Dear Santa

*ding*

 

Talking of aircraft, it wasn't you who painted the heli used in 'A
chopper is born' was it? The bloke didn't look like my very dim memory
of you, but he was a Norverner.

 

You'll probably find this amusing, if you haven't already read it...

http://www.jumbojoke.com/the_king_of_speed.html

I have no idea how true it is, I read it elsewhere.

 

True or not, it was lovely.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Ben

*Lovely*. I'd read a third-hand report of that, but never the pilot's
version. Just lovely.

 

Uttery fantastic

 

I understand the aerodynamics - it's whether the airframe is up to the
G forces, and appartantly the flanker can handle it.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, darsy

It kind of *looks* like it shouldn't be that big a deal to fly (in the
right airframe, obviously!). But I have some small experience of just
how fast something can go pear-shaped in an aeroplane.

I'd give it a go, for sure. With:

(a) A responsible adult in the rear seat.
(b) *Plenty* of height.
(c) A sure and certain knowledge of where the eject handle was.

 

It'll be between your legs, just make sure you pull on the right one
when it's time.

 

It takes balls to first hit the airbrakes knowing that you are about
to go waaaay below the stall, praying that you dont drop a wing, then
relying on pure power and vectored thrust to save your arse.
Pulling that party piece regularly on the airshow circuit at low level
takes more than balls, it takes the kind of stainless steel spheres
that only thosands of hours of precision flying experience brings.
And then you can still **** up.

How hard can it be ?.

 

Nay lad, not I. I did an "on fire" Robinson R22 a few years back though and
I painted a kit built biplane to look like a shark, )no, not my idea)
although the owner wanted it to look like a stealth fighter AND a shark.
(see, nutters everywhere). He was happy with the outcome and so was I, but
the red and white mouth sort of detracted from the blurred "stealthy"
outline.

I used to have pics too, but they disappeared years ago:-(

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Beav

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Shit, I realised after I posted that I'd admitted to having a glimmer of
info on a Honda stored in my head.

I won't do that again.


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Beav

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It's a bit like the radio conversation between an aircraft carrier and some
other source. The aircraft carrier was advised to change direction of
there'd be a collision between the two and the carrier advised that he was
biggest and wasn't altering course.

He was met with a message along the lines of "Ok, keep on coming, this is
the fucking big lighthouse you're talking to"




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Beav

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On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:12:33 +0100, Wicked Uncle Nigel

[...]

Truly an excellent story.

And quick googling shows it to be true, and identifies its
author - Brian Schul, an SR-71 pilot and author of "Sled Driver".

(And now I feel the urge to write to the maintainer of jumbojoke.com,
so that he can attribute the story correctly )

 

[...]

Yeah, but the lighthouse story is definitively an urban legend.

http://www.snopes.com/military/lighthouse.asp

 

[doing a cobra in a flanker]

That and vodka, apparently.

In Poznan I lived just a few kilometers from an airport (and also
from the only motorcycle racing circuit in Poland, but of course
I had to start riding after moving to Warsaw, sigh), and thus my
family quite frequently visited airshows there. Anyway, from what
my parents knew it was not uncommon for Russian aircrews to start
drinking in the morning. ;-)

 

And probably not just Vodka. A mate of mine did a trip on a Russian
supply ship a few years ago. To celebrate crossing the equator (from
the South Pole back going back to Russia) the crew treated him to
distilled aviation fuel apparently.

 

If I ever felt tempted to get a copy of his book, that temptation
evaporated when I saw it was somewhat more than 400 USD.

 

Obviously to deter any terrorists from buying it and gleaning anything
useful in their quest to rid the world of the great American Menace.




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Beav

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Dun't look like any bike I've ever seen.


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Beav

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