View Full Version : Time for reflection
Thomas coupling
22nd Nov 2016, 23:02
16 years I've been on here, and for some that is 16 years too long, I know :ugh:
But I have to admit, I've yet to find another helo site that compares with the length and breadth and depth this rotorhead forum has offered across the industry.
Some of the original characters are still here and the enthusiasm and sharing of experiences continues apace.
In that time Pprune has acted as a conduit for 3 individuals that contacted me offline to help point them in the right direction - to drop everything and pursue a profession in commercial helicopter operations. All because Pprune sparked their imagination.
I still find something new and interesting courtesy of Pprune. Most of all, I love the thrill of a wind up :E=
Thank you guys for providing the entertainment - long may it last.
ShyTorque
22nd Nov 2016, 23:11
Enjoy a wind up? Then get some time in, TC. Only 16 years? I suffered my 21st PPRuNe anniversary in May this year. I have to admit, it was under a different user name and as a rotary pilot it was very lonely indeed. Only plank drivers to wind up back then......
P.s. I agree with your sentiments. ;)
I agree - it is a pleasure to lurk around here! :)
Phil
Thomas coupling
23rd Nov 2016, 08:14
Now you have me thinking Shy. I based my 16 years on the date under my name (2000) and yours shows you to be here even less than I have BUT something is niggling me in the background that perhaps I did join earlier and the clock has been reset by the system. Senior Pilot, any advance on this?
cyclic35
23rd Nov 2016, 09:19
I agree - it is a pleasure to lurk around here! :)
Phil
Seconded.:D
212man
23rd Nov 2016, 11:08
Now you have me thinking Shy. I based my 16 years on the date under my name (2000) and yours shows you to be here even less than I have BUT something is niggling me in the background that perhaps I did join earlier and the clock has been reset by the system. Senior Pilot, any advance on this?
There was some kind of reset a long time ago, as the posts counts got zeroed. Not sure if that impacted joining dates though, as mine remains correct.
I think there was a reset in 2000 since my profile starts then but I was on PPrune a couple of years before that.
Every day is a schoolday on Rotorheads which is why it has stood the test of time:ok:
Thomas coupling
23rd Nov 2016, 13:53
Crab: does that make us all a bunch of schoolkids then!
How's life - still flying the 109? ;)
ShyTorque
23rd Nov 2016, 17:51
In the beginnings of this forum in 1995, there was no website presentation as we now see it. PPRuNe began as a simple bulletin board where DF used to email the day's posts to everyone. I think I was member #72 or thereabouts. Everyone else was flying fixed wing.
There was no such thing anywhere as this type of front page; the internet as we now know it was still in it's infancy. Even the computer shops didn't have it!
I recall at least two major "upsets" of the present format where all forum records were lost. My original username went AWOL during the months I was offline during a relocation from one side of the earth to the other and we had no internet connection in our village. When I got back online everything had been reset and someone else had taken my original username, which was "SARbuoy".
I was later offered it back by the forum admin, but it was no longer important or relevant to my role.
I've yet to find another helo site that compares with the length and breadth and depth this rotorhead forum has offered across the industry.
:ok:
From student pilot to experienced unemployed pilot, rotorheads were always there to help. :D
Thank you all.
Regards!
Aser
Senior Pilot
23rd Nov 2016, 22:30
Interestingly, Rotorheads original posts from October 1998 (http://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/20068-as355f1-f2-autorelight.html) predate nearly all posts in other forums in PPRuNe. The predecessor to the bulletin board was an email share started back in 1993, where Danny sent a regular industry news around.
There are many names which show on the old threads who are still around, some that were lost/locked and had to re-register (e.g. Nick Lappos became NickLappos!) but the forum continues to share valuable helicopter information world wide.
Thanks to all those who visit and share :ok:
Non-PC Plod
24th Nov 2016, 08:56
Sounds like a valediction - I hope the forum is not going to die tomorrow!
Thomas coupling
24th Nov 2016, 09:04
Pprune has answered those embarassing questions we all had, even the guru's amongst us had doubt at times. We have all played a part in developing our understanding of the art of flying helicopters. We may even have indirectly saved someone's life. We have kick started careers, we have sympathised with those who have seen tragedy in the business and we have laughed with those who needed a lift during tough times. We have slated dodgy companies; dropped hints, pinched ideas and asked for jobs!
