the ground, we climb onto the wing and walk to the end of it before jumping, otherwise the propellor could do us an injury."
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Oh no, my worry beads have come off their string!
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"He wants to know if we have anything to declare, I've told him we are only going to Scotland, but he insists"
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"They call it a pusher engine"
"I thought it was a tractor engine?"
"Welll it probably started out in one, but it is definitely a pusher engine"
"I thought it was a tractor engine?"
"Welll it probably started out in one, but it is definitely a pusher engine"