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The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

Last post by G-CPTN « Thu Feb 02, 2023 12:02 pm
Posted in Crewroom
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by admin » Tue Aug 24, 2021 5:08 am » in Crewroom
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Time to start a new one methinks.

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Imbibed?
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Last post by G-CPTN
Thu Feb 02, 2023 12:02 pm
The '77th Brigade'

Last post by TheGreenAnger « Thu Feb 02, 2023 10:46 am
Posted in Politics & Controversial Topics
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by admin2 » Thu Feb 02, 2023 9:23 am » in Politics & Controversial Topics

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A potentially alarming item from Dr Campbell concerning the '77th Brigade', a UK military unit.

The need to control disinformation is...

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A prescient film in the 1984 genre. The possibility of a far worse dystopia is never far away given the technology available today.

We may one...

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Last post by TheGreenAnger
Thu Feb 02, 2023 10:46 am
Flying training in trouble?

Last post by Boac « Thu Feb 02, 2023 10:25 am
Posted in Military Ops
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by ricardian » Sat Nov 12, 2022 8:46 am » in Military Ops

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Former RAF Senior Instructor Tim Davies reveals how the RAF training system was wrecked by privatisation (and how pennies could have saved a $100...

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Fitting the well-known cliche of
Leaders people follow more out of curiosity than loyalty

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Last post by Boac
Thu Feb 02, 2023 10:25 am
What Song Is Your Current Soundtrack?

Last post by TheGreenAnger « Thu Feb 02, 2023 9:56 am
Posted in Crewroom
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by CityofFlight » Tue Oct 06, 2015 6:36 am » in Crewroom
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Often, the day starts with a song in our head or the events will suddenly cue up music that seems the perfect soundtrack. Share yours here.

This...

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Superbo, vino, donne e rose!
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Last post by TheGreenAnger
Thu Feb 02, 2023 9:56 am
US & Caribbean Dec and Jan.

Last post by EA01 « Thu Feb 02, 2023 9:37 am
Posted in Experiences in Aviation
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by reddo » Fri Jan 06, 2023 4:36 pm » in Experiences in Aviation

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Once again helping out our US colleagues.

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Great photos Reddo! Expect to be back in NYC in May, Nassau shortly thereafter, then on to Eleuthera Island... :)

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Last post by EA01
Thu Feb 02, 2023 9:37 am
Rant of the Day v2.

Last post by John Hill « Thu Feb 02, 2023 8:05 am
Posted in Crewroom
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by admin » Mon Jul 23, 2018 7:47 pm » in Crewroom
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This one was getting a bit big too.

Admin/Alison

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Give up on all those fancy smancy printers and put your money into an OKI Microline Turbo dot matrix printer, you will only have to buy one and you...
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Last post by John Hill
Thu Feb 02, 2023 8:05 am
Caption Competition......

Last post by Ex-Ascot « Thu Feb 02, 2023 6:49 am
Posted in Non-Airline Rumours, Gossip and Chat
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by CharlieOneSix » Fri Jan 13, 2023 3:51 pm » in Non-Airline Rumours, Gossip and Chat
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Dragonfly 548.jpg
Dragonfly WG722 of 705 Squadron RNAS Culdrose on 24 May 1961. The aircraft suffered a transmission failure, autorotated into a...

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'Stop clowning around and take this war seriously Bud.'

This is actually a near quote from my boss in the Gulf war. They made me wear a grow bag so...
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Last post by Ex-Ascot
Thu Feb 02, 2023 6:49 am
Final 747 to be delivered tomorrow.

Last post by TheGreenAnger « Thu Feb 02, 2023 6:31 am
Posted in Aviation Incidents
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by TheGreenAnger » Mon Jan 30, 2023 6:30 pm » in Aviation Incidents

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The last commercial Boeing jumbo will be delivered to Atlas Air (AAWW.O) in the surviving freighter version on Tuesday, 53 years after the 747's...

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Full final ceremony etc. Nostalgia writ large.

Warning includes live music as well.

Well worth watching, not least, for the commentary from the...

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Last post by TheGreenAnger
Thu Feb 02, 2023 6:31 am
Birthdays

Last post by Mrs Ex-Ascot « Thu Feb 02, 2023 4:47 am
Posted in Crewroom
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by probes » Wed Sep 02, 2015 9:15 pm » in Crewroom
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Congrats to Pinky! :ymparty:
How do/did you celebrate?