The forum, above all, has stood the test of time - and that's down to the administrators and stalwarts who continue to afford Pprune the time it deserves. Slap on the back methinks.
Thomas coupling
24th Nov 2016, 09:08
valediction - sound painful, anything with diction on the end - worries me......
How's Italy R?
212man
24th Nov 2016, 09:18
Sadly, we've lost a few along the way too. Who can forget Lu Zuckerman?!
Nigerian Expat Outlaw
24th Nov 2016, 17:02
By and large I've enjoyed and learned. Had my wings clipped once or twice. There's no other credible alternative that I'm aware of, not with Moderators that keep it "real" anyway.
NEO
Thomas coupling
24th Nov 2016, 18:51
Lu Zuckerman and his arguments against R22's? Against or for? can't remember.
ShyTorque appears to have the most posts?
Who was that aussie bush pilot beginning with T who had 22000 hrs flying R22's or similar???
Nick Lappos - probably the most qualified.
Dennis Kenyon - the most experienced
Who else?
megan
24th Nov 2016, 23:48
22000 hrs flying R22'sThat's worthy of an entry in the Guiness Book Of World Records, for the most failed attempts at suicide. Just a reflective moment after reading the current Robbie thread.
Self loading bear
25th Nov 2016, 15:41
That's worthy of an entry in the Guiness Book Of World Records, for the most failed attempts at suicide. Just a reflective moment after reading the current Robbie thread.
A Robinson pilot commits suïcide 10 times more compared to a Carpenter.
One could argue that a Carpenter is definitely more handier.
Please note I do not want to discuss proficiency.
Cheers SLB
MightyGem
25th Nov 2016, 19:48
Who was that aussie bush pilot beginning with T who had 22000 hrs flying R22's or similar???
Topendtorque?
nigelh
26th Nov 2016, 11:30
I think the anonymity emboldens some people to be a bit more aggressive they would normally be !! Maybe everyone should be " outed " when they stop flying so we can see exactly who they are and just how much they bull****ted !!!! Anyway , all in all , it's good fun and I reckon I have learnt a lot from various posters here who can almost be looked upon as our CP ......someone we can bounce ideas off without going out there and trying to re invent the wheel . Almost everything HAS been done in helicopters by someone on here at some time ...so just ASK !!!
Safe flying to everyone ....
Anonymous Nigelh
Non-PC Plod
26th Nov 2016, 13:06
TC,
Maybe I meant eulogy (not to be confused with urology!)
Thomas coupling
27th Nov 2016, 20:27
Who has the greatest number of posts: ShyTorque is that you?
Who is the oldest helicopter pilot still on here? Dennis?
The youngest? Nigelh!!
The highest helo pilot: Vertical Freedom?
nigelh
27th Nov 2016, 22:13
Youngest 😄😄 !!! I wish ..... I just think we have all been blessed to have the chance to fly helicopters ( other than Robinsons of course ....!!!) , whether in the mil or civvy role . Now can we get back to slagging everybody off as normal ....this group hug doesn't feel right ............
SASless
28th Nov 2016, 00:34
Anyone claimed "Lowest" yet?
Non-PC Plod
28th Nov 2016, 10:18
" Lowest" has more than one sense - I could nominate for one of them!
212man
28th Nov 2016, 12:07
I think the anonymity emboldens some people to be a bit more aggressive they would normally be !! Maybe everyone should be " outed " when they stop flying so we can see exactly who they are and just how much they bull****ted !!!!
Having a username is not the same as being anonymous!
nigelh
28th Nov 2016, 13:16
well i would say that a user name is effectively anonymous !!
( unless it is the same as your own name ...then its slightly less anonymous !)
Nigerian Expat Outlaw
28th Nov 2016, 15:23
Fully concur with the dubious pleasure of group hugging and/or mutual admiration via the internet, definitely fells weird !
As for age, does mental age count ? If so there are many wrinklies on here who qualify for the youngest group at creche...... :ok:
NEO
SASless
28th Nov 2016, 15:41
Group Hugs by the Naval Types generally is a linear thing.:=
Thomas coupling
28th Nov 2016, 16:02
Boom Boom!
