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Old 31st August 2006 | 23:32
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Steve76
 
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From: CA
PNG day:
Rung at 0600 for 0630 departure, take off door, look at forming cloud, drink coffee, wait, 0730 - 1030hr wait for 0630 customers, 1130hrs depart from pad at 8000ft noting rapidly forming cloud, run into cloud at 11000ft, elect to sneak over BKN top at 15000ft, think about fuel, grind teeth, spiral down 6,000ft through hole, land at village, do it all again in reverse, grind teeth, study fuel guage intently, worry about fuel, divert for fuel, grind teeth, curse HF radio, dodge weather, reverse track and go the long long long way around, grind teeth, thank God for extra fuel, think about nice warm donga, sneak into pad, eat, watch TV, call wimmen - wonder why you didn't pretend not to have a phone, sleep. Repeat X 30 days.
or:
Get up at 0530hrs, hook on line, squint down 200 odd ft of kevlar, miss skyhole, backup, deal with power settling while still getting bag in hole, enjoy twisted pleasure as 400kgs of bag sails (almost) uncontrolably down towards upturned face with FM radio and arms waving, find clean air moments from touchdown, swing bag at Nationals, turn off FM radio to eliminate annoying National blabber, aim bag at National, chuckle as National trips over running away while wondering why no reply on FM radio, swing bag, scream at National, swing bag, eat, urinate, swing bag, unkink neck, squint, turn up FM radio, curse man who gave National the radio, scream bloody murder at National, turn down radio, swing bag at National, chuckle as National...., pretend it was an accident, swing bag, deal with power settling, think about urinating, think about wimmen, swing bag, drop line, P/U crew, shrug shoulders "I could'nt hear a thing you were saying, radio's must be playing up?", land, post-preflight 1900hrs, eat, shower, DVD on laptop, Bed. Repeat X 30 days.

Something like that usually...
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