Subdeacon Joe Posted March 27 Posted March 27 3 hours ago, Gracos Kid said: Especially bad because her list was bread, and milk, and cackleberries. 2 Quote
Subdeacon Joe Posted March 28 Posted March 28 3 minutes ago, Alpo said: Childhood lessons in physics. 6 Quote
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted March 28 Posted March 28 (edited) Oh, I dunno... it oughtta work~! Edited March 28 by Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 1 1 7 Quote
Eyesa Horg Posted March 28 Posted March 28 3 hours ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said: Oh, I dunno... it oughtta work~! I'da slid the ratchet down a little more ! 1 1 3 Quote
Cypress Sun Posted March 29 Posted March 29 19 minutes ago, Buckshot Bob said: As opposed to just blasting a shot off from the balcony. 1 1 7 Quote
Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted March 31 Posted March 31 6 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said: 2 3 4 Quote
Subdeacon Joe Posted March 31 Posted March 31 5 minutes ago, Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 said: Which leads to not being able to get up from the ground. 3 2 Quote
Subdeacon Joe Posted March 31 Posted March 31 Dedicated To All Who Flew Behind Round Engines We gotta get rid of those turbines, they’re ruining aviation and our hearing… A turbine is too simple-minded, it has no mystery. The air travels through it in a straight line and doesn’t pick up any of the pungent fragrance of engine oil or pilot sweat. Anybody can start a turbine. You just need to move a switch from “OFF” to “START” and then remember to move it back to “ON” after a while. My PC is harder to start. Cranking a round engine requires skill, finesse, and style. You have to seduce it into starting. It’s like waking up a horny mistress. On some planes, the pilots aren’t even allowed to do it… Turbines start by whining for a while, then give a lady-like poof and start whining a little louder. Round engines give a satisfying rattle-rattle, click-click, BANG, more rattles, another BANG, a big macho fart or two, more clicks, a lot more smoke, and finally a serious low pitched roar. We like that. It’s a GUY thing… When you start a round engine, your mind is engaged and you can concentrate on the flight ahead. Starting a turbine is like flicking on a ceiling fan: Useful, but, hardly exciting. When you have started his round engine successfully your crew chief looks up at you like he’d let you kiss his girl too! Turbines don’t break or catch fire often enough, leading to aircrew boredom, complacency, and inattention. A round engine at speed looks and sounds like it’s going to blow any minute. This helps concentrate the mind! Turbines don’t have enough control levers or gauges to keep a pilot’s attention. There’s nothing to fiddle with during long flights. Turbines smell like a Boy Scout camp full of Coleman Lamps. Round engines smell like God intended machines to smell. Pass this on to an old WWII pilot (or his son who flew them in Vietnam) in remembrance of that “Greatest Generation.” 4 4 Quote
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted March 31 Posted March 31 54 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said: Dedicated To All Who Flew Behind Round Engines We gotta get rid of those turbines, they’re ruining aviation and our hearing… A turbine is too simple-minded, it has no mystery. The air travels through it in a straight line and doesn’t pick up any of the pungent fragrance of engine oil or pilot sweat. Anybody can start a turbine. You just need to move a switch from “OFF” to “START” and then remember to move it back to “ON” after a while. My PC is harder to start. Cranking a round engine requires skill, finesse, and style. You have to seduce it into starting. It’s like waking up a horny mistress. On some planes, the pilots aren’t even allowed to do it… Turbines start by whining for a while, then give a lady-like poof and start whining a little louder. Round engines give a satisfying rattle-rattle, click-click, BANG, more rattles, another BANG, a big macho fart or two, more clicks, a lot more smoke, and finally a serious low pitched roar. We like that. It’s a GUY thing… When you start a round engine, your mind is engaged and you can concentrate on the flight ahead. Starting a turbine is like flicking on a ceiling fan: Useful, but, hardly exciting. When you have started his round engine successfully your crew chief looks up at you like he’d let you kiss his girl too! Turbines don’t break or catch fire often enough, leading to aircrew boredom, complacency, and inattention. A round engine at speed looks and sounds like it’s going to blow any minute. This helps concentrate the mind! Turbines don’t have enough control levers or gauges to keep a pilot’s attention. There’s nothing to fiddle with during long flights. Turbines smell like a Boy Scout camp full of Coleman Lamps. Round engines smell like God intended machines to smell. Pass this on to an old WWII pilot (or his son who flew them in Vietnam) in remembrance of that “Greatest Generation.” I'll be sharing this with an acquaintance tomorrow - a former Navy pilot. He flew C-1 Traders and S-2 Trackers, and even radial-engined crop dusters. He's likely seen it before, but whether he has or not, it'll bring a grin. 5 2 Quote
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