Caption Competition Mk IV
But. .. but it’s not Shrove Tuesday
With the prototype successfully demonstrated, it remained only to raise production capital. Unfortunately it proved impossible to find investors who believed in flying saucers.
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Why is it called the Flying Pancake?
Cos it's crepe...
Cos it's crepe...
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(Drum Roll: Post #1,000!) Having had her wings rubbed down with butter, the aircraft searches valiantly for a syrup storm.
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The short lived experiment with using metric units in the design of USAF airplanes was cancelled after prototypes displayed unexpected anomalies.
To avoid pancake landings, the main gear was raised considerably, but the test pilot only gave it 1 star because it waffled through the air.
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Did it fly? Well it completed I HOP...
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Is it electric?
No, why do you ask?
Cos I thought it might be be battery powered...
No, why do you ask?
Cos I thought it might be be battery powered...
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... sponsored by the Flat Earth Society ...
That was from the Cow, wait till you see what the Elephant did!
… aah the blended wing, what ever happened to you?
… anyone got a rubber, I see what I did wrong.
The blended wing, the early years!