Steve Irwin Killed

Wildcat · Sep 8, 2006

Thank you sir.

Pisis · Sep 9, 2006

Yes, but it was just a matter of time...
And I don't understand the pictures with the puppet there...

FLYBOYJ · Sep 9, 2006

Pisis said:
Yes, but it was just a matter of time...
And I don't understand the pictures with the puppet there...

That was an old kids show called Stingray (I used to watch it when I was a kid, back when Jesus was in High School).
There were several..

Supercar
Fireball XL-5 (My Fav)
The Thunderbirds
Stingray
Captain Scarlet

Loved them all!

Allison Johnson · Sep 9, 2006

FLYBOYJ said:
That was an old kids show called Stingray (I used to watch it when I was a kid, back when Jesus was in High School).
There were several..

Supercar
Fireball XL-5 (My Fav)
The Thunderbirds
Stingray
Captain Scarlet

Loved them all!

You forgot Space Patrol. Now you're age is showing.

Ali

FLYBOYJ · Sep 9, 2006

Allison Johnson said:
You forgot Space Patrol. Now you're age is showing.

Ali

Ah yes, I knew I forgot one - loved the satellite!!!

the lancaster kicks ass · Sep 10, 2006

thunderbirds ruled all though

Pisis · Sep 10, 2006

First I thought it's some kind of Team America puppet.

FLYBOYJ · Sep 10, 2006

Pisis said:
First I thought it's some kind of Team America puppet.

That's where the TA folks got the idea..

FLYBOYJ · Sep 10, 2006

the lancaster kicks *** said:
thunderbirds ruled all though

No way - no one was cooler than Steve Zodiac! And what about the groovy song at the end?!?!?

BTW - I had that song on a tape player. I played it one time when I was in an F-4 doing an overhead break over the field. The company pilot thought I was nuts!

cheddar cheese · Sep 10, 2006

Captain Scarlet was the best, followed by Thunderbirds and then Stingray...Havent seen the other ones before though to be honest.

pbfoot · Sep 10, 2006

Anybody ever hear of Clutch Cargo or Sky King

FLYBOYJ · Sep 10, 2006

cheddar cheese said:
Captain Scarlet was the best, followed by Thunderbirds and then Stingray...Havent seen the other ones before though to be honest.

Captain Scarlet was cool, he died every week!

FLYBOYJ · Sep 10, 2006

pbfoot said:
Anybody ever hear of Clutch Cargo or Sky King

Skyking! A classic!

Gnomey · Sep 10, 2006

Thunderbirds is still the best followed by the others...

pbfoot · Sep 10, 2006

standard early TV sat mornings

Maestro · Sep 11, 2006

FLYBOYJ said:
I'm with ya kid, that's something I've been waiting to do. I've flown on top of ejection seats, wouldn't have a clue what to do if I would of punched out!!

But you must have had a lesson on how to use an ejection seat before flying those planes, no ?

I heard a guy of the Blue Angels during an interview once, he was teaching the reporter how to use the ejection seat ( because he had to show that he could eject in less than 5 ( or was it 10 ? ) seconds to be allowed to get a ride in a F-18 ). And it looked a little tricky.

The reporter asked him : "But in the heat of combat, how can you do everything in 5 seconds ?"
The pilot replied : "Don't worry. In the heat of combat, the instict of survival makes us even faster..."

So it must be the same thing for remembering the ejection seat lesson.

FLYBOYJ · Sep 11, 2006

Maestro said:
But you must have had a lesson on how to use an ejection seat before flying those planes, no ?

YES - we had a formal briefing on how to use the seats, know where the pnis were and crewchief signs to tell you that the seat pins were pulled, after that, I was on my own...

Maestro said:
I heard a guy of the Blue Angels during an interview once, he was teaching the reporter how to use the ejection seat ( because he had to show that he could eject in less than 5 ( or was it 10 ? ) seconds to be allowed to get a ride in a F-18 ). And it looked a little tricky.

The reporter asked him : "But in the heat of combat, how can you do everything in 5 seconds ?"
The pilot replied : "Don't worry. In the heat of combat, the instict of survival makes us even faster..."

So it must be the same thing for remembering the ejection seat lesson.

I also flew in T-33s with hot seats. As one of the pilots told me. "If I call for eject, you better follow my cue or else you'll be leaning how to fly a T-33 solo real quick."

davparlr · Sep 11, 2006

Maestro said:
The reporter asked him : "But in the heat of combat, how can you do everything in 5 seconds ?"
The pilot replied : "Don't worry. In the heat of combat, the instict of survival makes us even faster..."

That reminds me of event in pilot training. Upon landing the T-38, we performed a manuever called aerobraking where after touchdown we raised the nose up increasing aircraft drag and reducing brake wear. This was not allowed above a 15 kt crosswind (if I remember correctly). One student tried it with too great a crosswind. The T-38 departed the runway, sheared off the nose gear, went up on its nose, spun around and ended up on its belly. The student jumped out of the aircraft, leaving the engines running. The instructors were impressed by how fast he exited the aircraft. Upon debrief, the student was asked how he egressed so quickly. He responded "So quickly? I tried three times before I was successful!"

We run as fast as we have to. The student got a red x on the flight and the write up was one sentence, "Student lost control of the aircraft and allowed aircraft to crash." Student did graduate. And no, it was not me.

DerAdlerIstGelandet · Sep 14, 2006

davparlr said:
Student did graduate. And no, it was not me.

FLYBOYJ · Sep 14, 2006

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