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    Hello all

    in Just Landed - Welcome

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    098_welcome.gif.81ff07d492568199326e4f64f78d7bc6.gif Andy,

     

    Let us know how you are progressing, we'd love to hear more from you.

     

    What are you learning on?

     

    Don't be afraid to ask any questions, there's always someone here to help you.

     

    Rgds

     

    Planey

     

     

    Flying Car

    in AUS/NZ General Discussion

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    Just the thing for visiting Wings and Wheels.

     

    If the weather turns sour, you can land and drive there anyway.

     

    You'd be guaranteed plenty of attention whichever way you arrived.

     

    I'd like one too, if the price is right, but I'd bet they'd be more suited to the deep pocket brigade.

     

     

    The Never Ending Story

    in Aviation Laughter

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    ...the RAT busted in the door...

    And they waited and waited:sad:

     

    And the populus were starting to go blue in the face, from holding their breath.

     

    Da Da, Da Da.................... Where is our much loved 4 striper many were wondering?

     

    Come to think of it, we've not heard much from the Nanna lately either.

     

    What sculduggery is going on? many are saying ;):big_grin::confused:question.gif.3fab79942766b9e477be0b131a0a3b3b.gif

     

    Could it be that he has run off to Gretna Gren to get married:pope:or, flogged his Jabby to buy an overseas bride. Surely not!

     

    "I certainly hope not Honky Tonk, said the member in the pink shirt and bum-bag, I'll sorely miss him"051_crying.gif.edc6b33a234e272ee13f0ec0ae40b12a.gif

     

    At that point.......................................

     

     

    A bad day at work

    in Aviation Laughter

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    Next time you have a bad day at work... Think of this bloke.

     

    Rob is a commercial saturation Diver for Global Divers in Western Australia . He performs underwater repairs on offshore drilling rigs.

     

    Below is an E-mail he sent to his sister. She then sent it to a radio station in Perth , who was sponsoring a worst job experience contest.

     

    Needless to say, she won!

     

    Just another note from your bottom-dwelling brother.

     

    Last week I had a bad day at the office. I know you've been feeling down lately at work, so I thought I would share my dilemma with you to make you realise it's not so bad after all. Before I can tell you what happened to me, I first must bore you with a few technicalities of my job.

     

    As you know, my office lies at the bottom of the sea. I wear a suit to the office. It's a wetsuit. This time of year the water is quite cool. So what we do to keep warm is this:

     

    We have a diesel powered industrial 'water heater'. This $20,000 piece of equipment sucks water out of the sea. It heats it to a delightful temperature. It then pumps it down to the diver through a hose, which is taped to the side of the suit. I've used it several times with no complaints. What I do, when I get to the bottom and start working, is take the hose and stuff it down the back of my wetsuit. This floods my whole suit with warm water. It's like working in a Jacuzzi.

     

    Everything was going well until, all of a sudden, my rear end started to itch.

     

    So, of course, I scratched it. This only made things worse. Within a few seconds it was really burning. I pulled the hose out from my back, but the damage was already done. In agony, I realised what had happened.

     

    The machine had sucked up a jellyfish and pumped it into my suit. Now, since I don't have any hair on my back, the jellyfish couldn't stick to it.

     

    However, the crack of my tail end was not as fortunate.

     

    When I scratched what I thought was an itch, I was actually grinding the jellyfish into the crack. I informed the dive supervisor of my dilemma over the communicator.

     

    His instructions were unclear due to the fact that he, along with five other divers, were all in fits of hysterical laughter. I was then instructed to make three agonising in-water decompression stops totalling thirty-five minutes before I could reach the surface to begin my chamber dry decompression.

     

    When I arrived at the surface, I was wearing nothing but my brass helmet.

     

    As I climbed out of the water, the Medic, with tears of laughter running down his face, handed me a tube of cream and told me to rub it on the affected area as I got into the chamber.

     

    Yes the cream put the fire out, but I couldn't s**t for two days because my tail was swollen shut. So, next time you're having a bad day at work, think about how much worse it would be if you had a jellyfish shoved up your tail.

     

    Now repeat to yourself "I love my job, I love my job, I love my job".

     

     

    Last flight of a Lightning

    in Aviation Enthusiasts

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    This is a very sad end to a wonderful aircraft.

