SteveW
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that is the only discription i have...
my sister and my mum just saw some monster plane going over our house, which had "curly wings" as in not straight...
any idea ??
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Shane
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PMSL
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Robbo
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C17?
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micra_pete
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curley up or curley back?
C17 is ace
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Robbo
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C17 is NOT ace, not when they decide to land at 3am and wake ypu up
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Nick-S
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curly wings 
c17 do have winglets though
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SteveW
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well they did say it was big enough to carry a tank or 2 
could be the C17 (just googled it..)
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micra_pete
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quote: Originally posted by Robbo
C17 is NOT ace, not when they decide to land at 3am and wake ypu up
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Robbo
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snot funny i lvie right under the brize flight path
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Fonz
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surely the VCs are more of a pain than the C17s?
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Robbo
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Not as loud as the C17s... i cant wait until 2010 when the Hercs arrive
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Robbo
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VC10s I can block out as Ive had 20+ years of them but the C17s go right through me
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Fonz
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everytime i hear a C17 their silent its the VCs i hear coming!! guess its all different on finals though!
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Superlite Ltd.
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dave17
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planes amaze me, how the fck can something that big be in the air.
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Dean_W
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Magic
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dave17
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must be, like babies
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Russ
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quote: Originally posted by dave17
planes amaze me, how the fck can something that big be in the air.
simply, thrust. lift.
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Russ
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bro in law works on C17's. they are ace. if there is a fault, the computer tells you what the fault is, and how to fix it if it cant fix it itself.
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M2RTY
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quote: Originally posted by Russ
quote: Originally posted by dave17
planes amaze me, how the fck can something that big be in the air.
simply, thrust. lift.
what about id it was on a conveyor belt?
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Russ
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aslong as there is sufficient thrust and lift it could be on a tesco express checkout conveyor belt, and still take off
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ed
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Did you see this Steve.

I think somone wanted to drive thier plane into your back garden...
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dave17
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quote: Originally posted by Russ
quote: Originally posted by dave17
planes amaze me, how the fck can something that big be in the air.
simply, thrust. lift.
i know the basics. but still amazes me, how thing work baffle me. radio, tv, internet. theres some fcking clever geeks out there.
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Russ
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i know what you mean sweet pea
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Kerry
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I have a video of a C17 taking off that i took at the american air force base in germany it looked like it was never gonna lift!!!!
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