Flying a military 8 - prop that used to measure waypoint times in days...You are off to Knypoz to try and dry the beast out. But you need to make the Akgroteri window of 1500 shutdown (so the local RAF mob can get down to Arabs before the APC mates). Do you:
a. Make representations to STC to get the dump to stay open an extra 60 minutes once every two months.
b. Nightstop Brindisi and so have a early, but not unreasonably so, start the next day.
c. Land at a French airbase for a v. early start but that's OK 'cos you landed early
d. Flag Nice because your francophile **** of a boss has friends there, even though you get less than min rest after putting the ac to bed, the hotel is next to an autoroute and you have to start-up and taxi before the airport opens so as to make Akkers by three.
Right I'm on a roll now...Sorry to hijack a good Ascoteers thread (is there a good Ascoteer?). Anyway..
The punters love the sound of 4 Griffons giving it large so the squadron puts on a display routine. Do you:
a. Do the high-speed pass (180 kt) into wind and the low-speed (140) downwind meaning any sort of wind down the display line and there's no difference.
b. Spend 3 1/2 hrs each way going to/from Mildenhall's IAT '89 two days on the trot because you can't land as you have no spare brake units and the aircraft has to be towed to and from the runway.
c. Spend any time that you do get at airshows explaining that no this is your real job.
d. All of the above.
God I hated Shackletons.
Last edited by Dunhovrin; 10th Jun 2003 at 00:19.