On Thu, 02 Aug 2012 13:16:38 -0400, Orval Fairbairn
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"Bob (not my real pseudonym)" wrote:

On Wed, 01 Aug 2012 17:05:37 +0100, Ramsman
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On 01/08/2012 14:20, Andrew Chaplin wrote:
Joseph Testagrose wrote in
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I was expecting a flying boat.


It's like what I experience when posts are about Hornets and Typhoons.
They're usually grey things with holes at each end instead of having
whirly bits pulling them along. And now there's a third Lightning as well.

Aviation history is up to its arse in Globemasters, too...

Yes -- C-74, C-124, C-17

I should have typed:

"Aviation history is up to its arse in Globemasters, three...

All Boeings, just like the DC-3. ;^}