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[hrcollinsjr]

Originally Posted by Aardvaark If it's North Carolina, do we really need to pack anything but dungarees, shorts and tee shirts? That was the uniform of the day in Cattanooga last month. Btw. I'm working on a mullet so I fit in down there.

My daughter just started school at UT Chattanooga! Mullet's or the little rat tail's are NOT cool and never were. Blue jeans and tee shirts are always IN though!

Harold

[baz]

Originally Posted by hrcollinsjr Mullet's or the little rat tail's are NOT cool and never were Harold

but it never stopped folks wearing them

9 and a quiet day , i think marys has worn her self out or the crazy glue i put on the zip of the case has her stumped
have US border guards got there sense of humour back after 9-11 ?(did they ever have one !! ) if not i think it will be tested with the russian doll case test

[Phoenix]

Originally Posted by hrcollinsjr My daughter just started school at UT Chattanooga! Mullet's or the little rat tail's are NOT cool and never were. Blue jeans and tee shirts are always IN though! Harold

Hey, that bussiness up front and party in the back.

Watch out! Roy'll try to get you hooked on Cheerwine, RC Cola, and that citrus drink.

[heimue]

Originally Posted by baz ...have US border guards got there sense of humour back after 9-11 ?(did they ever have one !! ) if not i think it will be tested with the russian doll case test

They never had. Don't test them if you want to see any Opels here. The Russian doll test is as far as you can stretch your luck!!!

Dieter

[baz]

9: and yep shes found more stuff to pack

we have a store here called ASDA under the walmart umbrella (why you get cloths by "george" in walmart now ) and they have summer sales on right not
this could be the first time in travel history that more clothe are left in the states than come home

[baz]

7 and a very quiet day

mary is VERY afraid to fly ,well take off and crash sorry land
so she is testing sedatives to use for the flight

might have to start adding then to her tea when she's kicking up a fuss some times, the zombie in the corner watching her stories and quizzes is tranquillity personified

[namba209]

Baz, flying isn't all that bad, I really enjoy it, especially the take-offs and landing. Major acceleration and decceleration. Plus you may get to watch a movie or two, along with the snacks they provide. During my USAF career, talking to the aircrews, they all say the same thing, "Flying is hours and hours of boredom, along with a few moments of sheer terror, called take-off and landing".

[saxybiker]

Originally Posted by namba209 "Flying is hours and hours of boredom, along with a few moments of sheer terror, called take-off and landing".

I'm not sure that statement is going to do anything to calm Mary down from being nervous about flying!

[BQS4]

Another rule of flying Ron, landings must equal the amount of take offs....

[BQS4]

Comedian Ron White also added, that when you're flying and a engine breaks down, someone will ask "Can we make it on the other engines?" Ron's answer is "Yep, all the way to the site of the crash...."

[heimue]

About 1 or 2 years ago, I was sitting in a plane in Las Vegas, they fired up the engines, we did the first 100 feet on the runway, when the left engine had a low-speed explosion. The plane came to a quick stop, the fire was put out with the plane's automatic extinguishing system in just a few seconds. The plane was completely filled with smoke, but what worried me most was that it took 12 minutes for the firefighters to arrive at the plane

Dieter

[namba209]

Originally Posted by BQS4 Another rule of flying Ron, landings must equal the amount of take offs....

It always does Gene. To put it in perspective, though, here's a quote of mine to newbies in my section when I was Flight Chief. "The aircraft will always take off, how it lands is up to you." Just to put Baz' mind at ease, also Mary, all aircraft flying, internationally, into the US must meet FAA Part 35 rules for safety.

[baz]

my mind is always at rest with flying ron, i prefer the stick in my hands but am happy to sit back and marvel at the 3mm of low pressure keeping me 5 miles up in the air

[Opelmel]

Completely off topic, and for amusement only, here are (supposed) entries from aircraft logbooks, where pilots note problems with the aircraft, and the service crew notes the action taken:

P: Left inside main tire almost needs replacement.
S: Almost replaced left inside main tire.

P: Test flight OK, except auto-land very rough.
S: Auto-land not installed on this aircraft.

P: Something loose in cockpit.
S: Something tightened in cockpit.

P: Dead bugs on windshield.
S: Live bugs on back-order.

P: Autopilot in altitude-hold mode produces a 200 feet per minute descent.
S: Cannot reproduce problem on ground.

P: Evidence of leak on right main landing gear.
S: Evidence removed.

P: DME volume unbelievably loud.
S: DME volume set to more believable level.

P: Friction locks cause throttle levers to stick.
S: That’s what friction locks are for.

P: IFF inoperative in OFF mode.
S: IFF always inoperative in OFF mode.

P: Suspected crack in windshield.
S: Suspect you’re right.

P: Number 3 engine missing.
S: Engine found on right wing after brief search.

P: Aircraft handles funny.
S: Aircraft warned to straighten up, fly right, and be serious.

P: Target radar hums.
S: Reprogrammed target radar with lyrics.

P: Mouse in cockpit.
S: Cat installed.

P: Noise coming from under instrument panel. Sounds like a midget pounding on something with a hammer.
S: Took hammer away from midget

Hopefully different service crews will have worked on the aircraft that use fly on!

[baz]

its in the joke section from way before Noah was a boy but we alwasy enjoy a good one

[namba209]

Yeah Baz, that's been around for a long time, the give-away is the missing engine, turbo-jets don't miss. They either explode or fall off the wing. Being we're alreqady off topic, here's a little story. With all the seriousness and stress of maintaining the Blackbird, we often found a release of the pressure by creating some rivalry between the different orginazations of the Wing. One of the best I remember follows: We had a standard aircraft hardware manual, used by all DOD components. It stated all screws or bolts going through self-locking nuts or nutplates had to protrude past the nut at least 1-1 1/2 threads. Quality Control would always find a screw that was too short by looking through the louver panels, and would write it up. In order to get QC off our backs about the screws, we installed several screws that were at least an inch longer than was required, where the QC folks could see them. Of course they wrote them up as being too long. So we asked them to show us, in the manual, where it stated the maximum length of the screws was. Naturally, it wasn't there, only the minimum. So in order to save face, the Manual was rewritten.

[namba209]

Originally Posted by baz my mind is always at rest with flying ron, i prefer the stick in my hands but am happy to sit back and marvel at the 3mm of low pressure keeping me 5 miles up in the air

I know what you mean Baz. We had an F-101-B and a B-52 go off the runway when I was in NoDak. It was amazing to see the Recovery Teams put air bags under the wings and with just 5 PSI in the bags, lift the entire aircraft off the ground. What was just as impressive, was the same tire pressure (5 PSI) was used in the crane tires to move them.

[2 Fast 4 U]

Originally Posted by BQS4 Another rule of flying Ron, landings must equal the amount of take offs....

They always do , the only question is: how is the landing

[baz]

3 and 2 wakes up till we start out

Wednesday/Thursday is going to be a long day

get up , packing job for me , 3 repacks for mary
have lunch and try to get some sleep on afternoon
evening meal then off to the pub for our weekly quiz night and set out to drive 330 miles to airport , stop after 5 for comfort break then again at 10 and so on
flight and then drive to hotel so only about 4400 miles in 16 hours

was restless in bed for 5 min last night so i must be getting exited

[Gary]

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