Inflight Entertainment => There I was... => Topic started by: Have Blue on November 07, 2005, 02:12:23 AM
Title: Have you ever noticed...
Post by: Have Blue on November 07, 2005, 02:12:23 AM
... when flying over water the crazy things the guys in those motorboats do? I see 'em do dounuts and eights and all sorts 'o things an' half the time the've got water skiers on their backs. :o 'S fun to race 'em, even if the don't know it. ;D
Title: Re: Have you ever noticed...
Post by: Mike on November 07, 2005, 02:19:04 AM
And that's not all they do! Believe me! That's one of the advantages of flying helicopters. We were on a fire once next to a huge lake up in Yellowstone and there was a mother-daugther team on a pretty racey boat who showed their appreciation about what we do by flashing every helicopter who was on final for the helibase. We met them later that night at the bar, they were really cool to hang out with and seemed to have a lot of fun "supporting" us! (needless to say every helicopter flew the approach pretty slow that day...) Flying is awesome!
Title: Re: Have you ever noticed...
Post by: Sleek-Jet on November 07, 2005, 02:45:21 AM
WOW! You know, I've never thought about that. But you're totally right! 8)
So you got rid of the plane but kept the boat, huh?!
I figured out girls dig boats more than airplanes... ;D
Title: Re: Have you ever noticed...
Post by: CDNpilot on November 07, 2005, 04:58:31 PM
LOL i'm not so sure about that. At work the girls really think it's cool that i'm a pilot. I know there are a couple girls that really want to go for a ride still. :D
Title: Re: Have you ever noticed...
Post by: Plthijnx on November 07, 2005, 07:41:02 PM
LOL i'm not so sure about that. At work the girls really think it's cool that i'm a pilot. I know there are a couple girls that really want to go for a ride still. :D
shoot, take'em up and introduce them to the *cough* "mile high club" 8)
Title: Re: Have you ever noticed...
Post by: Mike on November 07, 2005, 07:52:27 PM
the pilot thing definetly helps. it wasn't the reason I became one, but it has never been an obstacle, he he. here is a conversation I overheared 12 years ago at an airport in Austria: Brunette: So this was your boyfriend? Blonde: Yes, that's him. Brunette: He's not what I would call cute. Blonde: I know, . . . but he's a pilot!
True story! 8)
Title: Re: Have you ever noticed...
Post by: Plthijnx on November 07, 2005, 07:54:21 PM
hehe, that's pretty funny mike! *thinking for a moment* hmmm, maybe that's why i've got a smokin' hot girlfriend......hmmm ahhh the bennies of the trade ;)
anyone ever fly with a co-pilot that's fasting? i was stuck in a tomahawk for over five hours* with "fasting co-pilot" and lemmetellya somthing about someone fasting. for a while there i thought he had really bad gas. turns out it was his BREATH! OMG it was awful. i was getting so pissed that each time i smelled it i would light a cigarette to hide the smell. no doubt, dudes breath smelled like rotten limburger cheese on a hot southern august day.
*since hurricane Katrina and Rita i've been contracted to be a relay aircraft for an offshore helicopter operation due to the storms taking out their repeater towers. boring as heck but hey, it racks up the hours. we go to a certain area and hold for hours on end. at least all I need now is few more multi hours and i'll be marketable, yay!
Title: Re: Have you ever noticed...
Post by: Bev on November 10, 2005, 02:33:59 PM
Hmmm must... get... my pilots liscence.... NOW
Title: Re: Have you ever noticed...
Post by: Thumperak on November 18, 2005, 09:42:48 PM
I've heard it said the two happiest days in a boat owner's life is the day he buys his boat, and the day he sells it. I don't think the same can be said of an airplane owner. When I bought my '77 KCAB, a friend took pictures of my taking delivery of it. I am smiling ear to ear the whole time, the individual I bought it from looks like someone ran over his puppy. (He sold it to buy floats and an engine for an Aeronca he was rebuilding). Too bad the pilot thing doesn't help in Alaska (my home). Lots of pilots, few available women.
Title: Re: Have you ever noticed...
Post by: Mike on November 20, 2005, 05:44:49 PM
ouch, I heard about Alaska! Everybody is a pilot there it seems, and my friends from Alaska say the same thing about the women issue. What a bummer... But it's a beautiful place I hear! (I've never been there, but I really want to go once at least ...in the summer)
Title: Re: Have you ever noticed...