Naval aviators are capable of many thnigs........but not outward emotion.
Time out guys, drop the tree and back to slag mode.......................Prats!
nigelh
28th Nov 2016, 19:23
Well said TC . There should be a separate site for people like you and your Mil trained friends like Crab .......... ggrune.org. ( grumpy geriatric rumour network ) . You can then tell each other how great you are (were)
without that load of civvy trained idiots having their say !!
Now , that feels better 👍
Thomas coupling
28th Nov 2016, 21:37
Ah, thanks Nige, god bless. x
And we were good, really good:E In fact, some of us still are:E
Once upon a time I couldn't spell civilian - now I is one:ok:
Thomas coupling
29th Nov 2016, 16:31
Two dyslexics sitting in a car. One says to the other: "Can you smell petrol". The other one says: "Spell petrol - can't even spell me own name"! :rolleyes:
TipCap
29th Nov 2016, 20:24
Just checking and I see that I have been on pprune since June 1999 - how time flies when you are having fun
The "other" TC
Thomas coupling
29th Nov 2016, 20:53
Where are you in cornwall TC.
You've been slacking by the way. 290 posts in 17 yrs.:=
Bladestrike
30th Nov 2016, 22:19
Beat ya, 209 in the same time frame.
tistisnot
1st Dec 2016, 09:05
TC - if we are back into slag mode .....
Dyslexia pertains to diffculty reading the written word, not mis-hearing the spoken word ......
So your man is suffering possible aphasia, or is simply an old rotary wing pilot ie. a deaf c***
ShyTorque
1st Dec 2016, 10:13
TC - if we are back into slag mode .....
Dyslexia pertains to diffculty reading the written word, not mis-hearing the spoken word ......
So your man is suffering possible aphasia, or is simply an old rotary wing pilot ie. a deaf c***
A rather big assumption to state that old RW pilots go deaf. Just done my audio check and told I have no hearing loss after quite a few years in the job (some might even call me an old c***, just not deaf).
Non-PC Plod
1st Dec 2016, 10:54
Sorry, you will have to speak up!:p
ShyTorque
1st Dec 2016, 11:03
Or write bigger!
tistisnot
1st Dec 2016, 11:53
That's not very CP, you racist. Dyslexia rules KO.
Thomas coupling
1st Dec 2016, 13:46
Tistisnot - sorry to pi** on your chips old boy but the definition of dyslixea (pun intended) is:
Dyslexia - NHS Choices (http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/dyslexia/pages/introduction.aspx)
Dyslexia is a common learning difficulty that can cause problems with reading, writing and spelling.
Buck up....I said BUCK UP, I said BUCK UP....in the back.
tistisnot
1st Dec 2016, 13:58
In that case, I stand erected.
212man
1st Dec 2016, 14:39
In that case, I stand erected.
No; that's Malapropism....
Troglodita
1st Dec 2016, 15:47
212,
Or perhaps a Malapriapism?
Certainly after a while!
Trog
Non-PC Plod
1st Dec 2016, 19:57
No, thats just a phallusy!
Nigerian Expat Outlaw
1st Dec 2016, 22:44
It's definitely not an oxymoron.......
NEO
Thomas coupling
2nd Dec 2016, 08:03
It's the same either way. Or.....is that a palindrome?:ooh:
Peter-RB
2nd Dec 2016, 12:06
TC that would be OXO..
I have not been here for some tim, busy Grandpa and all that, but it is really nice to see you have a softer side to you..well you did inthe opening part of this thread of yours.
My Regards
Peter-R-B formerly before some crash or other VfrpilotPB ;)
Thomas coupling
2nd Dec 2016, 12:30
Peter, always a pleasure to chat to you.
Couple of things:
1. If you look half way through this thread, I did say that the tree hugging had to stop and the slagging off to re-commence :ugh:
2. I'll forgive you because you are a Lancastrian I believe? OXymoron is NOT the correct description for what I said, it remains a Palindrone old boy. please stay with it.:ugh::ugh:
Isn't Palindrone what that ex-python used to do on his travel shows?
