What's in a Name?
"500N is short for 500 Nitro which is a cartridge I use in a Westley Richards 500 Nitro Double rifle."
And there was me thinking it was something to do with helicopters!
(I really should stop thinking)
And there was me thinking it was something to do with helicopters!
(I really should stop thinking)
I was as surprised as the investigation team that it was one of the last recoverable phrases on the ADR. Looked quite stark on the transcript and the 3 dots were a nice touch. I use the name to remind myself that sometimes the day does not finish quite as well as one hoped for.
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Simples - I have a dog that is a doodle!
(ps Courtney, we have previous - you wouldn't want to give the stude an unusual position recovery in the pure vertical now would you????? Cue centralise, ensuing tailslide, fuel coming out of the intakes and entirely predictable flameout!).
(ps Courtney, we have previous - you wouldn't want to give the stude an unusual position recovery in the pure vertical now would you????? Cue centralise, ensuing tailslide, fuel coming out of the intakes and entirely predictable flameout!).
Casting around for a username when signing up, a copy of Military Operations: France and Belgium (I think it was one of the 1918 volumes) was sitting on my desk. The Official Historian, Brigadier-General Sir James Edmonds was nick-named 'Archimedes' and since inspiration was once again lacking (see my posts since 2001 for illustration of this), that's how I ended up with the username.
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'Rhino power' the stuff thats gets F-4s into, and hopefully keeps them, in the air! Saw it originally in an Osprey publishing book (Recce Rebels?) which featured Nevada ANG RF-4Cs, it was a caption to a picture of an RF-4C getting airborne, the caption read, "Listen to that, no wonder rhino power makes me horny!"
Quite eloquent i thought...
-RP
Quite eloquent i thought...
-RP
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Originally Posted by Rhino power
'Rhino power' the stuff thats gets F-4s into, and hopefully keeps them, in the air! Saw it originally in an Osprey publishing book (Recce Rebels?) which featured Nevada ANG RF-4Cs, it was a caption to a picture of an RF-4C getting airborne, the caption read, "Listen to that, no wonder rhino power makes me horny!"
Quite eloquent i thought...
-RP
Quite eloquent i thought...
-RP
Rhino Horns and Humans - National Zoo| FONZ
Contrary to popular belief, the Chinese do not use rhino horn as an aphrodisiac, but a few Indians do. Because of the high price of rhino horn, Indian dealers sell more abroad than they do locally, so use of the horn in India has become rare.
Indian pharmacists grind the rhino horn into a powder and mix it with herbs to increase its powers. The customer takes it home and mixes the rhino powder with honey, cream, or butter and then swallows the mixture twice a day.
Indian pharmacists grind the rhino horn into a powder and mix it with herbs to increase its powers. The customer takes it home and mixes the rhino powder with honey, cream, or butter and then swallows the mixture twice a day.
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I live in Silicon Valley but hail from near what is now "London" Southend Airport. Many moons ago we were testing a game based on networked semi-motion reclining "pods", and my fellow testers figured skylimey fit.
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Sasless.......Having flown all manner of Stabilized Bell mediums for several Operators I fetched up in Saudi Arabia for Aramco to discover some very true genius lurked at that place. In the words of one fellow when asked by the Chief Pilot if he had ever worked for PHI.....our Hero responded...."Not until I hired on here!"
Thus setting the stage.....Aramco Management (ex-PHI of course) somehow ordered IFR Bell 412's, changed the order to 212's, insisted upon Air Conditioners but cut the Sperry Helipilot systems to save weight....then cut the AirCons to save more weight and get more performance and thus spent lots of money, got a less capable aircraft and left the 212's "SASLESS".
Then....insisted that Night Flights over the Oggin with lots of well known haze limiting Vis to far less than any lights were visible....still called it VFR.
I was so impressed with that kind of wisdom, and absolute genius.....I assumed the name......"Sasless".
Thus setting the stage.....Aramco Management (ex-PHI of course) somehow ordered IFR Bell 412's, changed the order to 212's, insisted upon Air Conditioners but cut the Sperry Helipilot systems to save weight....then cut the AirCons to save more weight and get more performance and thus spent lots of money, got a less capable aircraft and left the 212's "SASLESS".
Then....insisted that Night Flights over the Oggin with lots of well known haze limiting Vis to far less than any lights were visible....still called it VFR.
I was so impressed with that kind of wisdom, and absolute genius.....I assumed the name......"Sasless".