Post by: Roland on December 02, 2005, 07:34:55 AM
I’m not a pilot, merely engineer, therefore I can’t tell if girls like pilots or not. Helicopter engineers start to work, when pilots return the helicopters (mostly broken) and if we come to the bar, pilots and girls are ether gone or drunk.
However, I got married, have children, so it can’t be so bad being an engineer. But aviation is a very dangerous field for any relationship or marriage.
Title: Re: Have you ever noticed...
Post by: fireflyr on January 21, 2006, 06:12:55 PM
Yeah, ROLAND is right about that. I was a cargo pilot twenty years ago when my first marriage ended and I tell people that I got AIDS (that's Aviation Induced Divorce Syndrome). Being gone a lot is NOT condusive to a healthy relationship. When I remarried, I made sure my bride knew that I had a misstress named 'Airplane" and that she'd have to deal with it. Funny how many women (maybe men too--see "Brokeback Mountain") are attracted to airplane drivers and don't realize it's a lifelong passion they'll have to compete with.
Title: Re: Have you ever noticed...
Post by: SkyKing on May 02, 2006, 07:45:17 PM
WOW! You know, I've never thought about that. But you're totally right! 8)
So you got rid of the plane but kept the boat, huh?!
I figured out girls dig boats more than airplanes... ;D
That's why I refuse to settle for mere girls . . .I much prefer WOMEN.
Nothing is so much fun as watching a beautiful, skilled lady shooting the landing from the seat beside you.
I may be 64 years old and I may have been a pilot for 49 of them years but pardner, I sure can think of something MORE fun with my woman (BOY-HOWDY, she is a WOMAN) then watching her land an airplane!
Title: Re: Have you ever noticed...
Post by: Sleek-Jet on May 05, 2006, 02:47:07 AM
WOW! You know, I've never thought about that. But you're totally right! 8)
So you got rid of the plane but kept the boat, huh?!
I figured out girls dig boats more than airplanes... ;D
That's why I refuse to settle for mere girls . . .I much prefer WOMEN.
Nothing is so much fun as watching a beautiful, skilled lady shooting the landing from the seat beside you.
I may be 64 years old and I may have been a pilot for 49 of them years but pardner, I sure can think of something MORE fun with my woman (BOY-HOWDY, she is a WOMAN) then watching her land an airplane!
. . .after renewing your membership in Mile-High . . ?
Title: Re: Have you ever noticed...
Post by: Gulfstream Driver on May 08, 2006, 01:07:41 AM
How long does that membership last? Do you have to renew after every medical or every flight review?
Title: Re: Have you ever noticed...
Post by: Mike on May 08, 2006, 02:18:56 AM
might not be mandatory BUT:
I think it's RECOMMENDED that you renew it as often as possible! ;)
Title: Re: Have you ever noticed...
Post by: fireflyr on May 09, 2006, 03:39:15 AM
I think it's RECOMMENDED that you renew it as often as possible! ;)
True, but, you need an A/C with an autopilot to really do it well and mine's inop!
I'll have to try it in something with an A/P just to see how it's different.
Title: Re: Have you ever noticed...
Post by: fliboye on May 16, 2006, 08:59:16 AM
yeah and you should see what the ice fisherman in the U.P. of michigan do when you buzz( I mean fly over) their fishing shack you would think someone put a hive of bees in there. ;D :D :D Isn't this a great job
Title: Re: Have you ever noticed...
Post by: fireflyr on May 16, 2006, 09:43:28 AM
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I'll have to try it in something with an A/P just to see how it's different.
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YEAH, right.
Title: Re: Have you ever noticed...
Post by: SkyKing on May 16, 2006, 05:05:43 PM
... when flying over water the crazy things the guys in those motorboats do? I see 'em do dounuts and eights and all sorts 'o things an' half the time the've got water skiers on their backs. :o 'S fun to race 'em, even if the don't know it. ;D
Of course they turn circles.
Most places, attempts at boating XC end way too soon, accompanied by expensive noises.
On a more serious note, really, look again. Unless on the Great Lakes, a river or open ocean, those poor guys are stuck in a little pond. They don't enjoy the freedom that we have, whether in a 310 or an ultralight, a sailplane or a Learjet. And they spend more on their boats than I've spent for some airplanes! While we can decide to "go look over here," all they can look at is the sides of the bathtub they've towed their boat all those miles to get to. About all the thrill they can have is to hop their own wakes.
I've had boats, even live-aboards, and they have their uses, but to be stuck on the water your whole life isn't a lot better than being stuck on the ground.
Title: Re: Have you ever noticed...
