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Old 13th Feb 2018, 17:10
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I've often witnessed people undressing while turning 40 deg. from the checkerboard approach to line-up with the R/W at below 200 feet.
Goodness, I'd have thought they'd have busy enough flying the aircraft without starting to get undressed as well!

(Don't worry, I know what you meant )

Many a happy hour on the terrace of the old Carlton hotel with a G & T watching the approach via the checkerboard. Convair 880s and Boeing 707s in those days
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Old 13th Feb 2018, 17:20
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Strangely I have the same dreams of being trapped under wires when flying down city streets. Starts with nothing above then the telephone wires and cross street wires start building up, then you realise the gaps aren’t there to safely climb, so you press on and the start to get thicker....

But the strange things is I have never been a pilot and, apart from one trip, have only flown in the back as a passenger, either in a hello doing winching or as SLF.

So whatever the Freudian dream significance is, it’s not pilot exclusive.

I do remember as a child having vivid dreams of running along and gradually leaping higher till I could fly and soar along. I was told the supposed meaning of those dreams - but have totally forgotten it.....
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Originally Posted by Tankertrashnav
Many a happy hour on the terrace of the old Carlton hotel with a G & T watching the approach via the checkerboard. Convair 880s and Boeing 707s in those days
Had the pleasure/privilege in the 'old days' of being invited the flight deck for the 13 approach in a Cathay 747. I think 'interesting' sums it up nicely! It was far more interesting than the 2-3 hours I sent up there chatting to the pilots as we droned across the GAFA

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Old 13th Feb 2018, 19:42
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It's a shame there isn't a medic about. The prevalence of these dreams would make a wonderful case to study. I thought it was just me, but not so.
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I spent 8 years on Canberras as a techie. I flew in them on quite a few occasions and was given the controls on a T4 to do some gentle turns and straight and level. Many years after I left the RAF I too started to have the dream of flying down a street of tall buildings, unable to gain height. Then I had a dream that I was actually a pilot, or everyone thought I was and I'm strapping in carrying out checks etc. and a bit like 'Sparky's Magic Piano', trying to convince those around me that I wasn't a pilot. Thankfully I woke up before take-off!
I currently fly with a friend in his gyrocopter and I love it. Like being on the back of a motorcycle at a 1000ft. He, by the way, is scared of heights!
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I have a recurring dream where I'm in Hong Kong being chased under wires and between buildings by a naked blond with a very large bosom. Unfortunately, I get away every time.
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Unfortunately, I get away every time.
That counts as a nightmare!!
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That counts as a nightmare!!
As long as the blonde looks like the back end of a bus!
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Originally Posted by Tankertrashnav
1. Goodness, I'd have thought they'd have busy enough flying the aircraft without starting to get undressed as well!

(Don't worry, I know what you meant )

2. Many a happy hour on the terrace of the old Carlton hotel with a G & T watching the approach via the checkerboard. Convair 880s and Boeing 707s in those days
1. I was waiting to see who would understand that quote as our pants were generally soiled (3-man crew team effort)...you are the only one
2. In those CV880/B707 days after-flight crew would often be in the aero-club garden (corner of the airport) drinking cold Sam-Migs .... and hold out numbered boards to show their appreciation of the approach/landing, especially on a x-wind day. The pilots would see them as they taxied back to the arrival gates.

I lived in a high-rise apartment that had the view directly over the KG5 sports park and also the checker-board clearly ahead.
My dad visited from cold UK and, when I was away on a trip, I'd give him paper and pencil to record all the flight arrivals/delays according to the newspaper's schedule arrival times, and take pictures of aircraft too high or too low. At age 75 he had never previously flown until this trip and never had an interest in aviation..... but was now like a kid with his new-found hobby.

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Originally Posted by MPN11
Had the pleasure/privilege in the 'old days' of being invited the flight deck for the 13 approach in a Cathay 747. I think 'interesting' sums it up nicely! It was far more interesting than the 2-3 hours I sent up there chatting to the pilots as we droned across the GAFA

A CAA/NATS business card worked wonders in 1988
I know the GAFA and have flown it numerous times but I'm sure other members would like to hear where it is....and I'd love to hear your explanation of the acronym...
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Old 14th Feb 2018, 05:40
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Great Ancient Forested Area. 😉 Well it's certainly great!
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GABA is more polite... well, slightly.
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Old 14th Feb 2018, 07:44
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It's a shame there isn't a medic about. The prevalence of these dreams would make a wonderful case to study. I thought it was just me, but not so.
Yes! Come on, you Av Med Shrinks, speak-up!

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Somebody has to put the "don't know's" out of their misery. Only slightly abridged. "Great Australian **** All" Stretches from about fifty miles west of Sydney to fifty miles east of Perth. (Hides in foxhole, awaiting comments from Adelaide residents)
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It would seem to be common. Just do a search on “dreams flying wires”.
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It would seem to be common. Just do a search on “dreams flying wires”.
No, most of those explanations are crap. Even Freud is in there with his sexual problems!
Personally, I would think that there is a world of difference between the average person having some of these dreams and, the highly experienced pilot / aircrew having them? OTOH, maybe there isn't?

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I’d suggest that the main difference, based upon their experience, would be better graphics; rather than a real fear of being trapped flying under wires.
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Originally Posted by Herod
Somebody has to put the "don't know's" out of their misery. Only slightly abridged. "Great Australian **** All" Stretches from about fifty miles west of Sydney to fifty miles east of Perth. (Hides in foxhole, awaiting comments from Adelaide residents)
hehehe...you could have covered yourself by adding.... fifty miles south of Darwin and fifty miles north of Adelaide....
Then you only need to hide from the 29,853 inhabitants of Alice Springs...the geographical centre of the GAFA....
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It's a shame there isn't a medic about. The prevalence of these dreams would make a wonderful case to study. I thought it was just me, but not so.
I'll bring it up with the team of shrinks I'm currently herding.
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Surely that should be a paranoia of psychiatrists.........
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