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Title: Ill gotten Nigerean gains.
Post by: TG on October 23, 2007, 02:34:47 PM
If you ever wondered what Nigerians do for a hobby when they are not spamming the bejesus out of us.....

http://tinyurl.com/3akx79

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Title: Re: Ill gotten Nigerean gains.
Post by: Barman on October 23, 2007, 02:42:43 PM
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Title: Re: Ill gotten Nigerean gains.
Post by: TG on October 23, 2007, 02:44:39 PM
rubschin:

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Title: Re: Ill gotten Nigerean gains.
Post by: Barman on October 23, 2007, 02:47:06 PM
Call me a sceptic but I simply can’t see that thing getting off the ground – I don’t even see a tail rotor…  noooo:
Title: Re: Ill gotten Nigerean gains.
Post by: TG on October 23, 2007, 02:54:32 PM
From one of the replies further down the page :

"Greetings, my name is Mrs. Mubarak Muhammed Abdullah. My husband recently perished in a home-made helicopter, it was in all of the news everywhere, you may have heard of it. Before the copter started to fell apart and he tipped out the side he established a trust with $50,000,000.
Unfortunately to engage this trust a male relative must... "
Title: Re: Ill gotten Nigerean gains.
Post by: TG on October 23, 2007, 02:58:40 PM
Call me a sceptic but I simply can’t see that thing getting off the ground – I don’t even see a tail rotor…  noooo:

So he gets a bit dizzy. He's still flying. For a bit.  happy088
Title: Re: Ill gotten Nigerean gains.
Post by: Pastis on October 23, 2007, 03:03:19 PM
Call me a sceptic but I simply can’t see that thing getting off the ground – I don’t even see a tail rotor…  noooo:

I think we should encourage more enterprise like this... <snigger> 

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Mubarak says he learned the basics of helicopter flying through the internet  eeek: ..... Flying his creation is easy, he claims. "You start it, allow it to run for a minute or two and you then shift the accelerator forward and the propeller on top begins to spin," he explains. "The further you shift the accelerator the faster it goes and once you reach 300 rpm you press the joystick and it takes off."

He seems to have covered off all the bases...  happy001
Title: Re: Ill gotten Nigerean gains.
Post by: Barman on October 23, 2007, 04:56:24 PM
From one of the replies further down the page :

"Greetings, my name is Mrs. Mubarak Muhammed Abdullah. My husband recently perished in a home-made helicopter, it was in all of the news everywhere, you may have heard of it. Before the copter started to fell apart and he tipped out the side he established a trust with $50,000,000.
Unfortunately to engage this trust a male relative must... "

drumroll:
Title: Re: Ill gotten Nigerean gains.
Post by: Grumpmeister on October 24, 2007, 12:54:30 PM
Wonder if he would appreciate someone sending him an email suggesting an ejector seat as a safety measure  whistle: