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Offline The Dancing Bear

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Almost like a mechanic
« on: May 29, 2007, 01:16:49 PM »
Go Julio ,you are the man! ::bow::

Chuck makes a good wrench holder. (I've used folks to help hold up wings too ! )
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Re: Almost like a mechanic
« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2007, 04:40:30 PM »
C'mon guys, you make Chuck look like he's clueless---I mean, yeah, sure, he's like most pilots but--uh--er--ahh----------OK, so he's clueless ! ::banghead::
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Re: Almost like a mechanic
« Reply #2 on: May 29, 2007, 05:01:07 PM »
In all fairness to LOTS of other piolts I know & have known ,Chuck is truly in a class all his own !
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Re: Almost like a mechanic
« Reply #3 on: May 29, 2007, 05:02:56 PM »
Bloody fat fingers ! Should've been spelled pilots ! Sorry gang,dyslexic fingers . ::type::
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Re: Almost like a mechanic
« Reply #4 on: May 30, 2007, 08:14:30 PM »
That's what the "edit" button is for.  ;)
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Re: Almost like a mechanic
« Reply #5 on: May 31, 2007, 05:38:11 PM »
I know a chief mechanic who just shouts "NO PILOTS!  NO PILOTS!  NO PILOTS!  NO PILOTS" any time he spies one of the unwashed in his hangar.  It's hilarious.  It goes hand-in-hand with his other epithets about pilots, which sure can't be printed here.    ::rofl::

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Re: Almost like a mechanic
« Reply #6 on: May 31, 2007, 10:14:43 PM »
Quote from: TheSoccerMom on May 31, 2007, 05:38:11 PM
I know a chief mechanic who just shouts "NO PILOTS!  NO PILOTS!  NO PILOTS!  NO PILOTS" any time he spies one of the unwashed in his hangar.  It's hilarious.  It goes hand-in-hand with his other epithets about pilots, which sure can't be printed here.    ::rofl::

 :D   

Sounds like a DOM I once had to work around when I wasn't flying.   ;D ::rambo::
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Re: Almost like a mechanic
« Reply #7 on: June 01, 2007, 12:16:44 AM »
 ::rofl:: When I was getting a "walk around" at one of the flying schools I was considering, they took me into the service area for the school planes just to show off their operations, I heard from way down the back "DAVO, is this your new Plane wreaker in the making mate??"   
::eek:: Who MMEEEE...naaahhh  ;D
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Re: Almost like a mechanic
« Reply #8 on: June 01, 2007, 06:06:17 AM »
LOL gibbo that was a new word for pilot in my book!  ::rofl::

And about the strip, almost like a mechanic just by holding a wrench? Well I guess I shouldn't be surprised to hear from someone who didn't feel like a pilot until he bought a big watch, after getting licenses and actually flying daily  ::rofl::

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Re: Almost like a mechanic
« Reply #9 on: June 01, 2007, 11:29:41 AM »
You got that right Frank.

But I must relate what one of my pilots did to me just yesterday. I was working on the King Air .Installing ,or rather trying to install ,a new forward vent blower. ("The air conditioning doesn't work." Waaaaahh) After you remove the lower avionics,associated mount trays,lower support plate and access cover,you can get to the blower.The blower has 2 bolts and a band clamp that hold it in place. One bolt & the clamp are relatively easy to get at the second bolt is NOT so easy to install.(Stand in front of a desk ,bend you hand backward,put it in a desk drawer so all that fits is your wrist,hold the drawer tight against your wrist.Then,just using the tips of two fingers,legibly sign your name on the underside of the drawer directly above.) Oh ,did I forget to mention the bolt had a BRASS washer on it too ? There I am trying to use the tips of my fingers to insert & barely start this freakin' bolt,when the airframe starts bobbing around,and the bolt drops down through a lightening hole. The bolt landed in front of the former ring,the washer .....rolled under the forward A/C condenser housing. Somehow the air around me turned a lovely shade of purple as I asked who in flaming hell was in my airplane ! (I was plainly heard on the far side of our 250' hangar.) My chief pilot & a newbie slunk out . Then the pilot asked "How soon will it be done" ? I told him that right up till the point that the hardware dropped it would've been an hour. Needless to say ,the installation went from a 2 hour frustrating job,to a "fishing expedition",to the final "button up" 5 freakin' HOURS later. And they wonder why I have so many gray hairs ....... ! But they got their A/C  back ,so everybody was "happy". Remember a couple strips back when Chuck dropped the wrench ? Same thing. 
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Re: Almost like a mechanic
« Reply #10 on: June 01, 2007, 03:42:40 PM »
Dancing Bear,
My hat is off to you for not killing the aforementioned pilots |:)\
I've always admired aircraft mechanics for doing a difficult job---there's a lot of HPFM factor in what you do (Hocus Pocus-ahem- Magic) --I've always thought that most mechanics must be contortionists too.
As far as the A/C complaint---just more proof that turbine pilots whine more than turbine engines ;D
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Re: Almost like a mechanic
« Reply #11 on: June 01, 2007, 09:17:47 PM »
A/C??  What's A/C???!?   ::sweat::
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Re: Almost like a mechanic
« Reply #12 on: June 01, 2007, 09:43:17 PM »
Quote from: TheSoccerMom on June 01, 2007, 09:17:47 PM
A/C??  What's A/C???!?   ::sweat::

Air conditioning, My Dear, is what my new employer has installed in all our Shrike Commanders so that I can fly around in luxury this summer whilst "others" sweat and grumble on those really HOT days  ;) ::whistle::
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Re: Almost like a mechanic
« Reply #13 on: June 01, 2007, 10:08:00 PM »
drip, drip...    ::sweat::    sweat, sweat...    splash, oops....   ::sweat::

Well, I will just have to come up to those cool, soothing altitudes where you spin your magic, and join you for some rarified, cool air.....    :D

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Re: Almost like a mechanic
« Reply #14 on: June 02, 2007, 12:54:21 AM »
Oh yes, I've just recently discovered this wonderful A/C that you call altitude, SoccerMom. I was practicing with my instuctor on some hotter-than-normal days, and I kept getting, well, a little nauseous from the heat ::sick::. So to remedy the problem, we went up to 8,500 ft. I had never realized how nice it is up there until now, and that's just 8,500 ft!
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