Thomas coupling
3rd Dec 2016, 08:26
You're thinking of the London Palindrome, next to O2.
ShyTorque
3rd Dec 2016, 08:47
I know an oxymoron. She's a stupid cow.
Self loading bear
3rd Dec 2016, 13:38
A Stupid cow is not an oxymoron.
A stupid owl or a clever cow could be better examples oxymoron.
SLB
Bell_ringer
3rd Dec 2016, 13:51
A Stupid cow is not an oxymoron.
A stupid owl or a clever cow could be better examples oxymoron.
SLB
Or military intelligence :E
Self loading bear
3rd Dec 2016, 14:15
Modest pilots
Nigerian Expat Outlaw
3rd Dec 2016, 18:05
Surely that's just a double entendre ?
NEO
ShyTorque
3rd Dec 2016, 20:33
SLB,
You totally missed the drift of that.
Thomas coupling
3rd Dec 2016, 22:43
Shy: Two a day for 16 years...............
Self loading bear
4th Dec 2016, 09:14
Shy,
I already knew I was missing some point in your post.
But for a non native English speaking Dutchman,
I thought I did not reply to bad?
Always prepared to learn more (on English)
So please enlighten me
SLB
SLB - Ox as in oxen, its a small stretch to make it oxy (as in ox-like) and then add the moron. I think that is where Shy is coming from but I may have missed it completely as well:ok:
Self loading bear
5th Dec 2016, 17:32
SLB - Ox as in oxen, its a small stretch to make it oxy (as in ox-like) and then add the moron. I think that is where Shy is coming from but I may have missed it completely as well:ok:
Crab thanks,
I did not get that drift.
NEO
Thanks as well, but I now I have improve my French as well!
SLB
Nigerian Expat Outlaw
5th Dec 2016, 17:44
SLB,
You're welcome mate, glad to have had a small role in the furtherance of your worldly knowledge ! :ok:
NEO
212man
5th Dec 2016, 21:56
SLB - Ox as in oxen, its a small stretch to make it oxy (as in ox-like) and then add the moron. I think that is where Shy is coming from but I may have missed it completely as well:ok:
Personally I thought you nailed it with "modest pilots" - a pure oxymoron!
ShyTorque
5th Dec 2016, 22:33
SLB,
You are quite correct in your interpretation.
But as Crab wrote, I did mean "ox" (y) as in cattle and "moron" as in a stupid person. We Brits do use double meanings quite a lot, just for our own amusement. ;)
Thomas coupling
5th Dec 2016, 22:46
212:
That e.g. of a post was bang on ........or should I say:
Your acronym describing the oxymoron was onomatopoeic in essence.
tut, tut.........or is that a palindrome?:\
Thomas coupling
5th Dec 2016, 22:47
I'm constantly quietly amused every time I see people buying bottled water.
The one that makes me giggle the most is: EVIAN...........your starter for ten.....?
Nigerian Expat Outlaw
5th Dec 2016, 23:12
Is EVIAN a synonym or homonym ? It's obviously not an antonym.
NEO
Thomas coupling
6th Dec 2016, 08:02
C'mon NEO, have another look at what I said and see if you can work it out......:ugh:
There is probably a clever term for it but look at what EVIAN spells backwards:ok:
Bell_ringer
6th Dec 2016, 09:08
There is probably a clever term for it
Semordnilap? ;)
Nigerian Expat Outlaw
6th Dec 2016, 11:20
Tc,
Well, that's me well and truly told then.............
NEO
LittleZuckerman
24th Apr 2017, 14:13
Sadly, we've lost a few along the way too. Who can forget Lu Zuckerman?!
Hi guys ( sorry for my english btw )
Lu zuckerman was my grand father, i recently start a research about himself and im verry impress about what he was and how much he was loved. Thanks to 212man for your comment.
Lu had a private air planes collection that his wife want to sell. it contain 400 unique air plane and helicopter in perfect condition. it all scale air planes from his traveling whole over the world.
please share this information with everybody who would like the full collection.
you can contact me on
[email protected] and i will enter you on discuss with lu's wife
thank you all.. lot's of love from lu
Rest in peace grandfather