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Old 12-20-2007, 09:04 AM
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Contortionist story sounds familiar.

One of the techniques I heard was to take the knife like hook jobby thing you are supposed to use to cut twisted parachute lines with and use it to rip open a hole in the flight suit. Other technique was no kidding unstrapping from the seat and taking everything off and dropping the flight suit. I honestly cannot imagine physically accomplishing that in the jet with the canopy shut. I guess you could with the autopilot on and coupled to the next few waypoints, but I bet you kick off the autopilot bumping the stick. Also, two of the stories I remember involve dash 2, one of them flying form on the tanker crossing the pond, so autopilot would be nothing more than altitude hold, maybe add heading hold.

Oh, and get this, one of the other stories I was sitting ODO, a guy jumps out of the jet on a hot-seat, turns over the jet, and doesn't mention to the on-coming pilot that the seat cushion was ruined by his catastrophic SAS valve failure. Needless to say, the on-coming pilot was pretty mad.
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Old 12-20-2007, 08:32 PM
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Originally Posted by MAGNUM!! View Post
It's been my experience that heavy pilots actually cr*p more. It's a simple matter of biology. Since heavy pilots tend to be "heeeavvy" pilots, they naturally eat more. I mean, have you ever seen a heavy crew go batsh*t crazy when their in-flight meals are goobered up? Bro, it AIN'T pretty. Anyway, more food in leads to more food out. Just an observation, don't take it personally.

As an aside, how do you get a C-130 pilot into the cockpit? Grease his hips, put a twinkie on the dash, and get the F outta the way!!



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Old 12-20-2007, 10:03 PM
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Originally Posted by MAGNUM!! View Post
As an aside, how do you get a C-130 pilot into the cockpit? Grease his hips, put a twinkie on the dash, and get the F outta the way!!


Magnum, magnum, magnum...I will concede that there are no C-130 pilots who sing gay songs in unison with other men, C-130 pilots don't tailor their flightsuits (or change into a clean one on friday night), their call signs usually have something to do with something they did or the way they act, not because it rhymes with their last name or makes a cute phrase like "stormy weather" or "green bean," and they most definitely would not allow anyone to grease their hips. I will not however, allow you to besmirch the finest aviators in the world with stupid jokes. The correct joke is "How do you get a female C-5 pilot into the cockpit?" Get with the program.
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Old 12-21-2007, 09:51 AM
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Magnum, magnum, magnum...I will concede that there are no C-130 pilots who sing gay songs in unison with other men, C-130 pilots don't tailor their flightsuits (or change into a clean one on friday night), their call signs usually have something to do with something they did or the way they act, not because it rhymes with their last name or makes a cute phrase like "stormy weather" or "green bean," and they most definitely would not allow anyone to grease their hips. I will not however, allow you to besmirch the finest aviators in the world with stupid jokes. The correct joke is "How do you get a female C-5 pilot into the cockpit?" Get with the program.
We know this is a bullsh*t answer...heavy guys don't have callsigns.
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Old 12-21-2007, 09:56 AM
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The correct joke is "How do you get a female C-5 pilot into the cockpit?" Get with the program.
You know why they call female C-5 pilots goldfish? Because no matter how big their flightsuit is they will grow into it.
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Old 12-21-2007, 11:00 AM
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Originally Posted by sigtauenus View Post
Contortionist story sounds familiar.

One of the techniques I heard was to take the knife like hook jobby thing you are supposed to use to cut twisted parachute lines with and use it to rip open a hole in the flight suit. Other technique was no kidding unstrapping from the seat and taking everything off and dropping the flight suit. I honestly cannot imagine physically accomplishing that in the jet with the canopy shut. I guess you could with the autopilot on and coupled to the next few waypoints, but I bet you kick off the autopilot bumping the stick. Also, two of the stories I remember involve dash 2, one of them flying form on the tanker crossing the pond, so autopilot would be nothing more than altitude hold, maybe add heading hold.

Oh, and get this, one of the other stories I was sitting ODO, a guy jumps out of the jet on a hot-seat, turns over the jet, and doesn't mention to the on-coming pilot that the seat cushion was ruined by his catastrophic SAS valve failure. Needless to say, the on-coming pilot was pretty mad.
i once flew with a guy who earned his callsign by unstrapping and taking a **** in his helmet bag while sitting in eor all while sitting in a viper cockpit. the fact that this story is true still amazes me to this day b/c there aint no room to move around in there much less drop a deuce.
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Old 12-21-2007, 03:36 PM
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Squadron mate of mine used his helmet bag to **** while he was wearing a dry suit in a Hornet! I have no idea how he did it.
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Old 12-21-2007, 08:32 PM
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Squadron mate of mine used his helmet bag to **** while he was wearing a dry suit in a Hornet! I have no idea how he did it.
This is precisely what happened to the dude in my squadron this last week...TWICE during the same flight!!

I have no idea how he managed it, although since we're a 2-seat jet, the WSO was able to keep them from hitting the dirt while the pilot was doing gymnastics with the poopy suit.
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Old 12-22-2007, 03:14 AM
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The wannabees goto a weapons course along w/ ya'lls best and wear the same target patch and have callsigns amongst themselves.

Some of 'em are great pilots w/ great attitudes and actually do the right thing w/ that patch- but in my notso humbles- some don't. But yes, dorothy- some of them there in AMC do have callsigns.


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Old 12-22-2007, 07:08 AM
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The wannabees goto a weapons course along w/ ya'lls best and wear the same target patch and have callsigns amongst themselves.
Deuce, you gonna let him call you a wanna-be? I wouldn't take that ******* from a C-5 pilot. Kick his a**, Seabass!!

I bet you could stay inside his turn circle. Maybe you could smack with an AAR hose or something. Stay outside the 1000' bubble, though...wouldn't want him to drop a Bradley out the back or something.
 
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