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Old 19th Feb 2024, 12:50
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Run off with that tart from the Fox and Hounds will he?. Let's see the look on his face when he tries to put the brakes on next landing!
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Using the manufacturer's supplied tool set, namely a screwdriver and a pair of pliers, and after completing step one - "First, remove the fuselage" - Daisy moves on to step two - "Checking the tyre pressures" - as outlined in the Owner's Handbook.
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Old 19th Feb 2024, 13:05
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I was the perfect job for a one-legged apprentice
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Old 19th Feb 2024, 14:05
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I always insist on doing the last checks myself. I know who they'll blame if they can't get their gear up.
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Joe is beginning to regret taking Mavis along to "bring your wife to work day".
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Old 19th Feb 2024, 16:39
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At the end of a long shift, Mavis was feeling a bit tyred.
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Old 19th Feb 2024, 16:51
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Putting the finishing touches on Elton John's biggest ever glasses.
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Hoskins claimed he knew a Hurricane when he saw one, but the 3.7" paintball loads said otherwise.
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Old 19th Feb 2024, 20:23
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At Hucclecote, fitter May West hits on a great idea for a buoyancy aid...
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Old 19th Feb 2024, 23:12
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I'm assuming the yellow paint is because it's a training rig and painted to identify it as such

That was a question not a caption entry btw
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Rumour is that Doris was screwing one of the big wheels.
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Old 20th Feb 2024, 01:50
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She did some groundbreaking research, but unfortunately the technology of the time was just not advanced enough to make the VTOL project a success
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Old 20th Feb 2024, 03:27
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"Remooooove the supports!", cried the man who was so wise in the ways of Science.

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Even with the manpower issue resolved, the Hurricane flight engineer program proved infeasible.
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Old 20th Feb 2024, 15:04
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Halfords had cause to regret that their 'Free Tyre Check' offer had not been more carefully worded.
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Old 20th Feb 2024, 15:17
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Poor Doris has never lived down the day she saw the partially obscured oversprayed wheel decal reading Blow Me up to 35PSI and acted accordingly.
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Doris was famed throughout the plant for her rim jobs.
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Old 20th Feb 2024, 15:25
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Rosie was in the prim'er of her life.
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Rosie found 1945 was a particularly Goodyear for her wheel work.
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Old 20th Feb 2024, 15:29
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The ups and downs of an undercarriage fitter.
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