On Thu, 5 Feb 2004 20:04:02 -0000, Ali Hopkins wrote:


"pacplyer" wrote in message
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B S D Chapman mail-at-benchapman-dot-co-dot-uk wrote in message
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The second
generation of Commet lasted many years... and 19 of those airframes
will
be arround for another 20 years

Pardon my pickyness, but it's Comet.


Flyable? I didn't know that. Are you sure?


Nimrod.


Still the greatest maritime patrol aircraft in the world.
And that goes for the MR1, let alone the MRA4!!

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....And so as the little andrex puppy of time scampers onto the busy
dual-carriage way of destiny, and the extra-strong meat vindaloo of fate
confronts the toilet Out Of Order sign of eternity... I see it is time to
end this post.