Post by: fliboye on June 02, 2006, 05:23:28 PM
what happens when the auto pilot goes to lunch??? or is MEL'd let the FO fly hehehehe.
Title: Re: Have you ever noticed...
Post by: cotejy on August 02, 2006, 04:24:34 PM
When I remarried, I made sure my bride knew that I had a misstress named 'Airplane" and that she'd have to deal with it. Funny how many women (maybe men too--see "Brokeback Mountain") are attracted to airplane drivers and don't realize it's a lifelong passion they'll have to compete with.
So true! Here a happy story about pilot and family.
My girlfriend father was a pilot. He was flying helicopters in damn construction projects in northern Quebec. When he asked her girlfriend to be his wife, he told her "You know I'm a pilot before beeing a husband or a father". They got married, he worked as pilot for years up north and only had a few days per months home. His wife was happy to have a husband who bring home money to pay the bills, they had 2 kids who were happy to have mom home and they had the best dad in the world because when he could, he landed on a piece of land a few meters from home and took the whole family for a ride.
I just hope my grilfriend have some genetic from her mother. ;D
Title: Re: Have you ever noticed...
Post by: fireflyr on August 07, 2006, 02:15:13 PM
When I remarried, I made sure my bride knew that I had a misstress named 'Airplane" and that she'd have to deal with it. Funny how many women (maybe men too--see "Brokeback Mountain") are attracted to airplane drivers and don't realize it's a lifelong passion they'll have to compete with.
So true! Here a happy story about pilot and family.
My girlfriend father was a pilot. He was flying helicopters in damn construction projects in northern Quebec. When he asked her girlfriend to be his wife, he told her "You know I'm a pilot before beeing a husband or a father". They got married, he worked as pilot for years up north and only had a few days per months home. His wife was happy to have a husband who bring home money to pay the bills, they had 2 kids who were happy to have mom home and they had the best dad in the world because when he could, he landed on a piece of land a few meters from home and took the whole family for a ride.
I just hope my grilfriend have some genetic from her mother. ;D
GOOD LUCK ON THE GENETICS! |:)\
Title: Re: Have you ever noticed...
Post by: happylanding on August 10, 2006, 11:37:26 PM
I was thinking about what you, Cotejy and Fireflyr, said and I just wanted to drop some observations about it, drawn on my past experience. Until last year I was engaged with a pilot, and my female friends and male university's students colleagues (outsiders to the aviation world) used to ask me how I could have "this kind of relationship". I used to wonder about what "this kind of relationship" meant, given the fact that for me - being my first serious relationship - everything was at the same time either normal (I had no past to compare with) or new. But looked at from the outside, I had a man who was working more or less 12+ hrs per day, 7/7, with whom I could not spend a weekend together, with whom I could not plan a vacation, with whom planning a dinner with friends was already a tour de force, a boyfriend who never came to university with me when I had an exam, who was unavailable til late in the evening, when I could often scoop him up from the floor, given the fact he was tired. I think for me was normal and wonderful either because I was in love, or because I had completely accepted his way of life and what it carried to the “us”. I never felt I was living something not worth of living: I felt realization of the couple (and thus me, being part of it!) passing by the fact he felt happy and realized by what he was doing and, second thing, my life was not over outside the couple, on the contrary, it was quite full: I had exams to prepare, a doctorate to write, sports I practiced, flights to do, and my life was stuffed even when we were not together. And we shared a great passion together, the one of flight, that is a potent glue. So said, I honestly think that to be the partner of a full time pilot doesn’t give you a “routine life”, so the partner must be ready to accept it, and must either be independent enough to live by him/herself and must always understand that the couple’s growth passes by the happiness of both participants, so he/she must understand that he/she must never (and even try to) cancel or limit what makes the significant other happiness. I do not flight for work, but I see that either that way some part of the principle works: today I could never ever start a relationship with somebody who – at least – doesn’t like flying, since I know that were I with somebody who dislike flying, he would try to stop me, when I just plan to go for a ride. The point is, why – on earth – is just the pilot’s category affected so much by the partner’s drawing of a limit? I never heard anybody saying “he should stop doing this work: he is a boring banker!”.
And, last thing….@ Fireflyr: Just see how a pilot lovingly touches the controls of the aircraft, and you'll understand why it’s so easy to be attracted to him: You wonder if I say that I once forgot to take off for that reason?!?! :) :)
Title: Re: Have you ever noticed...
