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. . .young pilots waste no time in TELLING YOU that they are pilots. . . .whereas the old hands. . .well,. . .just don't.

"Never ask a man if he's a pilot. If he is, he'll soon let you know. If he's not, don't embarrass him!!"

 

(paraphrased from "Flight of the Intruder")

 

 

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"Never ask a man if he's a pilot. If he is, he'll soon let you know. If he's not, don't embarrass him!!"

Have to correct you there, you missed on important part of the quote "fighter pilot" not just pilot. 026_cheers.gif.2a721e51b64009ae39ad1a09d8bf764e.gif

 

 

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"Never ask a man if he's a pilot. If he is, he'll soon let you know. If he's not, don't embarrass him!!"(paraphrased from "Flight of the Intruder")

HEY Marty,. . . damn good book that . . . . recommended reading to any aspiring ( or perspiring ) aviator . . . .can you believe his "co" got shot by a Vietnamese peasant with a rifle thru the edge of the canopy at night . . .? weird or damn lucky shot ( Depending upon whos side you were barracking for. . .) Anyway,. . .we are "Feet Wet" here in Cannock, as it's bloody Pi$$ing down. . . .on the official second day of UK summer. . . . .yeah,. . .right. . . .

 

 

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Have to correct you there, you missed on important part of the quote "fighter pilot" not just pilot. 026_cheers.gif.2a721e51b64009ae39ad1a09d8bf764e.gif

That's why I said "paraphrased". I figured a high percentage of us weren't fighter pilots.

 

 

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Remember when the pilot's union opposed female pilots on the grounds that they could be emotionally unstable once a month?

I've happily flown with quite a few female captains on cargo ops, but I tell you what mate, . . .they're rubbish at reverse parking. . . .

 

 

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HEY Marty,. . . damn good book that . . . . recommended reading to any aspiring ( or perspiring ) aviator . . . .can you believe his "co" got shot by a Vietnamese peasant with a rifle thru the edge of the canopy at night . . .? weird or damn lucky shot ( Depending upon whos side you were barracking for. . .) .

The movie's not bad too Phil! Typical overblown American hyperbole through it, but there's some great flying scenes with the A6, lots of carrier stuff, and Danny Glover does a great job as the CO. Willem Dafoe does what he does best, which is act crazy. (Not sure he's acting sometimes).

Anyway if you get the chance and want to watch something decent while you're quaffing "Uncle Joe Stalin's 150 proof", I can recommend it.

 

 

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I actually ( true ) flew with an ex-russian air force lady pilot in a Yak 52 in 2007,. . . . . the first thing she asked me was., "YOU LIKE GEEE ?" of course, I responded with "Yeah mate, . . .no worries" . . .I had been Pre-warned that this particular lady liked extreme aerobatics, . . . . and relished making MEN passengers reach for the sickbag ( if they could counterract the G and reach for it ! )

 

I was told that her party piece was to roll inverted immediately on takeoff and buzz the rest of the runway at zero feet, . . .pulling up at the end into a negative gee climbout. I was asked if I'd got any aerobatic experience and of course I said I had,. . . it was with Baron Von Eric, at Berwick in a Victa V115 Airtourer, ( he now lives in the states and still contributes to this forum ) and later in an Aerosubaru Fuji FA200/180 . . .Also at Berwick,. . .then a Pitts S1 in the UK. . . etc. ( Whilst on the subject of Pitts, and taildraggers in general,. . .I can't understand pilots who say that high performance tailwheel aeroplanes are a bitch to land. . . . NO THEY ARE NOT ! ! ! ! That is a load of Airbollox . . . . ( AIRBOLLOX is a term used regularly in the UK by pilots who use BS to cover the fact that they buggered it up,. . . .and need an excuse ) if you are checked out on the type P R O P E R L Y . . . by a competent instructor, and there is no medical problem with your bloody brain to feet connection,. . .then you can land a Pitts,. . .or any other high performance Bipe without any drama, even in a crosswind runway situation.

 

It was probably all this BS that gave me a reasonable ride, and she allowed me to do most of the flying BUT she still did the "Roll inverted on takeoff" routine, which nearly made me carp my kimbies. . . . I think she should really be in the astronaut programme, as she's wasted on this planet. . .what a pilot,. . .never seen anything better to this day. ( yeah, I know,. . .it hurts to admit it. . . )

 

 

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yes but they could have a double code. The pilot enters his and if a cabin crew deems the pilot is fit to re enter, and they enter a cabin crew code, the door immediately opens. Banks and all sorts of security firms have used double coding for decades to over ride lockouts and beef up security.Similarly a two person access code to over ride the auto pilot could be required. just sayin

But, since we have had several cases of pilots in the UK being breathalysed and found to be over the blood / alcohol limit to be legally flying,. . .how would the cabin lady know if the pilot was legally entitled to be there .. . . . would she have to breath test him / her first ? ? ? ?

