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To: IYAS9YAS

Were you a pilot with the Grace L. Ferguson Airline and Screen Door Company? (A hilarious Bob Newhart comedy piece from way back.)


17 posted on 11/26/2014 8:25:15 AM PST by Bob (Violence in islam? That's not a bug; it's a feature.)
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To: Bob
Were you a pilot with the Grace L. Ferguson Airline and Screen Door Company? (A hilarious Bob Newhart comedy piece from way back.)

Nope. But I did ride in the back of the EC-130H Compass Call for a few years. It was a blast. We had some damn good pilots. That plane, with its four engines and the vibrations from them, could put me to sleep in minutes. Heck, I fell asleep during pre-flight one time (there were eight of us in the back, sitting "on the rack", and the Load Master). It was comfy. Plus, you got used to the sounds it made, and knew when something wasn't right.

I usually sat in position one (front right side) and had a neat little line of tape to the left of me that ran from the top to the bottom of the cargo area that warned of severe propeller damage should one come loose.

18 posted on 11/26/2014 8:34:46 AM PST by IYAS9YAS (Has anyone seen my tagline? It was here yesterday. I seem to have misplaced it.)
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