     

    I found reading your background very interesting Doug.

     

    I had been accepted into the RAF as a boy entrant, but allowed some of my old school mates to talk me out of it, as I would have been committed for too many years, and it would cost a bundle to buy oneself out if I did'nt like service life.

     

    That decision is one i've always regretted:crying:.

     

    My cousin used to work for Redifon Flight Simulators at Wandsworth and he showed me over a simulator one Saturday, morning prior to it being shipped to Saudi Arabia where he spent a couple of months setting the thing up.

     

    I'll email him the video-link as I know he'd be interested, even though he now works on defence systems for the Navy.

     

    I can't recall exactly where Martin-Baker had there factory, but remeber that it had an ejector-seat on display out the front, together with a board which inicated how many lives they'd saved world wide.

     

    One day my work took me to Cornwall, and the magneic forces drew me to an airport, as they always do. It was RAF St. Maughan. I got chatting to an intersting guy who used to fly Lightnings, and in his words he said that "when re-heats on, climbing vertically is better than having sex". RAF St Maughan used to send up Meteors to tow tagets for the boys in the Lightnings.

     

    From memory, I think they've got one on display at the RAF Museum at Hendon, which is a fabulous place to visit, for any aviators heading to London.

     

    Kind Regards

     

    Planey

     

     

    Aircraft purchase

    in AUS/NZ General Discussion

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    This particualar thread has been such an interesting read.

     

    Like so many others who dream of owning their own A/C, it's also a real eye opener as to the real costs, from those that know.

     

    It does however, remind me of a plant hire company that I used to deal with in the UK over three decades ago, and their motto was " Money is made primarilly from the use of equipment, rather than the ownership of it"

     

    Regards Planey

     

     

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    Gday Gday.....

    in Just Landed - Welcome

    Posted

    098_welcome.gif.81ff07d492568199326e4f64f78d7bc6.gif Just H.

     

    It's always very exciting when you start to learn, and come home each time feeling on a real high.

     

    There's lots to learn, which is always easier if you're enjoying yourself.

     

    There's lots of very experienced pilots on here who are happy to help, so don't feel embarassed to ask a question thats bugging you, even if you think it's a bit dumb.

     

    Have fun, and enjoy yourself on the forums. you'll learn a lot, just reading about others experiences.

     

    Kind Regards

     

    Planey

     

     

    Little boy

    in Aviation Laughter

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    A little boy is sitting on the toilet reading a book.

     

    But about every half a minute or so he puts the book down, grips onto the toilet

     

    seat with his left hand and hits himself on top of the head with his right hand.

     

    His mother says: "Billy, are you all right? You've been in there for ages".

     

    Billy says: "i'm fine, mummy... I just haven't done it yet. "

     

    mother says: "ok, you can stay here a few more minutes.

     

    But, Billy, why are you hitting yourself on the head?"

     

    Billy says: "it seems to work for tomato sauce!"

     

     

    The power of prayer.

    in Aviation Laughter

    Posted

    A preacher said, "Anyone with 'special needs' who wants to be prayed over, please come forward to the front by the altar."

     

    With that, an Aboriginal man got in line, and when it was his turn, the Preacher asked, "Mulrunji, what do you want me to pray about for you?"

     

    Mulrunji replied, "Preacher, I need you to pray for help with my hearing."

     

    The preacher put one finger of one hand in Mulrunji’s ear, placed his other hand on top of Mulrunji’s head, and then prayed and prayed and prayed.

     

    He prayed a "blue streak" for Mulrunji, and the whole congregation joined in with great enthusiasm.

     

    After a few minutes, the preacher removed his hands, stood back and asked, " Mulrunji, how is your hearing now?"

     

     

     

    Mulrunji answered, "I don't know man. It's not at the courthouse till 10am next Monday"

     

     

     

    Type 1 diabetes

    in AUS/NZ General Discussion

    Posted

    Only just caught up with this post.

     

    I'm just so happy to hear the positive results for you and others.

     

    Fly safe, and now get on and enjoy your flying once again.

     

    Hopefully given time, you may be able to go further and and get the visits to the endo stretched out a bit, to make things a little easier for you.

     

    Kind Regards

     

    Planey

     

     

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