When do you know you've made it? (light-hearted humour.)
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When the "bding" switch goes bdoeoeng and you are given a choice of nescafe, international roast or perculated.
when there are more switches than there are dials.
when you look back at those days in a c152 and actually smile.
when there are more switches than there are dials.
when you look back at those days in a c152 and actually smile.
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...when the night before isnt taken up by:
Drawing up tracks on your WAC
Working out tracks & distances
Calculating LSALT's
Writing down all the frequencies you'll be on
Reading the ERSA to figure out how you'll join the circuit
Still doin' that!
....Disco
Drawing up tracks on your WAC
Working out tracks & distances
Calculating LSALT's
Writing down all the frequencies you'll be on
Reading the ERSA to figure out how you'll join the circuit
Still doin' that!
....Disco
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* when your preflight consists of "yup, 18 wheels, 4 big round thingies that make lots of noise, a big stickie uppie thing at the back, 150 tonnes of fuel...."
or,
* when someone ELSE does your preflight....
or,
* when someone ELSE does your preflight....
Sprucegoose
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Location: Hughes Point, where life is great! Was also resident on page 13, but now I'm lost in Cyberspace....
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Of course its when mission control says:
"Mr Hughes stand by for re-entry burn in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1"
Cheeers, HH.
"Mr Hughes stand by for re-entry burn in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1"
Cheeers, HH.
I'll be happy when...
1) Nothing about my day at work involves the "s" word - SCENIC!
2) Don't have to work another casual job to pay the bills!
Ha HA HAAAAAAA!
Keep riding the emotional rollercoaster!
CR.
(top thread btw!)
2) Don't have to work another casual job to pay the bills!
Ha HA HAAAAAAA!
Keep riding the emotional rollercoaster!
CR.
(top thread btw!)
Man Bilong Balus long PNG
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When you can say to the 'blockie' for whom you've been picking oranges, pruning/desuckering trees, vines etc on a casual basis for the last (insert a number more than four) years......
"take this job and shove it, I 'aint workin' here no more.." *
and go back to flying, even if it's in light twins!!!
"The grass is always greener" etc
You only live twice. Once when
you're born. Once when
you've looked death in the face.
* With apologies to the C@W singer Johnny Paycheck
"take this job and shove it, I 'aint workin' here no more.." *
and go back to flying, even if it's in light twins!!!
"The grass is always greener" etc
You only live twice. Once when
you're born. Once when
you've looked death in the face.
* With apologies to the C@W singer Johnny Paycheck
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When your passengers smell better than you do !!!!!
When other pilots who never even acknowledged you before start calling you "mate".
When you no longer have to put the covers on the aircraft at night.
When just the thought of having to do an NDB approach fills you with dread.
When an extra 10kgs of baggage is of no consequence.
When you no longer have to contemplate ditching if you lose one engine on take-off.
When you don't have to consult with your passengers regarding the exact location of the airstrip.
When other pilots who never even acknowledged you before start calling you "mate".
When you no longer have to put the covers on the aircraft at night.
When just the thought of having to do an NDB approach fills you with dread.
When an extra 10kgs of baggage is of no consequence.
When you no longer have to contemplate ditching if you lose one engine on take-off.
When you don't have to consult with your passengers regarding the exact location of the airstrip.
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Why do I get the impression that Airline Driver is the be all and end all for most of the posters here.....
With a sweat-stained shirt covered in oil, dirt under your fingernails, sunburnt neck and tatty old thongs, you close the cowl on the aircraft you paid for yourself, built yourself, and fix yourself... point it into wind at an aerodrome with no known name in the middle of nowhere, and go wherever the hell you want, at whatever speed you want....
I know i have made it in Aviation when i
a- Enjoy dragging MY aircraft out of the hangar
b- Admire looking at a perfectly smooth composite wing as i climb over it into My cockpit and note the G-meter pegged at +4 from my last act of aviation.
c- I can open my wallet and see My aircrafts Rego certificate behind my aircrew licence!
d- when on a long flight, you can practice your 8 point hesitation rolls and not upset anyone!