I rather go down the Alderney Race in a F6 wind against spring tide

[Cotillion]

Re: I rather go down the Alderney Race in a F6 wind against spring tid

When the captain announced "The reason for the aborted landing was because the warning light came on to tell us one of the wheels had not come down but it has gone out now so were going to have another try." My first thought was 'never mind the 'kin light, get someone out on the wing to check.'

kim

 

[StugeronSteve]

Re: I rather go down the Alderney Race in a F6 wind against spring tid

Cheese toasties for tea then?

 

[penultimate]

You should have tried it in a DC6. Ah! Those were the days.

 

[Das_Boot]

Hiding under the bed after my mate came home unexpectedly and almost caught me in bed with his girlfriend. It took her an hour to explain why she was in bed naked and another hour for her to fend off his attentions. This was all going on 6 inches from my nose.

 

[bob_tyler]

Re: I rather go down the Alderney Race in a F6 wind against spring tid

You are absolutely correct - just watch the chequerboards as no other visual or mechanical aids. All hands on!

The new airport has taken all the thrill out of landing, apart from a bit of wind shear which can cause problems.

 

[StephenSails]

You little tinker!

 

[tonyran]

The wild mouse at Skegness - the most terrifying thing on earth. Kai Tak a doddle by comparison. They never had a landing accident there although a plane once got its nose a bit wet when its brakes faded.

 

[StugeronSteve]

The "Wild Mouse" must be older than I am, it certainly rattles and creaks more, and that's saying something!

 

[snowleopard]

Re: I rather go down the Alderney Race in a F6 wind against spring tid

Yes - now i recall a ride called the Wild Mouse at Littlehampton in the 70's. Just a small scale roller coaster with a 2-person car. It took you up to the top of the structure, then rolled quite slowly towards the open edge before whipping round and heading back to repeat. The scary thing was that I could see nothing to stop the car capsizing as it turned at the edge. SWMBO who was sitting in front of me said she had never heard me swear before (she's not that naive now).

 

[boatmike]

Going into a Gay bar in San Francisco (by mistake) and being propositioned by a very large very black male in a pink jumper....... Wadamistakatamaka...........

 

[Lakesailor]

Re: I rather go down the Alderney Race in a F6 wind against spring tid

Yes, Pink is sooo last season

 

[moodycruiser]

Waking up in Basrah on August 2nd 1990 and listening to BBC overseas news stating that Iraq had just invaded Kuwait.

 

[FullCircle]

Punching the Nitrous button on my Bandit 1200 on its maiden (208BHP) run, at about 100MPH in 4th. Front Wheel leaps skywards and rear end breaks away. Hanging on for dear life, no fairing to prevent buffeting. Only lasted about 3 to 4 seconds, but added 50 MPH to terminal velocity. Decided at that moment to get a device that slowed the introduction of the gas to make the launch more manageable. Wotalarf!!!
Other than that - my first post service (engine rebuild) flight in a helicopter sat next to a mad tw@t (name witheld) who treated me to the delights of a torque turn at about 1500 feet and then autorotated to within what seemed like millimeters of the runway.
Can't really decide between the two.

Jim

 

[Gunfleet]

Dear Blackadder

That's what that girl said to me, 'I'd rather go down in the Alderney Race in a F6 against a spring tide'. What does it mean?

 

[Sybarite]

Several :

- Crossing the Atlantic in a mid winter storm which broke the ship's back.
- Pulling myself out of a river in Africa to find a tarantula between my hands on the rock.
- Being dropped off in the bush by a 1943 Dakota and to watch it catch fire on take-off.
- Crossing the Ushant TSS in thick fog...

John

 

[knotgood]

Well I used to enjoy turbulence, the whole roller coaster effect, or the gentle rocking off to sleep, then one morning flying out to faro over the IOW wind changed from 15 knots to 95knots in a split second, and for 15 mins chucked us all over the shop.

I was okay 'till the skipper asked the cabin crew to strap in, and on doing so (no bulkhead infornt of crewseats) I noticed a reasonably experienced looking crew member crying.

I was then forced to watch overhead bins open, and listen to shrieks and crys from the other 150 adults onboard, whilst trying to pretend to the wife that all was "normal".

Captain finally announced that he would be filing serious incedent report on arrival, and apologised that as we were 1st out that direction that morning, he had no advance warning of it.

Shortly after I blacked out from sheer terror.

Nowadays, the slightest rumble and I am all a dither!

Strange to see all the terror stories from the jumpseat, as now for me, it is the only place I feel at ease when flying, and will always ask the skipper if he minds my knees in his back on my frequent trips to Vienna.

 

[Rowana]

Funny how lots of posts involve flying . . .

On a Bell 214 at Aberdeen for my 2 weeks offshore. Fell asleep as usual before we reached the coast. Sudden violent dig in the ribs from one of my techs who was sat next to me. Opened my eyes, and he was pointing to the red light on the panel between the pilots. It said something like "Low gearbox oil pressure".

The pilot came on the headphones in a very calm voice - "We have a slight problem and have to return to Aberdeen"

Aberdeen was covered in fairly low cloud, and it was only when we came down through them we could see all the fire engines, crash tenders, ambulances and all, that we realised what was going on.

Talk about brown trousers !!

Turns out the pilot had declared full emergency, as had the indication been for real, the rotors could have stopped.

Helicopters don't fly very well when the rotors aren't going round !

 

[snowleopard]

Re: Funny how lots of posts involve flying . . .

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Helicopters don't fly very well when the rotors aren't going round !

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I was told the fan was to keep the pilots cool. Apparently you can tell that by the way they sweat when it stops.

 

[Lakesailor]

Re: Funny how lots of posts involve flying . . .

And not many of them from a pilots point of view. It's the lack of control that people find un-nerving.

 

[snowleopard]

Re: Funny how lots of posts involve flying . . .

It can be even more unnerving on the occasions you come across a pilot /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif