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Bill Rankin
An Airbus 380 is on its way across the Atlantic. It flies consistently at 800 km/h at 30,000 feet, when suddenly a Eurofighter with a Tempo Mach 2 appears.
The pilot of the fighter jet slows down, flies alongside the Airbus and greets the pilot of the passenger plane by radio: "Airbus, boring flight isn't it? Now have a look here!"
He rolls his jet on its back, accelerates, breaks through the sound barrier, rises rapidly to a dizzying height, and then swoops down almost to sea level in a breathtaking dive. He loops back next to the Airbus and asks: "Well, how was that?"
The Airbus pilot answers: "Very impressive, but watch this!"
The jet pilot watches the Airbus, but nothing happens. It continues to fly straight, at the same speed. After 15 minutes, the Airbus pilot radios, "Well, how was that?"
Confused, the jet pilot asks, "What did you do?"
The Airbus pilot laughs and says: "I got up, stretched my legs, walked to the back of the aircraft to use the washroom, then got a cup of coffee and a chocolate fudge pastry."
The moral of the story is: When you’re young, speed and adrenaline seem to be great. But as you get older and wiser, you learn that comfort and peace are more important.
The pilot of the fighter jet slows down, flies alongside the Airbus and greets the pilot of the passenger plane by radio: "Airbus, boring flight isn't it? Now have a look here!"
He rolls his jet on its back, accelerates, breaks through the sound barrier, rises rapidly to a dizzying height, and then swoops down almost to sea level in a breathtaking dive. He loops back next to the Airbus and asks: "Well, how was that?"
The Airbus pilot answers: "Very impressive, but watch this!"
The jet pilot watches the Airbus, but nothing happens. It continues to fly straight, at the same speed. After 15 minutes, the Airbus pilot radios, "Well, how was that?"
Confused, the jet pilot asks, "What did you do?"
The Airbus pilot laughs and says: "I got up, stretched my legs, walked to the back of the aircraft to use the washroom, then got a cup of coffee and a chocolate fudge pastry."
The moral of the story is: When you’re young, speed and adrenaline seem to be great. But as you get older and wiser, you learn that comfort and peace are more important.
Reminds me of the story about the young bull and the older bull.
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Reminds me on cruising down the m/way, all lanes occupied, a CBR pulling alongside to my left...
We nod, a very hot day so my helmet face-shield was up...
Pulling a zipper on the tank-bag, I cracked a can of RedBull open to take a zip...
CBR rider stared at me, so I held the can over, offering...
He shook his head... pointing on is tank-lid instead... "there!"...
SR-71 Blackbird Speed Check Story
There were a lot of things we couldn't do in an SR-71, but we were the fastest guys on the block and loved reminding our fellow aviators of this...
www.thesr71blackbird.com
Reminds me on cruising down the m/way, all lanes occupied, a CBR pulling alongside to my left...
We nod, a very hot day so my helmet face-shield was up...
Pulling a zipper on the tank-bag, I cracked a can of RedBull open to take a zip...
CBR rider stared at me, so I held the can over, offering...
He shook his head... pointing on is tank-lid instead... "there!"...
I used to go out with a girl called Sue Denim, until I found out it wasn’t her real name.
I saw the mother in law today, and she told me she has been looking into her family past and discovered she had Viking ancestors, I said, "I always thought you had the face of a Norse"!
I saw the mother in law today, and she told me she has been looking into her family past and discovered she had Viking ancestors, I said, "I always thought you had the face of a Norse"!
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Bill Rankin
A priest, a doctor, and an engineer were waiting one morning for a particularly slow group of golfers.
The engineer fumed, 'What's with those blokes? We must have been waiting for fifteen minutes!'
The doctor chimed in, 'I don't know, but I've never seen such inept golf!'
The priest said, 'Here comes the greens keeper. Let's have a word with him.'
He said, 'Hello, George! what's wrong with that group ahead of us? They're rather slow, aren't they?'
The greens keeper replied, 'Oh, yes. That's a group of blind fire fighters. They lost their sight saving our clubhouse from a fire last year, so we always let them play for free anytime.'
The group fell silent for a moment.
The priest said, 'That's so sad. I think I will say a special prayer for them tonight.'
The doctor said, 'Good idea. I'm going to contact my ophthalmologist colleague and see if there's anything he can do for them.'
The engineer said, 'Why can't they play at night?’
The engineer fumed, 'What's with those blokes? We must have been waiting for fifteen minutes!'
The doctor chimed in, 'I don't know, but I've never seen such inept golf!'
The priest said, 'Here comes the greens keeper. Let's have a word with him.'
He said, 'Hello, George! what's wrong with that group ahead of us? They're rather slow, aren't they?'
The greens keeper replied, 'Oh, yes. That's a group of blind fire fighters. They lost their sight saving our clubhouse from a fire last year, so we always let them play for free anytime.'
The group fell silent for a moment.
The priest said, 'That's so sad. I think I will say a special prayer for them tonight.'
The doctor said, 'Good idea. I'm going to contact my ophthalmologist colleague and see if there's anything he can do for them.'
The engineer said, 'Why can't they play at night?’
I sent this to docw1 and he suggested that I post it in the thread.
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Your post on the forum reminded me of an actual incident.
In the first Gulf War, we had KC-135 tankers deployed to refuel the fighters. The tankers would be up in a line and the fighters would come up to take their turn getting refueled. One F-15 pilot got his drink, then dropped off and went forward and under the tanker. When his buddies all were topped off and departing, he decided to put on a show. With no warning, he went vertical.
His position ended up bringing the F-15 up in front of the tanker's left wing. He was so close, his right wing tip sliced the tanker's fuselage, resulting in an immediate cabin depressurization.
Both planes declared an IFE (In Flight Emergency). Both landed with no further incident.
I suspect the KC-135 crew received a medal for their handling of the situation. I suspect the F-15 pilot may have enjoyed his last flight.
Chris