Timmy! Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 (edited) Always comical when a ground pounder is confronted with aviation realities. Frankly, phrases like, “Well sir I my my ECMO 1 was bent and 3 and 4 were nordo, SA was teets up during an expidited let down to a case three recovery and airspeed was in a non-recoverable state until we were below the hard deck.” are all too common. Edited November 20, 2021 by Timmy! I got straight up censored by the man **** up is offensive… easixpedro and Oldbaldguy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easixpedro Posted November 20, 2021 Author Share Posted November 20, 2021 7 hours ago, Timmy! said: Always comical when a ground pounder is confronted with aviation realities. Frankly, phrases like, “Well sir I my my ECMO 1 was bent and 3 and 4 were nordo, SA was teets up during an expidited let down to a case three recovery and airspeed was in a non-recoverable state until we were below the hard deck.” are all too common. You have no idea how close to reality that phrase is. I swear the number of times a pilot would shake his head as he asked if any of the 3 ECMOs had a fricken up-to-date approach plate or the SID, and not a single one in the nav bag of every person in the cockpit. Self loading baggage indeed. Timmy! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easixpedro Posted November 20, 2021 Author Share Posted November 20, 2021 Did this last knight. Which made me start laughing... I'm sure you'll understand Anthony in NZ, Starfighter, Shawn M and 6 others 5 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdthoresen Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 It’s merely a flesh wound…… Thor easixpedro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 1 hour ago, easixpedro said: Which made me start laughing... I'm sure you'll understand LOL yes, I always loved that scene, Love Monty Python. He probably should have joined the Army.....Ok I am leaving now easixpedro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Your arms off! No it's not. easixpedro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easixpedro Posted November 23, 2021 Author Share Posted November 23, 2021 Big night at the workbench last night! Got both front seaters glued in, and started working on framing the canopy. Of course I forgot to take pictures, so you'll just have to believe me... Updates hopefully before Thanksgiving. But that also depends on whether Mamma decides we shall decorate for the holidays or not. It's unseasonably warm right now, so I wouldn't mind putting up lights etc and not having to dress like I'm on Planet Hoth. -Peter Out2gtcha, JeepsGunsTanks, Greg W and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc65 Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 It's a new and more intriguing form of foruming: no images, but just the description of the work done, everyone has to be imaginative about it! but since I'm a believer and a dreamer, too, I'll love it! about the Communication between flyiers and grunts, I've had my troubles coordinating the requested delivery spot for the water bomb I had in my CL215 belly... "we are coming in, just few seconds and we'll overfly the top of the hill from south, where do you want the next splash?" "on the left". Oh, I know that all the world tends to initiate to sing "jingle bells" at mid november, but by tradition the tree and all the paraphernalia should be mount not before 8 december! so, maybe there is enough tome to shoot some pictures... pleaaaaase! easixpedro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easixpedro Posted November 23, 2021 Author Share Posted November 23, 2021 (edited) Ok, pics as promised! You can see the blue inertial reel on ECMO-1s parachute harness. I didn't go whole hog as a lot is hidden by the canopies, especially with tinting. Looks like I have a blob of glue to clean up on the attachment point for the pilot's ejection seat And lastly need to make the pneumatic lines for the canopy that are next to the c/b panel, then I can glue in the instrument panel. And lastly, my version of Christmas lawn decorations... over the top? You bet. But everyone in the neighborhood already knows me as the airplane guy, so it fits. -Peter Edited November 24, 2021 by easixpedro Inability to spell… A-10LOADER, mc65, Michael931080 and 12 others 13 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg W Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 Pilots and cockpit look really really great! Excellent work easixpedro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzerwomble Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 & ......so............ are you Snoopy or Woodstock in this scenario ? easixpedro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easixpedro Posted November 24, 2021 Author Share Posted November 24, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Panzerwomble said: & ......so............ are you Snoopy or Woodstock in this scenario ? Naturally, I'm the guy taking the picture! Edited November 24, 2021 by easixpedro Sorry, not sorry. Technically, I'd be Woodstock. Panzerwomble, Michael931080 and mc65 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc65 Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 the cockpit pics are beautiful, thanks. Maybe with the tinted glass on a lot will be concealed, but you (and we all, of course) well know there is! let me surrender at your christmas outdoor decorations, I can't stop to laugh! pity here I can't even think at something like that: definetly too much xwind, probably I'll find those guys in north Tunisia. easixpedro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easixpedro Posted November 24, 2021 Author Share Posted November 24, 2021 1 hour ago, mc65 said: the cockpit pics are beautiful, thanks. Maybe with the tinted glass on a lot will be concealed, but you (and we all, of course) well know there is! let me surrender at your christmas outdoor decorations, I can't stop to laugh! pity here I can't even think at something like that: definetly too much xwind, probably I'll find those guys in north Tunisia. Trust me, the wind on the Great Plains can be brutal. I swear, only in Nebraska does 4 inches of snowfall equal about 4 feet total. It'll blow all the way from the Rocky Mountains and drift. There's no trees to stop it. Kind of like the Dust Bowl in the 1930s. Nebraskans don't like it when I say that, but it's true. All that being said, Snoopy is lined up with the prevailing winds to keep from getting airborne. He's cleared for VMC--doesn't doo well in IMC conditions. mc65 and Out2gtcha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 Peters right, round here it can get pretty windy for sure. Although people can be a bit surprised when we mention Nebraska and then tell them that Omaha has 1,000,000+ people in it! It's been unusual warm here too, and we have not even gotten our first snow fall yet. The pilots and pit are looking killer! easixpedro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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