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Location: Middle East (thankfully less now). Oops - hang on a second... no..yes..
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How did the PIC get away with it?
I must figure out exactly how much laxatives I need to add to the rest of the crew's meals, in order to make them all run to the toilet at the same time...
It's a pilot thing! In eight years I had to stop three seperate E3D pilots from trying to do the same. Children and playtime springs to mind, still it looked good none the less.
Are the French doing air to ground refuelings now? How long would it take to top off a LeClerc or whatever the crunchies are driving now?
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Originally Posted by The Gorilla
It's a pilot thing! In eight years I had to stop three seperate E3D pilots from trying to do the same. Children and playtime springs to mind, still it looked good none the less.
While I've always had 'D' envy as compared to the anemic TF-33s of the USAF, I am now glad that none of my bus drivers ever spoke of doing that! (Thought of it probably.....)
Wonder how many careers will be brought to an end through the advent of the 'on-line video'?
The driver had better not have pi$$ed off any of his back seat pax, else the date/time/location might accompany this clip when it lands on the desk of his boss - who will no doubt greet him with a rather terse "Expliquer ceci à moi!"
I have been told (and I am not saying it is true) that it was near Moussoro in Chad.
Same place as the Mirage F1 video then of them taking off in unbelievable fashion and nearly failing.... then showing them going low following a dirt road in Chad. In the end they top off with fuel from a French KC135F
These clips should be a mandatory part of every met brief on at least a monthly basis, then the "what harm could it do, brigade?" might begin to get a reality check. Even before the funerals it is criminal negligence, plain and simple.