(Just registered though I've been lurking for a while....looked like so much fun I had to play too
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"Honey, you did remember to send off that overdue payment for the hull insurance right?"
"No, I can't make the scheduled take off boss. The plane has a problem with assymetric lift and thrust."
“No, I didn't crash. I simply relocated the aircraft with extreme prejudice because of a total loss of the thrust and lift functions.” (from "Howling Mad" Murdock of the A-team)
"Yeah the surly bonds didn't like being slipped today....and the wings definitely weren't laughing..."
"San Jose we have a problem."
"Hey Boss...good news! We just made the record books for the first ever deployment of an airbag in a plane!"
(ok, I'll stop now
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