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Offline TheSoccerMom

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Re: Good Luck Charms
« Reply #45 on: October 07, 2007, 03:50:32 AM »
Yeahhh, good thing we are all in this together and alone and all together and apart and....  boy, it's getting noisy in here now....   ::silly::
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Offline Rooster Cruiser

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Re: Good Luck Charms
« Reply #46 on: October 07, 2007, 08:55:14 PM »
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One day my airplane's airspeed indicator failed due to dirt and other crap in the pitot tube

I had the same thing happen in the Platypus where I had a bunch of dirt and crap in there.  But it wouldn't die on me until I would go IMC in below freezing temps.  Then the moisture would cake up inside the Pitot on all the dirt and the Pitot Heat couldn't melt it, so there I would sit and watch my airspeed indicator go to Zero on both sides of the cockpit.  Talk about an attention getter!   ::eek::  I actually replaced the Pitot thinking that was the problem, but it continued.  Finally my avionics guy thought to blow out the pitot system and he recovered a pretty good pile of dust that had worked its way into there.  After that, I went ahead and bought a Pitot cover and I now use it religiously!
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Offline cj5_pilot

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Re: Good Luck Charms
« Reply #47 on: October 08, 2007, 11:24:05 PM »
I don't know if I'd call it a "Lucky charm" but I always wear a Eagle necklace.  Have since I was a teenager, shortly after my grandmother died and I ended up with one.  My current one is about 15 years old (on the 3rd chain I think) and is an Eagle in flight clutching a small diamond.  Wife had it made special for me.  Like I say, I'm not sure it's lucky, but it's always there!
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Offline TWEEK

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Re: Good Luck Charms
« Reply #48 on: October 12, 2007, 04:45:17 PM »
I always wear a silver bracelet when I'm on a fire, have ever since my rookie year.  Not only is it a totem, but when the situation gets too hairball it heats up and "bites" my arm, signalling me to re-evaluate our position and what we are attempting in the face of fire behavior.

I skimmed through the thread, so I'm not sure if he covered it, but I always felt better sliding for Mike when I knew I had IG Joe as my spotter.....
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Offline Mike

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Re: Good Luck Charms
« Reply #49 on: October 13, 2007, 01:20:48 AM »
HA HA! ::rofl::

No, I didn't mention the GI Joe yet!

Didn't think about it. Thanks for remembering!  ;D
He might still be with that aircraft. I have a hard time removing a good-luck charm from the aircraft. Feels like it might be bad luck.
Did you know the GI-Joe story made it into a book?
It's in the "True Pilot Stories" book which, of course, we have to have in our online store at well....
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Offline AirtransRecon

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Re: Good Luck Charms
« Reply #50 on: October 31, 2007, 08:50:23 PM »
Pair of Fuzzy Dice hanging from the compass on the windshield.

KW
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