I went to the funeral last year of an RAF fighter pilot so intrepid even his squadron mates had noticed (many years after his retirement, so he got away with it.)
He was asked in my hearing once whether he had ever been frightened while flying. He replied 'Only twice, the first time was when I had the opportunity to do a deck landing in the observer's seat in a Sea Vixen, the other was the subsequent cat take off'.
I was told by an FAA pilot that their unofficial motto was ' Flare to land, squat to pee'.
Last edited by Fitter2; 2nd Mar 2014 at 08:32.
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