http://www.inactualfact.com/2008/03/12/per-ardua-ad-astra/ ... This Wasn't What I Expected Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:06:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://www.inactualfact.com/2008/03/12/per-ardua-ad-astra/#comment-29174 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:02:15 +0000 http://www.inactualfact.com/2008/03/12/per-ardua-ad-astra/#comment-29174 someone should also fire the web designer - now among my first associations with the letters AA are neither roadside assitance nor american airlines. besides: air/space/cyberspace - please! someone should also fire the web designer - now among my first associations with the letters AA are neither roadside assitance nor american airlines. besides: air/space/cyberspace - please!

]]> http://www.inactualfact.com/2008/03/12/per-ardua-ad-astra/#comment-29046 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:27 +0000 http://www.inactualfact.com/2008/03/12/per-ardua-ad-astra/#comment-29046 I thought opposable thumbs was all one needed to pilot them (spot someone who was <a href="http://www.202-sqn-assoc.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">ground-based</a> and had to carry far too much gear which could have gone in a chopper) and, let's face it, any nation capable of churning out squadrons of those things, plus B2s and all of the other cool stuff (spot the son of a "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marconi_Electronic_Systems" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">space and defence</a>" engineer) doesn't really need to care about foreign languages too much. I thought opposable thumbs was all one needed to pilot them (spot someone who was ground-based and had to carry far too much gear which could have gone in a chopper) and, let’s face it, any nation capable of churning out squadrons of those things, plus B2s and all of the other cool stuff (spot the son of a “space and defence” engineer) doesn’t really need to care about foreign languages too much.

]]> http://www.inactualfact.com/2008/03/12/per-ardua-ad-astra/#comment-29045 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:47:17 +0000 http://www.inactualfact.com/2008/03/12/per-ardua-ad-astra/#comment-29045 Your assumptions that we can read, spell, add, multiply or (this is really reaching here) give a rat's ass about foreign languages is highly optimistic. But you are correct, the F22 is really cool and English is all you need when you're flying one of those babies Your assumptions that we can read, spell, add, multiply or (this is really reaching here) give a rat’s ass about foreign languages is highly optimistic. But you are correct, the F22 is really cool and English is all you need when you’re flying one of those babies

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