Six Flags over Hell (HUMOR)

[SandRat]

Can you see Dinnis Miller saying this on one of his shows on the Comedy Channel or at a USO show at an NAS or aboard a carrier?

There'd be brake fluid all over the deck from the laughter.

[SAMWolf]

ROTFLMAO Ping

[Dog Gone]

I'd love to take a flight, even if my experience was no better than his.

[tet68]

Right, this is like,

"Hey, want to fly?
What now? How?
Well, we just pulled one of the UH1s out of check and have to go up and shoot some auto-rotations....."
Auto-rotations? What's that?
Oh, just a test, you want to fly don't you?"

AAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

[narby]

I got a chance to ride in a P-51 several years ago. The trip was to establish the fuel usage of the aircraft (not sure why - they may have been messing with carb jetting after the change to 100LL) so they needed to fly it exactly one hour at a particular power setting.

Well, not having anything to do for an hour with a P-51, the pilot decided he just had to have a bit of fun. We didn't have the requisite parachutes for real aerobatics. But that didn't stop from lots of high G turns, usually at about 75 degree bank, where we would climb, and around 110 degree bank, where we'd descend. (someone will point out that technically, this WAS aerobatics. But what the hell)

It was a bit hot outside, and the back seat of the Mustang came with a pop-out air vent, which I popped out soon enough. After about 20 minutes, I really didn't feel too good. A real serious headache. I never really saw the milk duds, but I wished I could.

With 20-20 hindsight, I think I knew the real problem. The Mustang didn't originally have a back seat, and the pop-out vent wasn't original. But it WAS right about in the slipstream for the exaust from the 12cyl Merlin. Which I'll bet climbed a bit upward, and closer to the vent, during the hard turns.

I'll bet my real problem was carbon monoxide. Just glad the pilot didn't have that problem, he had his own vent. There wasn't a stick in the back seat.

[lawgirl]

ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[spodefly]

Good article.

I have always wanted to fly in a fighter jet. But I worry that if I ever got the chance I would turn into a hurl machine.

I do aerobatics several times a year in Pitts and Extras. So long as I am the one flying, I never even begin to get ill. I can do anything I want, rolls, spins, loops, etc., and never have a problem. But as soon as the instructor (and/or the owner of the plane) takes the controls, any manuevers will get me sweaty and fighting the hurl instinct.

And I doubt that someone like Biff (or the US Government) would feel comfortable about me actually being in command of an F14/16/18. So ... I would be code name "Milk Dud" in no time.

[Darksheare]

LOL!!
Sounds like mom's driving times four!

[The Coopster]

MAW Beaufort.

"The sound you hear is the sound of FREEDOM."

[mitch5501]

you'll enjoy this

[expatpat]

A good reminder that it's a he11 of a lot easier being the pilot than the passenger!

[Fiddlstix]

ROFLMAO!
Bump

[Bobby777]

ping if you haven't been pinged already ...

[SandRat]

Always check the cotter pin on the Jesus Nut before agreeing to this.

Lose it and you quickly find out why it's called the Jesus Nut.

[tet68]

heheeeeeeeeeeeee!
I went up in them, AND I was a mech, I must have been crazy.

[colorado tanker]

Sam, this is really funny. Did you see the Mail Call where the gunny went up with the Air Force? Came through with flying colors - a no bagger.

[SAMWolf]

No missed that one. :-(

Haven't had History Channel in abour 6 months :-( and it was about the only channel worth watching.

[colorado tanker]

The Oregon National Guard took him up. They really checked him out - a complete flight physical and everything. He handled it well - looks to be in pretty good shape.

Sorry you don't get the History Channel any more; it is one of the few worth watching. Amazing how you can have seventy channels and nothing worth watching is on.

[Bobby777]

what's the max altitude one can (reasonablly) safely auto-rotate from in say a UH-1, Hughes 369 (UT-6?), etc.? (obviously different for different birds) ...

I'd love to learn to fly a 369/500C/D ...

[CGVet58]

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