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Old 1st Aug 2023, 04:43
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Hoskins, I am reminded of a fox with a rat... the unappetising bits left uneaten...
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"I told you to take it easy on the reverse thrust, Cholmondoley!"
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"We had a look, Chief, and the engine's missing".

"Well clean the plugs, NFF it, and put it back on the line as usual".

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Big jet TV missed one!
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So you're telling me that because parts of it are identifiable, it's not a total write-off?
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What do you mean where’s the reset button?
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...left overnight at Liverpool Airport...
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"Sunderland".

"With a few bits left on the surface".
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On this occasion, being the Tail Gunner proved to be lucky.
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Bridge to engine room, finished with engines...
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New from Ikea ... SONDERLOND. Assembly Instructions included.
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"We have delivered your engines, and therefore consider the contract fulfiled and await payment......"
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Hoskins could never remember: Did you feather the failed engine . . . or the operating ones?
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Old 1st Aug 2023, 10:09
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I give up Hoskins... what have you done with the rest of it?
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The winner of the short landing competition was a surprise entrant,
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Finished with engines…
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The SWO had been heard earlier muttering, 'Bloody, pilots. I'll teach them not to ignore notices.'
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Originally Posted by fdr
The winner of the short landing competition was a surprise entrant,
Could also be
The winner of the short landing competition was a surprised entrant.
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Hoskins, let’s work through this. Is there anything you see around here that’s missing from the section on Water Landings?
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And thus was born the new Short Sunderland.
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