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Old 01-23-2013, 08:22 PM
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Default Vans has a sense of humor
The end is near and Vans just now in the Firewall Forward shows a sense of humor in this step. Truly this can't be the only buried joke.



For the image impaired, they make reference to a marsupial being interested in the plane.
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Old 01-23-2013, 08:37 PM
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Default Van was being nice
I think Van used the term marsupial to mean "guys at airshows who like to poke thier fingers in places they shouldn't"
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Old 01-23-2013, 08:39 PM
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I'm gonna' blame Ken Scott, their resident "creative writer"....
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Old 01-23-2013, 09:33 PM
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So, wait... a curious marsupial poking at your aircraft wouldn't be dead... he's just...


wait for it...


plane possum.
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Old 01-23-2013, 09:36 PM
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The very end of the instructions for the wheel pants say something like they're now ready to be installed and "begin a hard, hard life".

There are some other funny comments sprinkled around in the instructions...
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Old 01-23-2013, 09:44 PM
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...plane possum.
ARGH!
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Old 01-24-2013, 01:44 AM
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I'm gonna' blame Ken Scott, their resident "creative writer"....
I'm going to vote Ken Scott too...

My personal favourite (though I can't recall exactly where I saw it) "...break the edges of the spar with a vixen file or something similarly abrasive like a teething child or your mother-in-law"
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Old 01-24-2013, 04:09 AM
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Van does a bit of gliding competitively in Australia, and has a healthy respect for the Kangaroo population
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Old 01-24-2013, 05:21 AM
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Default Lunch money
Back in the day when we all made at least two elevator trim tabs, the accessories catalog described the replacement kit as "Vans lunch money"

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Old 01-24-2013, 06:25 AM
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When the instructions on bending the longerons tell you if it does not bend " Get a Bigger Hammer " . The fuselage slow build 8 .
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