Post by: fireflyr on August 11, 2006, 09:26:42 AM
Happy, I'd like to comment on your observations and will when I have reread them and have more time---need time to think, need time to sleep (it's 0230)----YAWN---goodnight
Title: Re: Have you ever noticed...
Post by: Mike on August 11, 2006, 08:41:20 PM
Wow Happy! That's deep! I like it.
We need more girl like you out there! You rock, girl !! |:)\ |:)\
Title: Re: Have you ever noticed...
Post by: happylanding on August 19, 2006, 04:56:21 AM
Sorry for the late reply mates! Mike, thanks for what you say! it's really kind, I'm flattered. and Fireflyr, I will wait for your observations, since I'm curious to know what an experienced pilot thinks about it. As I said, I drew these observations from my past relationship to a pilot, but I clearly do not have a lot of experience in relationship, either with pilots or "pedestrians"...... :D
Title: Re: Have you ever noticed...
Post by: fireflyr on August 19, 2006, 12:50:33 PM
Sorry for the late reply mates! Mike, thanks for what you say! it's really kind, I'm flattered. and Fireflyr, I will wait for your observations, since I'm curious to know what an experienced pilot thinks about it. As I said, I drew these observations from my past relationship to a pilot, but I clearly do not have a lot of experience in relationship, either with pilots or "pedestrians"...... :D
I'M THINKING!!!!!! ;D
Title: Re: Have you ever noticed...
Post by: Gulfstream Driver on October 16, 2006, 07:21:25 PM
Still thinking there, Jim?
Title: Re: Have you ever noticed...
Post by: fireflyr on October 17, 2006, 10:29:53 AM
AW heck Happy, I thought I had something worth while to contribute but I really do not. Here are sme random thoughts. I guess the reason non pilots question our motives is that they may feel a passion for the job they do but it's different with many pilots because our job can also be our hobby. Ever heard of a banker making practice loans to friends on weekends for their enjoyment? If you are looking for a soul mate who will not give you grief about your passion for flight, I guess the best course of action is be direct in your conversations about your expectations. Actually, I guess what I'm thinking right now is that I'd rather have the love Of my life (her name is Charmaine) by my side than some flying machine. Don't get me wrong, I'd rather fly than F**k (in spite of my age, I can still fly many times a day) but when it comes down to the final moments of life, it is Charmaine who will be holding my hand and weeping with me---not some damn airplane! The world of aviation will not care about my passing but those with whom I have reciprocated love will, and in the final analyisis, that is what counts! JIM
Title: Re: Have you ever noticed...
Post by: Gulfstream Driver on October 17, 2006, 05:00:13 PM
Well said.
Title: Re: Have you ever noticed...
Post by: tundra_flier on October 18, 2006, 01:24:10 AM
Heck I'll comment!
Happy, you seeing anyone these days? Want to go for a ride in my plane? it's a real cute one (so my mechanic always says) and I'll even let you take the controls. And since I have one of those boring desk jobs, she's free most of the time. ;D ;)
Seriously though, I'd never date anyone who didn't enjoy aviation. I know too many pilots who's wives constantly nag them about the time and money they spend on aviation. And a few very forturnate ones who's spouses love it just as much as they do.
Phil
Title: Re: Have you ever noticed...
Post by: happylanding on November 28, 2006, 11:38:23 PM
@ Fireflyr: well said! Even if I'm late on the reply, being clear on the expectations is something always important in any relationship...shame is that soon is often too soon, and after it's too late! :). And yes, with planes you touch the sky once flying, with The love of your life you touch the sky also when grounded.
@ Phil: not seeing anybody, but I actually presume that CW forum isn't loveisintheair! :) :) :) ;) ;)
Title: Re: Have you ever noticed...
Post by: tundra_flier on December 12, 2006, 09:23:09 PM
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@ Phil: not seeing anybody, but I actually presume that CW forum isn't loveisintheair!
Don't worry, It was said in jest. I've not doubt you're as wonderful in person as on-line, but I think the likelyhood of you moving to Alaska is about the same as me moving to Europe. ;)
Phil
Title: Re: Have you ever noticed...
Post by: fireflyr on December 13, 2006, 12:25:01 AM
@ Phil: not seeing anybody, but I actually presume that CW forum isn't loveisintheair!
Don't worry, It was said in jest. I've not doubt you're as wonderful in person as on-line, but I think the likelyhood of you moving to Alaska is about the same as me moving to Europe. ;)
Phil
Never say never---of course, you and Happy together would look like "Beauty and the Beast"----(just kidding, you big bear) ;D
