What to give a Fighter Pilot for Christmas ?

[CoffmanStarter]

Tired of those boring presents that quickly loose their appeal as soon as Christmas is over ... or stretch your ability to smile and say "thank you ... just what I've always wanted darling". Fear not, a solution is at hand this year !

I give you the AIM-9 Missile Lamp !

Unobtrusive, sophisticated yet functional and makes a statement in any Living Room, Home Office or Hall ... a "must have" for all steely eyed fighter pilots of any rank.

Particularly useful for 4*'s needing a Talking Point when hosting foreign dignitaries at their official residences :E

http://i1004.photobucket.com/albums/af162/CoffmanStarter/2_missile_lamps_ready-187x250.jpg

Full details can be found here ...

AIM-9 Missile Lamp (http://www.rogerdodger.net/diyflightsims/aim-9_lamp.html)

PS. Anyone brave enough to seek permission from their appropriate Sanctioning Authority to purchase said item ... and construct it ... pics would be nice :}

[Warmtoast]

...or one of these?

http://www.pprune.org/military-aircrew/467262-look-what-ive-got-my-garage.html

[NutLoose]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51eE-B%2BOgKL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

[Lon More]

a personality?

[Dengue_Dude]

a personality?

Miaouw . . . . Saucer of milk and an Emery board required over here!

[BEagle]

I give you the AIM-9 Missile Lamp!

Then paint an orange filling band next to the yellow one and see whether anyone asks questions..........:ooh:

Or get some bio-hazard stickers, then 'age' them and say that the lamp is something which came from 'a mate' at Nancekuke / Gruinard / Porton Down.....:oh:

[CoffmanStarter]

DD ... Don't worry UK QRA South have just launched and headed for the Dutch coast :}

[hval]

BEagle,

That's wicked. Shouldn't it be a brown band, or dark green if it has your lovely sticker on it?

[downsizer]

Yep, brown....

[BEagle]

Shouldn't it be a....

ICATQ!!

Or a mauve filling band for c***t***l agents....:E

[hval]

BEagle,

ICATQ

I shall shine bright lights in to your eyes, possibly from those AIM 9 lights

[Kerosene Kraut]

Shouldn't any Sidewinder shine from it's oposite end?

[P6 Driver]

A new mirror with tinsel around the edges?

[si.]

When OC Domestics has control of the central heating, it would be a challenge stopping one from tipping over, and launching towards the radiator in the lounge......

[1.3VStall]

A wristwatch to shoot down?;)

[TheWizard]

A serviceable aircraft?

[Waddo Plumber]

An ego perchance?

[sycamore]

Better to give it to an ex VC10/Tristar Loadmaster/mistress...complete with Safety Pins and flags..`Remove before *light`

[mike-wsm]

http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/q594/mike-wsm/pprune/6626399-0-large-1_zps3ae7f9e7.jpg

A Catapult

[500N]

Why build a dummy one.

The RAAF drop the odd one on people's houses every so often :O

Darwin man jittery over Sparrow droppings - National - www.theage.com.au (http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/07/23/1090464858266.html?from=storylhs)



Near the bottom of the page
Blunders in Australia - Blunders from Sydney to Darwin to the outback (http://www.amazingaustralia.com.au/blunders.htm)

[NutLoose]

http://www.licekiller.com/images/liceonhair.jpg


:E

[CoffmanStarter]

I'm sure our American DIY Missile Lamp chap should have a Brown Band down the motor end to be technically correct ?

[Dengue_Dude]

Better to give it to an ex VC10/Tristar Loadmaster/mistress...complete with Safety Pins and flags..`Remove before *light`

I'd forgotten about that - it was a VC10!

[NutLoose]

Well they did say remove before flight and that's what she did.. Memory dims but I seem to remember they were 1000 pounders or clusters.

[downsizer]

Memory dims but I seem to remember they were 1000 pounders or clusters.

1000lb'ers in the airtransportable state do not have pins. CBUs are (were) flown sealed in rubber bags on ACA pallets so the pins are not accessable in flight.

9Ls is what I'd heard.

[CoffmanStarter]

Oh dear ...

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When you read every word of this letter and listen to my material…I will 100% guarantee that you will get a flight slot in the Navy, Air Force, or Marines…or you may receive a FULL refund.

[BEagle]

Well they did say remove before flight and that's what she did.. Memory dims but I seem to remember they were 1000 pounders or clusters.

From PPRuNe's better times - see post #31:

http://www.pprune.org/military-aircrew/48126-ok-its-apocryphal-story-time-2.html#post445785

[Big Picture]

Einstein,

The AIM 9 is a Sidewinder. The Sparrow is an AIM 7.

Back to the books mate!

[diginagain]

Einstein,

The AIM 9 is a Sidewinder. The Sparrow is an AIM 7.

Back to the books mate!
Not too sure who that one's aimed-at.