Roost Air Lounge => Current Strip => Topic started by: RagDragger on August 21, 2007, 02:10:15 PM
Title: Chuck's shoes...
Post by: RagDragger on August 21, 2007, 02:10:15 PM
I laughed right out loud. Heck, on hot days I fly shirtless. One fellow pilot logs what we call NPIC- Nekkid Pilot In Command. Thankfully, everybody flies solo.
Title: Re: Chuck's shoes...
Post by: AirScorp on August 21, 2007, 02:38:41 PM
So... ::thinking:: That explains that tattoo on his foot!!!!
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Post by: want2fly on August 21, 2007, 04:09:19 PM
I think there should be a law, that if you take off your shoes in a confined space, they must not smell.
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Post by: Frank N. O. on August 21, 2007, 04:35:58 PM
::rofl:: as soon as I read it I thought of the character Kimmy Gibbler from the old tv-series Full House! (The one with Bob Saget, John Stamos, Dave Coulier and the Olsen-twins).
Frank
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Post by: Rooster Cruiser on August 21, 2007, 07:27:02 PM
This is a good reminder to me to NEVER take my shoes off in flight with passengers on board! ::unbelieveable:: ::sick::
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Post by: FlyboyGil on August 21, 2007, 07:43:03 PM
This is a good reminder to me to NEVER take my shoes off in flight with passengers on board! ::unbelieveable:: ::sick::
When I was in truck school classroom, our teacher wore sandals with no socks. My clothes smelled like feet after that! ::sick:: ::sick:: ::sick::
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Post by: gibbo_335 on August 21, 2007, 11:46:40 PM
EEWWWwww! ::sick:: ::sick::
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Post by: PiperGirl on August 22, 2007, 01:38:56 PM
One of my former flight instructors would take his shoes off on long x-cs, especially ones at night after his feet were nice and ripe ::sick:: ::unbelieveable::
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Post by: want2fly on August 22, 2007, 03:16:55 PM
I am so glad my instructor will never take his shoes off no matter how long the x-cs are.
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Post by: happylanding on August 22, 2007, 07:04:21 PM
I must consider myself lucky! I never had such instructor. But to tell the truth, I remember when I was in London studying, in the first school the teacher smelled a lot and used to take his shoes off. ::sick:: ::sick:: ::sick:: ::sick:: one day I could not stand it anymore and I bought a bottle of perfume, leaving it on the desk to breeze in the room as soon as he was over.....
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Post by: tundra_flier on August 22, 2007, 07:22:25 PM
Hmmm...I'm usually wishing I'd worn heavier socks while flying. Besides, I'm not sure I could take my shoes off in the C-150 if I tried! Sure as heck couldn't put them back on again in the cockpit! ::banghead::
Phil ::cowboy::
Title: Re: Chuck's shoes...
Post by: want2fly on August 23, 2007, 12:01:46 PM
tundra, just wear flip-flops, get em on and off quite easily in a c-150.
note: I am not liable for all the people making fun of you for wearing flip-flops.
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Post by: BrianGMFS on August 23, 2007, 03:12:49 PM
tundra, just wear flip-flops, get em on and off quite easily in a c-150.
note: I am not liable for all the people making fun of you for wearing flip-flops.
I don't think they even Sell flip-flops in Fairbanks ::rofl::
Brian
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Post by: G-man on August 23, 2007, 03:48:16 PM
I was fortunate enough to fly in Hawaii for 7 years, did not even own a pair of shoes for 5 of them. I flew barefoot for the whole time...it does make you a better pilot, it teaches you to be gentle on the pedals, otherwise it hurts. Most people apply a few pounds of pressure to each of the pedals and then push more with one to apply it. When flying barefoot, you dont apply any pressure unless needed, hence you fly smoother. As for the smell---non.....the only reason your feet smell is because they are stuck sweating inside socks and shoes. It did take me a year to get my soles back to a "normal" color after I returned to the mainland though.....
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Post by: Mike on August 23, 2007, 06:16:27 PM
As for the smell---non.....the only reason your feet smell is because they are stuck sweating inside socks and shoes. It did take me a year to get my soles back to a "normal" color after I returned to the mainland though.....
woah... I bet you HATED wearing shoes when you got back. And now you gotta wear the leather boots to fly on fires. . . . what a difference.... :P
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Post by: adam9er on August 24, 2007, 01:24:19 AM
try 8+ hr flights with combat boots on
Title: Re: Chuck's shoes...
