Roost Air Lounge => Aviation related topics => Topic started by: leiafee on May 30, 2008, 05:43:32 PM
Title: Wish me good weather
Post by: leiafee on May 30, 2008, 05:43:32 PM
I'm taking part inProject Propeller (http://www.projectpropeller.co.uk/pp/about/) tomorrow and the weather is looking just about flyable a the moment! Send good weather thoughts this way please!
Title: Re: Wish me good weather
Post by: TheSoccerMom on May 30, 2008, 06:05:05 PM
Oh wow, that sounds like the COOLEST get-together!! What a wonderful idea. I envy you so much!
Sure hope you have perfect skies, and come back to the Coop afterward to share lots of neat stories with us!! ::wave::
:)
Title: Re: Wish me good weather
Post by: AirScorp on May 30, 2008, 06:05:29 PM
Hey Leia, round here we are all good weather.. It's getting too boring and too hot for this time of year (unless we start going to the beach)..
So, I'm sending some sunshine your way! Hope you get it!
Title: Re: Wish me good weather
Post by: leiafee on May 30, 2008, 06:40:48 PM
It's a great idea, yep.
I'm chauffering ( ;)) a former Liberator airgunner who is happy that both seats in my aeroplane face forward, since he was telling me about training in Percival Procters and the pilots flying were fighter crew on rest who used to get bored and start flying aerobatics instead. Apparently this was NOT much fun when you were facing backwards in the gunners seat!
Title: Re: Wish me good weather
Post by: Rooster Cruiser on May 30, 2008, 08:16:42 PM
Wow Leia! That looks like it'll be an awsome time! ::bow:: ::bow:: ::bow::|:)\ |:)\ |:)\
OK, I'm going down to the Indian Reservation to pay the local Medicine Man to stop his rain dance for tomorrow. Hope this helps!
Title: Re: Wish me good weather
Post by: Oddball on May 31, 2008, 07:15:51 AM
well its perfect weather up here hope you are getting the same down south after the past couple of days of torential rain.
Title: Re: Wish me good weather
Post by: leiafee on May 31, 2008, 09:36:04 PM
Well thank you all for the anti rain dances -- pity I forget to ask for the anti-fog-and-claggy-inversion dances as well ;)
Nevetheless we made it.
Over a 100 aircraft, over 300 veterans, some beautiful twilrybatics from a Kittyhawk amongst other, fascinating talk from a Vulcan test pilot, nice stooge around the museum, caught up with loads of friends, my guest for the day found three of his former crew there, amazing incredibly stories from these guys I was thoughourly humbled and privlidged to be able to take part and meet them.
Magic day.
6 hours 10 minutes flying all told! (It was NOT nearby and I needed to detour to a different airfield to pick up my passenger in the first place.) I am knackered and grinning, and aren't we a bunch of lucky bugger to be able to do this flying stuff... ;D
Photos once I get around to downloading them.
Title: Re: Wish me good weather
Post by: FlyboyGil on May 31, 2008, 09:49:42 PM
TOTALLY ENVIOUS!!!!!!!! ::bow:: ::bow:: |:)\ |:)\
Title: Re: Wish me good weather
Post by: Rooster Cruiser on June 01, 2008, 08:18:19 AM
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I am knackered and grinning,
Leia, please excuse this old truck driver, but I do not understand yer version of the english language! ::loony:: ::loony:: ::loony::
Could you please explain to me in agricultural terms what "knackered and grinning" means? I'm afraid this is not in common usage in my homeland! |:)\
Title: Re: Wish me good weather
Post by: leiafee on June 01, 2008, 10:40:40 AM
Hee. We need a British slang dictionary in this place!
Knackered means either "extemely tired" or "broken", depending on context.
Derives (rather distressingly!) from "Knackers Yard" where historically you sent your broken down old livestock to be slaughtered.
I was attempting to convery that I was tired but happy...
Title: Re: Wish me good weather
Post by: Oddball on June 01, 2008, 11:29:29 AM
Aye you always get a few good yarns (stories) from the veterans. heard thousands from the ones i go to Archangel (North Russia) with. even hear how they won the war single handed lol
