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I was prattling on to my son today about various airframes we have flown, and I hit on a game of aeroplane chess, with various pieces forming the roster.

Here is mine, - I'd like to hear yours,

1. The King - Vulcan or B52.
2. The Queen - Concorde, ( I suppose B-70 or that russian jobby might do.
3. Bishop - Victor, or 747.
4. Knight - F22, have to give a nod to the cousins - the troublecausing wankers.
5. Rook - a wildcard, so I pick Bucanneer.
6. Knight - Hurricane.

Feel free to have a go.

Lon More

The white pieces all British, or at least European. The black ones from the rest of the world - with something from the GAF as King

Slasher

Somehow I don't think I could get used to saying Vulcan's Hurricane to Concorde's 747 two.

flying lid

Pawn - Boeing 737

Rumor is Ryan air will be pawning his one day in favour of Cheap chinese built equivalents.

King - 100% 747-400, the A380 is years away from this position, but will get there one day.

Lid

Mechta

Err, ok, not sure on your thought process there Lon, but an interesting choice....


Government Aircraft Factories (GAF) Nomad

Jazz Hands

Let L-410 for the pawns.


(It's Czech, mate)

Capetonian

Lovely idea. I think the EE Lightning has to be in there somewhere, maybe the Castle, and the Harrier jumpjet as the Knight.

Now what about Snakes and Ladders, where you could play at getting through the various hurdles of an airport and finally getting onto your flight, obstructed by idiotic officials and poorly drafted badly interpreted rules?

alisoncc

Pleased to see nothing much has changed, 'cept we used to call it aeroplane draughts in the '60's.

"Open the hangar doors of number three hangar and move VH-xxx out, then move VH-xxy in and move VH-xxx to number two hangar. But move VH-xxz out of number two hangar first before moving VH-xxx in. VH-xxz needs to be moved down to the engine run pans, where VH-xxv is currently. VH-xxv should go into number one hangar behind VH-xxw. So move it out before you get there with VH-xxv".

Then in the early '70's we used to play it with Cessnas and BN2A Islanders in Port Moresby. But we had the locals to do the pushing. Also remember playing it at Rand Airport. There we had Kingairs and Queenairs and a motley collection of Barons, and the occasional Dornier doing geological surveys.

What fun it was.

alisoncc

To digress, talking about moving "Cessnas and BN2A Islanders in Port Moresby" reminds me of a story. On one occasion the Ch Eng gave all the "boys" a significant payrise. Didn't pay them much anyway. Come following Monday none of them turn up at usual time of 6.00am. When they did show on the Tuesday, the head boy states to Ch Eng "Only need to work four days now boss for same money". Definitely a different perspective on life, me thinks.

When one of our BN2A's went down in the jungle, all on-board were killed except one local who had disappeared. Months later he limped into the hangar, commenting that whilst he liked the flying bit, he wasn't too impressed with the landing, or words to that effect. Poor bugger had walked the 150 kms back with a broken ankle.

V2-OMG!

I like it.

How about.....

Green Eggs and Ham -Airline Catering Version
The player who flies 'n dines the most miles and survives wins!

Airline Monopoly
The player who launches an airline in a country dominated by a biased government-owned carrier and manages to wrangle a profitable route structure wins!

Risk
Same premise as Airline Monopoly - except the player must strategize the challenge of a mass terrorist coup, a global epidemic that kills millions, and $350/barrel oil prices. A real fun game!

Twister -The Airline Economy-Seat Version
The player who contorts, twists, bends, and stays in that position the longest wins!

Air-Traffic Control Scramble
(Self-explanatory)

Aviation Trivial Pursuit
The player who has memorized the most mind-numbing aviation-related trivia and ends up with the most pies in his circle wins! This game appeals to those who seldom get asked to dinner parties because they bore people. Rumour has it this game is very popular with a particular pilot-related internet site.

Clue - The Flight Attendant Version
Did the stressed-out flight attendant bump-off the passenger in the galley with a dinner knife, bean him in coach with an extra-heavy carry-on, smother him in first class with a pillow, or choke him in the lavatory with the safety-demo seatbelt? The player who puts all the clues together wins!

Life - The Pilot Version
The player who survives furloughs, pay and pension cutbacks, multiple divorces, and doesn't end up in the poorhouse wins!