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GreenStormCloud

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23. You did right not to change it.
Tue May 29, 2012, 06:28 PM
May 2012

It may have been a take-off. It was almost certainly at an air show. For the crowd to see him well he may have wanted to keep his speed down as he roared down the runway after getting his gear up, therefore the speed brake out. That would convert the take-off to a low altitude fly-by.

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Toon: Under Fire Funnies [View all] n2doc May 2012 OP
This is the place for it. TheCowsCameHome May 2012 #1
Someone want's to believe. ileus May 2012 #2
Derf was a regular chervilant May 2012 #3
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I like it! Plucketeer May 2012 #5
I wonder what derf's solution is? n/t Glaug-Eldare May 2012 #6
Derf isn't sure what the problem is. nt n/t NTXT Remmah2 May 2012 #9
Hyperbole post of the week. nt Remmah2 May 2012 #7
Where's my constitutional right to keep and bear --> daaron May 2012 #8
Entirely possible. There are certainly F-4 Phantom's in private ownership. AtheistCrusader May 2012 #12
Not taking off. He is in a very low altitude fly-by. GreenStormCloud May 2012 #16
Likely correct. AtheistCrusader May 2012 #17
You did right not to change it. GreenStormCloud May 2012 #23
You can keep one all you want. PavePusher May 2012 #20
I'm just going to assume this is a sarcastic take on Helmke's grasp on reality. AtheistCrusader May 2012 #10
Why is it always gun control people that want to do away with restrictions? DonP May 2012 #11
Give - no, force - fetuses to carry guns bongbong May 2012 #13
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Funny? bongbong May 2012 #18
"teabagger spelling error"? PavePusher May 2012 #21
Teabagger spelling errors? SGMRTDARMY May 2012 #22
The reality is that shootings are down except for justiable homicide. GreenStormCloud May 2012 #14
Which suggests to me AtheistCrusader May 2012 #19
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