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Was asked in a boozer a few questions bout the Air Corps, to which i tried to answer to the best of my knowledge, but heres one that the jury is out on!
Can anyone provide me with the highest maximum altitude of the Aer Corp helicopters please?
These figures are only to give you a general idea, as different engins and different max take off weights will affect proformance.
"We will hold out until our last bullet is spent. Could do with some whiskey"
Radio transmission, siege of Jadotville DR Congo. September 1961.
Illegitimi non carborundum
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere***
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
NB- the bubbles refered to is NOT the Simian that was alleged to have been blown by
a multi coloured singer
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere***
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
Is that since they transported President Bubba Clinton and his young intern, He claimed he never inhaled and she kept her mouth shut after they landed.
"When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love."
The belly-mounted loudhailer is equipped to translate human speak into gardaspeak; "Have ye no light on yer bike?". There is also a super-secret people sniffer which detects the presence of soap, hence the helicopter targets skangers, winos, students, lorry drivers and the odd culchie or two.
regards
GttC
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