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« Reply #45 on: April 04, 2006, 12:52:21 PM »
so that's where the french hide their subs!
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« Reply #46 on: April 04, 2006, 12:55:11 PM »
well, if they put them at sea they are afraid they might find a war.  better be safe than sorry.

besides, i wouldnt want to be a frenchman at sea with the royal navy about, it doesnt usually have a happy ending.
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« Reply #47 on: April 04, 2006, 01:04:00 PM »
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Originally posted by SFRT - Frenchy
He must had quite some fun time with the infamous pyromaniac 3350s and the corncobs :cry 28 cylinders of pain.
I should have been more specific: "Airframe Mechanic"

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« Reply #48 on: April 04, 2006, 01:13:17 PM »
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well, if they put them at sea they are afraid they might find a war.  better be safe than sorry.

besides, i wouldnt want to be a frenchman at sea with the royal navy about, it doesnt usually have a happy ending.


Really? Yah sure about that? Cause DeGrasse certainly seemed to abruptly end the limey attempt at colonial butt spanking over here a few hundred years back...
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« Reply #49 on: April 04, 2006, 01:23:21 PM »
thats why i said usually instead of always.  we usually annihilate them.
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« Reply #50 on: April 04, 2006, 02:48:07 PM »
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thats why i said usually instead of always.  we usually annihilate them.


but since we learned :)




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« Reply #51 on: April 04, 2006, 02:50:58 PM »
perfect setup.. he passes to Straffo.. he shoots..


He scores!

GOAL!!!  GOAL!!! GOAL!!

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« Reply #52 on: April 04, 2006, 03:06:52 PM »
ROTFL :D

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« Reply #53 on: April 04, 2006, 04:44:03 PM »
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they all look more and more like just another bus on wings


thats where they got the name Airbus:lol

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« Reply #54 on: April 04, 2006, 04:56:10 PM »
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thats where they got the name Airbus:lol


I have a 1972 photo of the first Boeing 747 in flight. The name of the plane is "Super Air Bus".  Now you know where they got the name. ;) (I'll snap a picture of it off my office wall if I remember tonight)
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« Reply #55 on: April 04, 2006, 05:19:54 PM »

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« Reply #56 on: April 04, 2006, 05:21:40 PM »
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except Airbus was founded in 1972 :)

For the kids : http://www.airbus.com/store/mm_repository/pdf/att00006084/media_object_file_A380_airbuscolours.pdf

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Boeing was founded long before that,  "Boeing B17 ":aok

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« Reply #57 on: April 04, 2006, 05:29:41 PM »
Raider ever heard of Blériot  ?

If you look at the "genealogic tree"  of Airbus you will find Sud Aviation ,Sud Aviation was the result of the merge between  SNCASO and SNCASE and SNCASO was the result of the merge of several entities and Blériot.


I strongly doubt that Boeing was founded before Blériot :D


Be more carefull next time ;)

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« Reply #58 on: April 04, 2006, 05:39:01 PM »
Boeing founded in 1916, Bleriot joined SPAD as president in 1914

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« Reply #59 on: April 04, 2006, 05:43:39 PM »
I just checked Blériot-Voisin was founded in 1905, now I'm off to bed it's too late