Girls and Aircraft - Volume II (1 Viewer)

[RabidAlien]

Heh. Pilot on our return flight last week did his usual "welcome aboard" speech....I actually perked up and started listening when he said something along the lines of "our stewardesses will give you the usual generic safety briefing, which, if you've heard it a million times, feel free to ignore. We will then meander down the taxiway and, with any luck, take off more or less on time. My navigator is currently punching 'Dallas' into the GPS, and we will be on our way shortly."

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

 

[T Bolt]

Florene Watson

 

[RabidAlien]

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shot!

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Excellent find Glenn!

 

[Njaco]

RA, LOVE that!!! The only time I flew on a jet (747 to San Fran) Our pilot said something similar. It was great.

Nice pic, Tbolt!

 

[Wayne Little]

love the Mustang shot!

 

[T Bolt]

Betty Gillies
The first pilot to qualify for the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron was Betty Huyler Gillies of Syosset, Long Island, New York. She entered the WAFS on September 12, 1942. Gillies at this time had 14 years of flying experience, running up a total of 1400 hours to her credit.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

 

[vikingBerserker]

Very cool!

 

[nuuumannn]

Re pictures in post #295: No ear defenders while they're riveting, no safety glasses while they're drilling, no dust masks when they're painting... I bet they wash their hands in open vats of MEK!

"Engineers today are just a bunch of p...."

gorgeous pictures! 8)

 

[RabidAlien]

I think a lot of those "women workers" photos were staged. And they didn't have OSHA breathing down their necks back then, either.

 

[T Bolt]

Re pictures in post #295: No ear defenders while they're riveting, no safety glasses while they're drilling, no dust masks when they're painting... I bet they wash their hands in open vats of MEK!

8)

I'm a bridge construction inspector and I've seen bridge painters wash their faces off with MEK after a day of spraying Epoxy Aluminum Mastic. They did use respirators wile spraying though. Can't be too careless. One time a painter foreman was telling me how they have such a good pension. Reason: Most of the guys die in their 50s and never draw from it.

 

[nuuumannn]

I'm a bridge construction inspector and I've seen bridge painters wash their faces off with MEK after a day of spraying Epoxy Aluminum Mastic. They did use respirators wile spraying though. Can't be too careless. One time a painter foreman was telling me how they have such a good pension. Reason: Most of the guys die in their 50s and never draw from it.

One of the guys I did my engineering training with was in the RAF servicing Vulcans and such like; he got cancer from his exposure to solvents, survived though; had us all holding our breaths for awhile. Another guy I knew used to work on (RAAF) F-111s; they used to put this sealant in the fuel tanks that was real lethal. He said a few of his buddies have gone the way of the, well, F-111...

 

[Crimea_River]

So , to get back to some more low-brow stuff, I found these while surfing:

 

[nuuumannn]

Damn! Our aircraft cleaners don't look that good! Tangmere Military Aviation Museum, I think... I'll even tell you the girl's chest sizes...

 

[Njaco]

Sorry CR. Those pics were posted before and removed before. That was pushing the nudity envelope.

 

[Crimea_River]

We have a nudity envelope? And bums are it? Ohhh Kaaaay. Sorry!

 

[Njaco]

No worries! Those pics were posted before and quickly removed. I know...I saw them! Whoooooooo!