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Historic Aviation T-shirt slogans

A friend of mine and habitual forum abuser and I were talking about the need for some decent aviation T-shirts recently and decided to come up with a few slogans –

here are a few of mine – for fun – any suggestions?

‘either you love Stirlings or you are gay’

‘I may look strange but at least I’m not a spotter

‘Will work for avgas’

‘I love the smell of JetA1 in the morning’

‘if at first you don’t succeed, call in an airstrike’

‘I don’t trust helicopters’

‘rotary engine fans love being covered in castor oil’

‘Napier Sabre fans are unnecessarily complicated’

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By: 109ster - 25th April 2006 at 21:50

That was one of my suggestions for a volunteer news letter title, can’t understand why it was rejected myself…………..?! :p
Cheers, Alan.

Depends what order you have them in I guess? 🙂

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By: alanl - 25th April 2006 at 20:31

“Suck Squeeze Bang Blow”

Obviously a Tee shirt to describe a variety of subjects 😀

That was one of my suggestions for a volunteer news letter title, can’t understand why it was rejected myself…………..?! :p
Cheers, Alan.

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By: Fouga23 - 25th April 2006 at 17:21

ASK14: What’s with the little fanny up front?

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By: Gooney Bird - 25th April 2006 at 16:42

Keep Austers flying – keep flying Austers

…..or vice versa.

That was a sticker issued by the International Auster Pilot’s Club in the 1970’s.

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By: Corsair166b - 25th April 2006 at 16:13

and the ever classic ‘No hand Propping’ T shirt that has adorned many well equippped FEMALE aviation fans the world over….surprised that one slipped beneath the T-shirt radar….

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By: HP57 - 25th April 2006 at 15:15

Ben,

nothing against that 😎

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By: TEXANTOMCAT - 25th April 2006 at 15:08

Who needs a Lancaster when you can have a STIRLING instead…..

I’ll get me coat

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Ahem…. :p

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By: HP57 - 25th April 2006 at 15:00

Who needs a Lancaster when you can have a Halifax instead…..

I’ll get me coat

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By: Flanker_man - 25th April 2006 at 12:13

Not aviation, but I liked it……

On the back of a T-shirt worn by a Hell’s Angel biker in the US….

‘If you can read this …. the bitch has fallen off!’

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By: DocStirling - 25th April 2006 at 12:06

…….‘either you love Stirlings or you are gay’…….

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😀 😀 😀

Someone ’round here has the sig: ‘when a man is tired of Duxford he is tired of life’ or similar. Love it.

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By: TEXANTOMCAT - 25th April 2006 at 10:31

I rather liked a sticker I saw on the back of a VR6 a few years ago –

‘Its good to be injected but its better to be blown’

one for the supercharger fan that…

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By: bentwingbomber - 25th April 2006 at 10:17

Hoof Proudfoot had a good one

When you’re out of Mustangs

You’re out of Fighters

Happy days……

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By: adrian_gray - 25th April 2006 at 10:13

Actually, I had one ordered for me last year going to Duxford.

It says “132 Norwegian Wing – Heroes of North Weald”

On the back it says “Be aware of the Hun in the sun”.

And the tee was printed in Germany. 😀

To derail the topic somewhat I was tickled pink when in Germany a few years ago when I spotted in a card shop an Athena – type postcard with apilot hugging his girlie and behind him – yes – a Spitfire! 😀 Had I not been down to my last pfennig, I’d have had it!

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By: JDK - 25th April 2006 at 09:55

“Real Messerschmitts have Merlins”

(For the Buchon fans, with the advantage of pissing off the most tedious people in the world – Luftwaffe pedants… 😉 )

And a real one, I’m surprised hasn’t been mentioned so far, and idea of John ‘Smudge’ Smith:

“Happiness is Big Bristols”

Which should lead to:

“Nirvana is bigger Bristols” (with a picture of a Brabazon or Beaufighter as you prefer…)

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By: A225HVY - 25th April 2006 at 09:00

8 screws are better than four blow jobs (courtesy of 8SQN)

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By: MIZPAH - 25th April 2006 at 08:43

XH558, I’ve cut the grass beneath her wings

(Sorry, really would like to see it fly, but….)

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By: Camlobe - 24th April 2006 at 23:00

“If it aint’ got pistons, it sucks”

“Eight screws are better than two blow jobs”
displayed for many years by many people on their ‘T’ shirts when 8 (Fighter) Sqn had 42 ton, twin-tailed, four engined, eight propped, taildraggers. Aah, yes, proper aircraft, the Shack. And it was British.

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By: Russ - 24th April 2006 at 22:26

Trendy retro T-shirts with famous BoB film quotes!!!

I wont turn this into a full recital of the BoB film!! 😮

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By: 109ster - 24th April 2006 at 22:17

(Front) “Props are there just to keep the pilot cool”
(back) “When they stop…the Pilot sweats”

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By: uksceneryman - 24th April 2006 at 22:09

‘Jets are for kids.’ (with a Connie logo.)

‘Real aviators drag their tails.’

‘I’d rather be vintage flying.’

‘Real Typhoons don’t have jets.’

‘Would the last British aeroplane maker in the building please switch off the light?’

‘Flight without feathers is not easy; flight without wings is just plain dangerous!’

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