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Tall Bird from us both. :YMPARTY:
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Last post by Mrs Ex-Ascot
Thu Feb 02, 2023 4:47 am
A Flea...but what's the car?

Last post by TheGreenAnger « Wed Feb 01, 2023 11:01 pm
Posted in Other Aviation Related Nostalgia
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by CharlieOneSix » Tue Jan 24, 2023 11:52 pm » in Other Aviation Related Nostalgia

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I think it's a Flying Flea but what is the three wheeler towing it? Never seen anything like it...

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Possible?

Yes, it's a four-wheeler, but maybe they made three wheelers too?

What interesting find G-CPTN! ^:)^

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Last post by TheGreenAnger
Wed Feb 01, 2023 11:01 pm
Lost Cemeteries

Last post by TheGreenAnger « Wed Feb 01, 2023 10:55 pm
Posted in Crewroom
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by Woody » Tue Jan 31, 2023 7:50 pm » in Crewroom

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Since I seem to have caused some interest elsewhere, here’s a new thread :YMPARTY:

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I find the old cemeteries that one finds outside old village churches and the like in Britain, fascinating. The history that one finds in such...

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Last post by TheGreenAnger
Wed Feb 01, 2023 10:55 pm
Another Navy Wings article...

Last post by TheGreenAnger « Wed Feb 01, 2023 10:38 pm
Posted in Fixed Wing Nostalgia
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by TheGreenGoblin » Fri Apr 17, 2020 11:24 am » in Fixed Wing Nostalgia
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Another anecdote brought to us courtesy of the Navy Wings folks. Please feel free to bung them a contribution , or even better, join up as a...

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I hope Babcock get fined a lot of dosh for their quality control system failing to pick that up when it happened. Small bolts about 2 long for...
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Last post by TheGreenAnger
Wed Feb 01, 2023 10:38 pm
Massive breakout! Searchlights, whistles and running feet!

Last post by Hydromet « Wed Feb 01, 2023 9:26 pm
Posted in Crewroom
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by John Hill » Wed Feb 01, 2023 2:06 am » in Crewroom

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Massive breakout! Searchlights, whistles and running feet!

It was a seemingly well coordinated break-out by male and female detainees and took hours...

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Pottering in my suburban front garden one morning when a large billy goat came toddling up the street and visited me as though we were old friends. I...

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Last post by Hydromet
Wed Feb 01, 2023 9:26 pm
Millions of us might be **** if we ignore the Russian-Ukraine war

Last post by Fox3WheresMyBanana « Wed Feb 01, 2023 8:38 pm
Posted in Politics & Controversial Topics
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by TheGreenGoblin » Sat Jan 15, 2022 10:20 pm » in Politics & Controversial Topics
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Last post by Fox3WheresMyBanana
Wed Feb 01, 2023 8:38 pm
Friday Jokes

Last post by llondel « Wed Feb 01, 2023 8:36 pm
Posted in Crewroom
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by OFSO » Sun Aug 23, 2015 5:28 pm » in Crewroom
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To kick off, here's one that had 'em rolling in the aisles (although I admit it was my Kindergarten aisles.)

There were four skunks: daddy skunk,...

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On a golf tour in Ireland, Tiger Woods drives his BMW into a petrol station in a remote part of the Irish countryside.
The pump attendant, who...
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Last post by llondel
Wed Feb 01, 2023 8:36 pm
Trivia Question of the Day

Last post by Fox3WheresMyBanana « Wed Feb 01, 2023 4:49 pm
Posted in Crewroom
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by Capetonian » Thu Jan 30, 2020 8:19 am » in Crewroom
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I thought I'd start this topic as I'm sure all of us stumble across interesting 'trivia' as we peruse the media or indeed our own brains.

Here are...

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To keep things moving along, we'll give that one to Mrs Ex-A.

The hanging bit of the hanged, drawn and quartered involved the victim climbing up a...
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Last post by Fox3WheresMyBanana
Wed Feb 01, 2023 4:49 pm
Coronabollocks..

Last post by OFSO « Wed Feb 01, 2023 3:02 pm
Posted in Politics & Controversial Topics
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by AtomKraft » Sat Mar 07, 2020 3:19 pm » in Politics & Controversial Topics
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As we watch our self inflicted descent into economic disaster, courtesy of the latest gift from China, does it never occur to anyone to panic a bit...

