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Post by corsair67 on Jul 12, 2006 19:30:26 GMT 12
An oldie, but a goodie!
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Post by amitch on Jul 12, 2006 19:49:59 GMT 12
Yep, those cracks are nasty
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Post by corsair67 on Jul 12, 2006 19:56:27 GMT 12
Yeah, but at least they're clean!
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Post by xr6turbo1 on Jul 12, 2006 20:41:44 GMT 12
Yep, those cracks are nasty Yip
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Post by planeimages on Jul 12, 2006 21:13:13 GMT 12
They are called fatigue cracks! And sometimes "brickies cleavage" by people in the trade.
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Post by corsair67 on Jul 13, 2006 12:32:49 GMT 12
Yeah, most people are appalled by workmen with this condition, but I like how it is okay and fashionable for young women to be flashing their "workman's smile" over the top of their hipsters!
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Post by Bruce on Jul 13, 2006 19:54:08 GMT 12
werent we discussing the sartorial engance of the Aussie military on another thread.......
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 13, 2006 20:55:34 GMT 12
Discussing what? What's engance mean?
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Post by Bruce on Jul 13, 2006 21:28:42 GMT 12
sorry - elegance (not a word often associated with aussies mind you ) the ol late afternoon typing problems!
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Post by yak2 on Jul 13, 2006 22:06:54 GMT 12
Actually it is a bunch of Kiwi's over doing work experience. Could explain the probs the RAN has been having with those helo's. One of the things that appealed to me about this site was no bagging the other 'side'. Stick to 'aerodroning' guys.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 14, 2006 0:28:33 GMT 12
Yep, leave the Aussies alone guys. They make up a significant amount of our membership now.
Aerodroning, good word.
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Post by planeimages on Jul 14, 2006 9:43:42 GMT 12
If you don't leave us alone we'll send over a couple of Spitfires and several F-111's to deal with the aggro! We know where you live.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 14, 2006 14:57:52 GMT 12
Oh, in that case, pick on em all you want - your rugby team are crap!!!!
Cool, now just sit back and wait to see those Spitfires...
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Post by planeimages on Jul 14, 2006 15:47:48 GMT 12
"Biggles to base, Biggles to base, Cambridge sighted. Only lightly defended by Dad's army, Piece of Cake. Hornet Squadron attack, attack". "Bring me my bow, and arrows, too......" SQNLDR Rex's last flight.
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Post by yak2 on Jul 14, 2006 16:08:46 GMT 12
Given a choice, which would you guys prefer; An air force that had a combat capability, or a top Rugby team?. Note that I have avoided inflamatory words such as crap, handbags, choking etc. BTW. 'Both' is not an answer. (Althoughl it is for us west islanders!)
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Post by planeimages on Jul 14, 2006 17:47:39 GMT 12
What's a Ruby team?
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 14, 2006 18:30:07 GMT 12
Given a choice, which would you guys prefer; An air force that had a combat capability, or a top Rugby team?. Note that I have avoided inflamatory words such as crap, handbags, choking etc. BTW. 'Both' is not an answer. (Althoughl it is for us west islanders!) I'd prefer having the All Blacks anyday over some clapped out old fighters (waits for tyrade...) At least the AB's have proven themselves in combat successfully and successively in the past 50 years. Look at the 2 ZFEF (and I guess the 1 NZEF), an army built on the disciplines and skills of rugby, and proven to be one of the finest in the war. PS - those Spitfires were no match for the up and unders that shot them down Peter... go Dan
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 14, 2006 18:32:48 GMT 12
On a serious note, what do you reckon of the new Haka, it even sends shivers down my back - I'd hate to be an opposition team member watching it right in front of me. So intense. That's the sort of pre-match build up that made 25 battalion so aggressive and famous in combat, and is what made Rommel stae he wanted to have New Zealanders on his side. The Germans admitted fearing the Maoris more than anything else in the desert war.
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Post by yak2 on Jul 14, 2006 19:59:55 GMT 12
Are you referring to the one featuring handbags? Sorry Dave....couldn't resist that cheap shot, but it was a very clever ad. Well done Haka's are most impressive. Re Rommel comment. My father was in the Desert air force ( 454 Squadron RAAF) and said the most feared on both sides were the Gurkas.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 14, 2006 20:54:22 GMT 12
Crikey, after all that hype, outrage and fuss made in the press about that advert, I have only now just clicked as to what it was all about. haha, it was funny in retrospect!
Were there Gurkhas in the desert? I had always thought they were all in the Indian/Burmese campaign. You learn something every day. I have met Gurkhas and they are impressively scary people. Another bunch of elites in WWII were the Fijian soldiers who were lead by Kiwi officers. They were simply incredible soldiers.
One chap I interviewed said that the Fijians - during an exercise, were supposed to attack a US airfield in Guadalcanal to test their defenses. When the kick off time came at 10pm, the Yanks noticed nothing happening. About two hours later, they rang the Fijian headquarters and asked when the exercise was going to start, when were the Fijians going to try to get into the perimeter.
The answer was they'd been, and were now safely back. The Yanks were in disbelief till the Fijians said to check their uniforms and all the trucks. There were white chalk crosses on the back and/or boots of every sentry, and every truck had chalk on the tyre. They had come and gone unseen, unheard, like ghosts.
Their main purpose in the war was doing this very work behind Japanese lines for months at a time, and they were hugely successful. They were probably he most elite force in the Pacific, and yet are unsung heroes.
What did your father fly? Was that P-40's? Spitfires?
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