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Haha classic, I hope it was good music???
Be good if the ABC would put some good beats on so I can get it through ADF. The old announcer droning on kinda sends me to sleep!!
Be good if the ABC would put some good beats on so I can get it through ADF. The old announcer droning on kinda sends me to sleep!!
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Some of you might have heard this already....... here goes
While cruising south of our continent
Pilot: Tassie, Black Knight 01 request flight level 650
ATC: Black Knight 01 clear to FL650...... (if you can reach it....he-he-he)
Pilot: Black Knight 01, US Air Force SR71 Blackbird descending to FL 650.
While cruising south of our continent
Pilot: Tassie, Black Knight 01 request flight level 650
ATC: Black Knight 01 clear to FL650...... (if you can reach it....he-he-he)
Pilot: Black Knight 01, US Air Force SR71 Blackbird descending to FL 650.
Heared on 122.4 the other day a pair of Indian voices, obviously on nav, stuck mike for about 3 mins, playing ëye spy with my little eye, something beginning with Ssssssssssssssssssss. When the open mike was fixed the radar controller piped up with........so what did u find that starts with S?
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today a planespotter asked me if I'd ever heard of a 737 having its engines snuffed out due to a sudden gust from behind upon entering the jet stream core. As a lowly sub-FL dwelling person, the only guess I could muster was "...dunno. Sounds unlikely but I have known a few birds who responded quite unexpectedly from a gust up the tailpipe
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Geez, for the second time tonight. Seriously?
Any instantaneous change in wind direction of 100 plus knots is going to cause a ****e load more dramas than snuffed out engines. Given that changes in wind speed (vertical and horizontal) of three to five knots tend to cause light turbulence then you can imagine the dramas with the sorts of numbers this bloke is thinking of.
The reality is that an airliner flying into a jet stream is not like a kayaker going from a standing start and jumping into a 100 knot river- I was going to go with '100 knot raging river of death' but thought that this wasn't appropriate for the example. We're already in an air stream moving (mostly) in the same direction as the jet. It would be like a kayaker going from a 98 knot part of the river into a 99 knot part and then into a 100 knot segment. The reality is that they would barely notice the difference in speed (probably because he's still so amazed at being in a 98 knot river to start off with 
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That's not to say that engines can't suffer surges and stalls from disrupted airflow or that turbulence can't be the cause of them- it certainly can. It's also not to say that you won't get these sorts of surges and stall when transitioning into a disrupted mass of air like a jet stream either. But it's certainly not going to be 'up the pipe' and snuffing it out that's the problem, rather it's just disrupted airflow into the engine due to the turbulence associated with the disrupted airflow on the edge of the jet. You're probably more likely to get a flame out associated with convective activity and TS rather than a jet stream.
Glad he's a plane spotter!
Any instantaneous change in wind direction of 100 plus knots is going to cause a ****e load more dramas than snuffed out engines. Given that changes in wind speed (vertical and horizontal) of three to five knots tend to cause light turbulence then you can imagine the dramas with the sorts of numbers this bloke is thinking of.
The reality is that an airliner flying into a jet stream is not like a kayaker going from a standing start and jumping into a 100 knot river- I was going to go with '100 knot raging river of death' but thought that this wasn't appropriate for the example. We're already in an air stream moving (mostly) in the same direction as the jet. It would be like a kayaker going from a 98 knot part of the river into a 99 knot part and then into a 100 knot segment. The reality is that they would barely notice the difference in speed (probably because he's still so amazed at being in a 98 knot river to start off with
). That's not to say that engines can't suffer surges and stalls from disrupted airflow or that turbulence can't be the cause of them- it certainly can. It's also not to say that you won't get these sorts of surges and stall when transitioning into a disrupted mass of air like a jet stream either. But it's certainly not going to be 'up the pipe' and snuffing it out that's the problem, rather it's just disrupted airflow into the engine due to the turbulence associated with the disrupted airflow on the edge of the jet. You're probably more likely to get a flame out associated with convective activity and TS rather than a jet stream.
Glad he's a plane spotter!
Our chinese students come out with some gems. Due to their limited English pronounciation skills, you often have to bit your tounge.
Prior to start up one of students calles out.......Kear Plop. Another during the pre-start checks is prone to say Frap Up.
The other week one of the other instructors came back fro a flight. he said one of the students said to him in flight. "Sir, the other boys say you are very strict.........you say Phuck often"............then he looked at the instructor with a very serious look and said....."Sir, I wan you be strict with with me too.....you must Phuck me often too".
Needless to say, the poor instructor was a giggling mess for the rest of the flight.
Prior to start up one of students calles out.......Kear Plop. Another during the pre-start checks is prone to say Frap Up.
The other week one of the other instructors came back fro a flight. he said one of the students said to him in flight. "Sir, the other boys say you are very strict.........you say Phuck often"............then he looked at the instructor with a very serious look and said....."Sir, I wan you be strict with with me too.....you must Phuck me often too".
Needless to say, the poor instructor was a giggling mess for the rest of the flight.
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Black Prop
Your Kear Plop comment reminds me of someone I know who is most likely reading this right now. He prefers to yell "Black Prop" after hearing him say this a few times, I asked him what the hell he was talking about, to which he replies, "well, show me a Clear prop, the one on my plane is black!!"
Or better still, an old timer who busts around the area in the oldest, most beat up looking straightback 172 that hasnt seen paint in 40 years...before a start he just yells "...Get outta the f
cking way!!!"
-Pure Class!!
Or better still, an old timer who busts around the area in the oldest, most beat up looking straightback 172 that hasnt seen paint in 40 years...before a start he just yells "...Get outta the f
cking way!!!"-Pure Class!!
.. Pure Gold 
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Had a moment not long ago when inbound to a remote minesite airstrip. We always call the ground staff on the way in and get surface wind etc.
"Good Morning XXXX base what's the wind doing down there today?"
A young bloke who was filling in for the normal radio operator replied....
"Ahh, it's blowing towards the sea container."
"Good Morning XXXX base what's the wind doing down there today?"
A young bloke who was filling in for the normal radio operator replied....
"Ahh, it's blowing towards the sea container."
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Learning to fly in the Nelson area a few years back, was with a mate. Had to transit through the Nelson CTR from the Sounds on the way to dirty old Mot. My mate established contact with Nelson tower and asked for "Clearance through the zone on track to Mot via the Matai Salad" There was a large pause from Nelson tower who eventually came back and cleared us via the Matai Saddle! Still get some mileage out of that one!
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Heard this on Adl Approach one afternoon.
"Adelaide Approach, Alpha Bravo Charlie descending to 4000 with whiskey........... and no you can't have any."
He didnt get a laugh out of the controller.
"Adelaide Approach, Alpha Bravo Charlie descending to 4000 with whiskey........... and no you can't have any."
He didnt get a laugh out of the controller.