Post by: Rooster Cruiser on August 24, 2007, 04:40:18 AM
I was fortunate enough to fly in Hawaii for 7 years, did not even own a pair of shoes for 5 of them. I flew barefoot for the whole time...it does make you a better pilot, it teaches you to be gentle on the pedals, otherwise it hurts. Most people apply a few pounds of pressure to each of the pedals and then push more with one to apply it. When flying barefoot, you dont apply any pressure unless needed, hence you fly smoother...
G man, clearly you have never flown a Pilatus! That sucker requires heavy rudder application in a crosswind. I would not want to try it barefoot.
Title: Re: Chuck's shoes...
Post by: Rooster Cruiser on August 24, 2007, 04:44:13 AM
This is a good reminder to me to NEVER take my shoes off in flight with passengers on board! ::unbelieveable:: ::sick::
When I was in truck school classroom, our teacher wore sandals with no socks. My clothes smelled like feet after that! ::sick:: ::sick:: ::sick::
Just wait til you go over the road, dude. Your seat and azz start to smell equally nasty after 18 hours in the saddle, trust me. When it comes time to hit the sleeper, its as much to allow yer seat to air out as it is to get some rest!
I used to keep my window open no matter how hot or cold it was just so I could get some fresh air in my truck.
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Post by: happylanding on August 24, 2007, 11:39:04 AM
Do you mean they will smell as a pair of boots after a month trekking in Nepal? (when I came back home my mom looked at them and say "they - whatever they are - go to the bin!") Welcome to the forum adam9er!! |:)\ |:)\
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Post by: G-man on August 24, 2007, 06:36:30 PM
Why on earth would you want to try to fly in combat boots----when I was in the Air Force,(albeit back seat), we flew in "flight boots", and yes I flew more than eight hours in one flight---19 hours with in-flight re-fuelling was the longest.
"G-man, clearly you have never flown a Pilatus! That sucker requires heavy rudder application in a crosswind. I would not want to try it barefoot."
Whats a "Pilatus"? I thought it was some kind of duck...but I'm guessing it is a plank, huh? ::thinking::
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Post by: Mike on August 24, 2007, 08:42:14 PM
yeah, what is this mysterious Pilatupus you speak of ?? :o
who makes it? and how well does it hover out of ground-effect at 7000ft and 25 degree celsius??
::angel::
Title: Re: Chuck's shoes...
Post by: G-man on August 24, 2007, 09:12:05 PM
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Post by: Baradium on August 25, 2007, 05:21:54 AM
When I'm flying on long flights in the back, I like to take my boots off. A big help if you're wearing boots is foot powder. I got started using it because of times when my feet would get wet and I wouldn't be able to dry out my shoes and socks normally. Blisters are bad! The foot powder also keeps the moisture away from your foot and a side effect is less smell. ;)
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Post by: Rooster Cruiser on August 26, 2007, 07:27:15 AM
yeah, what is this mysterious Pilatupus you speak of ?? :o
who makes it? and how well does it hover out of ground-effect at 7000ft and 25 degree celsius??
::angel::
Last I checked, a Platypus was a duck-billed, egg laying mammal native to Gibbo's homeland... ::thinking::
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platypus
G-Man, that pic looks like an upside-down goose decoy with wings attached to it! ::rofl::
Title: Re: Chuck's shoes...
Post by: Frank N. O. on August 27, 2007, 05:24:01 AM
It just occured to me, don't some people cook chicken feet for some purpose or other? EWWWWWW!
I'm glad I suffer from cold feet (possibly bad circulation) since it limits foot-sweat, however when I need to drive with sneakers on to feel the soft carpedals in the winter...... or even sitting indoors in the winter, I usually need to wrap my legs in several blankets to form a make-shift thermo-bag when I sit at the desk.
Frank
Title: Re: Chuck's shoes...
Post by: adam9er on August 28, 2007, 01:46:24 AM
Why on earth would you want to try to fly in combat boots----when I was in the Air Force,(albeit back seat), we flew in "flight boots", and yes I flew more than eight hours in one flight---19 hours with in-flight re-fuelling was the longest.
i was a avionics tech and whenever i flew on our upressureized un sealed helicopter i had to wear the same steel toed ciombat boots that i work in