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Only because I saw a post by admin...
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Last post by OFSO
Wed Feb 01, 2023 3:02 pm
Absent Friends

Last post by TheGreenAnger « Tue Jan 31, 2023 11:26 pm
Posted in Crewroom
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by GrumpyOldFart » Thu Apr 07, 2016 9:49 pm » in Crewroom
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Alison - I thought this would be a suitable place to keep absent friends' memories alive - somewhere we could visit to just, well, remember. You may...

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I doubt that Con Pilot would have up with this put! =))

New film on the circuit! Doubt I will watch it, or if I do, for comedic proposes!
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Last post by TheGreenAnger
Tue Jan 31, 2023 11:26 pm
We need more

Last post by TheGreenAnger « Tue Jan 31, 2023 9:32 pm
Posted in Crewroom
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by G-CPTN » Mon Mar 16, 2020 10:53 am » in Crewroom
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Folks,

for those who are being required to spend time in self-isolation, this site provides more than a source of information and entertainment - it...
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Last post by TheGreenAnger
Tue Jan 31, 2023 9:32 pm
WTF is happening in the UK?

Last post by TheGreenAnger « Tue Jan 31, 2023 9:08 pm
Posted in Politics & Controversial Topics
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by AtomKraft » Sat Aug 17, 2019 9:56 am » in Politics & Controversial Topics
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People I speak to hold normal opinions- but feel unable to express them.
Folk shrug, they don't understand what's happening, but they are sure it's...

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The man is a whited sepulcher. The sort of person I would gladly threaten to torture to death just to hear him declaim or scream in Latin! An odious...
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Last post by TheGreenAnger
Tue Jan 31, 2023 9:08 pm
The Capetonian WOE Thread

Last post by Woody « Tue Jan 31, 2023 7:43 pm
Posted in Crewroom
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by admin » Wed Jul 22, 2020 9:28 am » in Crewroom
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The continuation of The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III .

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I thought that was a very good choice, Woody. Not obvious at all, but just enough detail that one started off in roughly the right search direction...
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Last post by Woody
Tue Jan 31, 2023 7:43 pm
RNZAF Orions: Final Flight, January 31, 2023

Last post by Karearea « Tue Jan 31, 2023 6:33 pm
Posted in Military Ops
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by Karearea » Mon Jan 30, 2023 5:36 pm » in Military Ops

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A more detailed schedule at this link for the last flight of the RNZAF Orions today:

Southern residents will be treated to the final flight of...

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Saw the Orions yesterday in the distance, very low, just a few seconds' glimpse - enough to realise it was them, raise a glass and say God speed and...

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Last post by Karearea
Tue Jan 31, 2023 6:33 pm
Green Comet

Last post by PHXPhlyer « Tue Jan 31, 2023 5:10 pm
Posted in Space Related (& Freight) Ops

by PHXPhlyer » Tue Jan 31, 2023 5:10 pm » in Space Related (& Freight) Ops

Green comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) will be closest to Earth on Feb. 1. Here's how to see it.

C/2022 E3 (ZTF) hasn't been so close to Earth for 50,000...

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Last post by PHXPhlyer
Tue Jan 31, 2023 5:10 pm
Departed During 2023

Last post by G-CPTN « Tue Jan 31, 2023 2:11 pm
Posted in Where Are They Now
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by Wodrick » Sun Jan 01, 2023 9:26 am » in Where Are They Now
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Anita Pointer, I think the last of the Pointer Sisters.

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Sadly, my grandsons have shown absolutely zero interest in building models.

I have several kits still in their boxes which look destined for the tip...
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Last post by G-CPTN
Tue Jan 31, 2023 2:11 pm
Forgotten pilots or flights...

Last post by TheGreenAnger « Tue Jan 31, 2023 10:41 am
Posted in Other Aviation Related Nostalgia
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by TheGreenGoblin » Wed Feb 24, 2021 4:04 pm » in Other Aviation Related Nostalgia
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A flight in the trail of Bert Hinkler that ended in tragic circumstances.

Early 1930: It had been a depressing English winter – cold, dark and wet...

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This chap is something out of a plot for a film. Still very much alive, and still a maverick in the real sense of the word and not that nincompoop...
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Last post by TheGreenAnger
Tue Jan 31, 2023 10:41 am

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