 

 

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Better to yak in a Yak than cack your dacks.

Had a really close look at your little island on goggleearth tonite Marty, and I can see why you're such a poor agrieved little onion farming bugger,. . . . . Geez, I used to fly five blokes to the casinos in Hobbart at night from the mainland but never actually visualised in my smallish brain how actually SMALL Tasmania is,. . . . . If I'd seen it in daylight, I'd have been worried that I might miss it one night in the C310 by a couple of degrees nav error, and end up dropping the punters of at Mawson base. . . .not much profitable gambling down there,. . .and bloody cold as well. Fortunately,. . .NO Polar Bears . . . . .

 

 

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They've got quick disconnect buttons for autopilots for a reason.

Yes they have,. . .in fact, at one time some manufacturers, . . .including Douglas,. . . had an "Autopilot disconnect" which could be switched OFF by simply manually moving the control yoke,. . . .which resulted in an aircraft descending steadily into an impact in the Everglades and not one of the flight crew noticed this as they were all . . .aparently. . .distracted by a faulty indciator lamp of some sort, and when the Captain left his seat, he inadvertantly bumped the yoke as he left his seat, and thereby disconnected the autopilot. . . . . why he aircraft went into a descent profile when the autopilot was inadvertaantly disengaged, I really DON'T understand,. . . .but the rest is history, and they even made a damn movie about it. . . . .Which didn't explain ANYTHING AT ALL. . . .

 

 

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Better to yak in a Yak than cack your dacks.

Oh,. . . Marty,. . . . You've obviously driven home for many miles / frenchometers, after a bad chicken madras as well . . . .? ? ? ?

 

 

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That's why I said "paraphrased". I figured a high percentage of us weren't fighter pilots.

Don't take any notice of him Marty,. . . .he's just one of the gifted few that get to fly the best aviationonal appliances man has to offer,. . .(and if he was a real Bloke,. . .he wouldn't have told us, just ot make us feel sexually inadequate . . . Which it Does ) . . .but I don't care, cause I've flown a REAL WW2 SPITFIRE . . . . and I'm hoping it turns him GREEN. . . ..( LOL ) No, I don't really,. . I just consider myself extremely lucky. ( Benny,. . . .can you get me a flight in a fast jet mate, please. . . .??? Ive only flown in an English Electric Lightning fighter,. . .and that was years ago. . . . )

 

 

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Had a really close look at your little island on goggleearth tonite Marty, and I can see why you're such a poor agrieved little onion farming bugger,. . . . . Geez, I used to fly five blokes to the casinos in Hobbart at night from the mainland but never actually visualised in my smallish brain how actually SMALL Tasmania is,. . . . . If I'd seen it in daylight, I'd have been worried that I might miss it one night in the C310 by a couple of degrees nav error, and end up dropping the punters of at Mawson base. . . .not much profitable gambling down there,. . .and bloody cold as well. Fortunately,. . .NO Polar Bears . . . . .

Our little island isn't much smaller than yours Phil - it's only the size of the big one above us that makes us appear so tiny!

 

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cause I've flown a REAL WW2 SPITFIRE . . . . and I'm hoping it turns him GREEN. . .

I'm green! I make no apologies for my firm belief that aviation peaked with the Spitfire.

 

 

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I actually ( true ) flew with an ex-russian air force lady pilot in a Yak 52 in 2007,. . . . .

I had a pal who flew a night freight flight with a new (transexual) pilot. He wasn't the type to get phased by much, but did find the emerging '5am shadow' on his/her chops at the end of the night a bit disconcerting.

 

 

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The movie's not bad too Phil! Typical overblown American hyperbole through it, but there's some great flying scenes with the A6, lots of carrier stuff, and Danny Glover does a great job as the CO. Willem Dafoe does what he does best, which is act crazy. (Not sure he's acting sometimes). Anyway if you get the chance and want to watch something decent while you're quaffing "Uncle Joe Stalin's 150 proof", I can recommend it.

