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09-19-2003, 10:53 PM | #1 |
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Pilots
At the risk of offending all you stick jokeys out there, every time I hear someone say they're a pilot, I get a flashback to the movie Independence Day where they're asking for volunteer pilots and and the drunk guy, played by Randy Quaid, stumbles up and says "Im'a pilot, I can fly".
I'm also married to a pilot. My husband builds and flies ultralights and gliders (yes, he is insured) so I'm use to being around all sorts of pilots. No, I don't fly. Haven't flown since 1984 and don't plan on doing it again unless I absolutly have to. I'm way to claustraphobic. Anyway, Ya'll have a good weekend Maggie M.....
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09-20-2003, 07:51 AM | #2 |
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no offense taken here. there are plenty of "randy quaids" out there but at the same time we safe pilots outnumber them
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09-20-2003, 02:52 PM | #3 | |
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09-20-2003, 05:34 PM | #4 |
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When my first wife's mother got her pilots license and bought a 2 seat plane, she offered me a ride. I cheerfully agreed after my wife threatened me with permanent lackanookie.
So we take off and fly around Eastern MA for a while and she says were getting low on gas so we better head back to the airport. I readly agreed. So she tells me to get the chart out of the map pocket and figure out where we are. SAY WHAT?!? Well I reach into the map pocket and come out with a road map. You know, like you get at the gas station. Well you did back then anyway. Sure enough, we followed the highways and back roads until she could see the airport. Six months later she and he husband flew to Montserrat in the Caribbean. Damn if I know how.
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09-20-2003, 07:08 PM | #5 |
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They used a placemat from a $100 burger joint. That's what I always use to navigate. That and dipping down to read highway signs and water towers.
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09-21-2003, 01:43 PM | #6 |
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My dad has been a pilot since before I was born, so naturally I grew up right stick in the cockpit of Cessna's and occasionally a twin engine Grumman.
On a trip from London Gatwick to Exeter when I was 15, the little twin engine commuter plane was full, so I got to sit in the cockpit. The pilot, an older man (late 40's), was very friendly, and let me put the earphones on, showed me the instrumentation. When I wasn't as impressed as he thought I'd be, he inquired if I'd ever been in a plane before. I explained I'd flown a plane similar (but much smaller). He smiled and gave me the "advanced" version of the tour. A half an hour into the flight, the pilot asked if I was comfortable with the plane, I said yes, so he got up and went to the loo! Here I am, 15 years old, flying a commuter airplane full of people. Scared to death. Luckily, there isn't much to do when you're up there, so I just kept it level and straight, and he came back and all was well. My grandmother, who was on the flight, and knew I was seated in the cockpit, was very much concerned when she saw the pilot walk by her on the way to the loo. She decided she'd never fly that airline again.
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09-22-2003, 06:39 PM | #8 |
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I was planning on being a Pilot(it's the reason I'm here in North Dakota) But changed my mind when I realized how godawfull expensive it is. Still would like to get my Pilots liscense though.
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09-23-2003, 05:08 AM | #11 |
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Careful Els, those pilots are all crazy you know.
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09-23-2003, 12:46 PM | #12 |
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I've known this guy for about 32 years, and yeah, he's certifiable. He's also paranoid, and therefore a safety freak in all aspects of his life. The only fireman I've ever known who, so far, hasn't been injured on the job except while playing touch football.
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