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F-ZeroOne
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by F-ZeroOne Tue Apr 25, 2006 8:27 pm 0
Yak wrote: Israel has a flying Lavi?
Forgive me, Yak, for I miss the joke here.
Lavi apparently translates as "lion cub"; it was an attempt by Israel to build a home-grown fighter aircraft at least equal in capability to a F-16. A couple of prototypes were built, but much of the funding was provided by the US, who suddenly realised that giving allies money to build a potential competitor to the USAs fastest selling export fighter was perhaps not sound financial sense...
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by Stone Tue Apr 25, 2006 8:35 pm 0
F-ZeroOne wrote: Yak wrote: Israel has a flying Lavi?
Forgive me, Yak, for I miss the joke here.
Lavi sounds like lavvy, which is short for lavatory, which is a WC or toilet
So it sounds like the Israelis have been fitting wings to their bog
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by F-ZeroOne Tue Apr 25, 2006 8:46 pm 0
Stone wrote: F-ZeroOne wrote: Yak wrote: Israel has a flying Lavi?
Forgive me, Yak, for I miss the joke here.
Lavi sounds like lavvy, which is short for lavatory, which is a WC or toilet
So it sounds like the Israelis have been fitting wings to their bog
Stone
Ah. It all seems so obvious now.
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by Are you driving home... Tue Apr 25, 2006 11:26 pm 0
Anybody wondering why those joysticks have a fire button?
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by RiK Tue Apr 25, 2006 11:32 pm 0
Are you driving home... wrote: Anybody wondering why those joysticks have a fire button?
To play video games on the screens in front of them silly!
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by galaxis Tue Apr 25, 2006 11:58 pm 0
rowan wrote: Looks suspiciously like Windows to me with a command window open in the lower left.
They are. According to the comments on that page, they are there to manage the digital flight plan and have no connection to the control systems.