Hey Marty. . .( American greeting I think there . . . ) I didn't know that there was a MOVIE about that book,. . . . where can I find it ? I've already had a look on the interwebby thingummy, and all I get is Geman girls pornograpically messing about with animals on motorcycles.. . . . . ?

 

 

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Hey Marty. . .( American greeting I think there . . . ) I didn't know that there was a MOVIE about that book,. . . . where can I find it ? I've already had a look on the interwebby thingummy, and all I get is Geman girls pornograpically messing about with animals on motorcycles.. . . . . ?

Ok, I think I see your problem.

 

In the "Search" thingy, stop putting in "Schlampen auf Motorrädern mit Tieren", and try putting in "Flight of the Intruder" (the movie has the same name as the book).

 

 

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Oh Bugger,. . .the screen's gone darker,. . .that means we've had another power cut. . . . . it must be v=because of the wonderful Wind farms we have all over this land to ensure that his doesn't happen. . .it is blowing a gale here at the moment,. . .I would guess around fifty knots. . . but I can''t tell you for definite, as my weather station is dependent upon some mains volts,. . .which we don't have at the moment. Maybe it is due to an asteroid hitting the Earth, as we were prommised last Friday,. . . .strange that none of the news channels repported it, but then again,. . .they probably wouldn't. . .to prevent all us blokes form jumping onto the nearest good looking lady and shagging her to death,. . . . . and then finding it was a false alarm and all getting done for sexual abuse. . . .you can't win in this currnet PC environment mate. . . .. (Posted with twelve volts. . . . . )

 

Phil

 

PS. . .if it's the end of the world,. . . . tell the Forumites that I really enjoyed their company. . . . . . . .

 

 

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Our little island isn't much smaller than yours Phil - it's only the size of the big one above us that makes us appear so tiny![ATTACH=full]34848[/ATTACH]

 

I'm green! I make no apologies for my firm belief that aviation peaked with the Spitfire.

Marty,. . .I agree with you vis a vis the Spitfeur. . . . . .but. . . . ( see below )

Not much smaller than ours Marty,.. . . . .are you MAD,. . .? ?? ? your little island is less than a third of our landmass, and that's excluding Ireland. . . .Geez Mate. . . . . If you are having a "Landist" argument, then PLEASE get the Math ( if you are trained in America ) or the MATHS right if you are trained properly. . . .before arguing a lossmaking subject. . . . If we squashed Tassie up,. . .it would fit into Wales. . .and then you'd all be called TAFFY. D'you seriously want that ? ? ? ? Then you'd have to shag sheep, and speak in a really ridiculous 2000 year old language and have all your roadsigns changed to bi-lingual. . . . . I cannot believe you would countenance this. . . . . .

 

 

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Hmmmm,. . . .I've got lighting,. .. but no ring main 240 volts,. . .I think perhaps that I shall have to go out in't rain and storm to see what has happened to my switcbox gear . . . . . I hate this,. . . as I am going to get very wet,. . .and it's half past darned midnight. . . . . see ya'all later. . . . .

 

 

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Marty,. . .I agree with you vis a vis the Spitfeur. . . . . .but. . . . ( see below )Not much smaller than ours Marty,.. . . . .are you MAD,. . .? ?? ? your little island is less than a third of our landmass, and that's excluding Ireland. . . .Geez Mate. . . . . If you are having a "Landist" argument, then PLEASE get the Math ( if you are trained in America ) or the MATHS right if you are trained properly. . . .before arguing a lossmaking subject. . . . If we squashed Tassie up,. . .it would fit into Wales. . .and then you'd all be called TAFFY. D'you seriously want that ? ? ? ? Then you'd have to shag sheep, and speak in a really ridiculous 2000 year old language and have all your roadsigns changed to bi-lingual. . . . . I cannot believe you would countenance this. . . . . .

At the risk of sounding pedantic must disagree mon ami... Tas area is 90,758 square km. Wales is only 20,761. England (as opposed to the full UK) is 130,395, which is only 1/3 bigger than Tassie. UK (including Northern Ireland - you don't get to claim the southern bit!) is 243,610, which is about 2.68 x Tas.

 

I wasn't aware that sheep-shagging occurred in Wales as well as New Zealand, it'd be a bit dangerous coming to grips with Dolly on a slippery mist-covered mountain I would have thought.

 

As for bi-lingual road signs, they're starting that here too... I noticed the road sign to Mt Wellington also has "Kunanyi" on it.

 

 

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