Spoof low mountain in cockpit window photo wanted
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Spoof mountain filling cockpit window photo wanted
Morning all
I'll shortly be delivering a lesson on the importance of maintaining correct altimeter settings.
I want a humourous opening slide. I seem to recall seeing a photo doing the rounds on the web of the view into an airliner flightdeck from the cabin with a mountain or cliff face filling the window, such that an impact is imminent. The crew are turned round facing the cabin and have a speech bubble type caption along the lines of everything is fine.
I can't remember where I have seen this. Perhaps it was one of the classic airplane movies. If anyone knows where I can find it I would be really pleased if they could post a link, or to a similar image.
Many thanks
I'll shortly be delivering a lesson on the importance of maintaining correct altimeter settings.
I want a humourous opening slide. I seem to recall seeing a photo doing the rounds on the web of the view into an airliner flightdeck from the cabin with a mountain or cliff face filling the window, such that an impact is imminent. The crew are turned round facing the cabin and have a speech bubble type caption along the lines of everything is fine.
I can't remember where I have seen this. Perhaps it was one of the classic airplane movies. If anyone knows where I can find it I would be really pleased if they could post a link, or to a similar image.
Many thanks
Last edited by clearfinalsno1; 14th Apr 2008 at 12:00.
Alternatively you could use the classic Gary Larson "Far Side" one:
Edited to link to this picture, produced by someone in homage to the Larson cartoon, which I was Googling for when I found it!
Say, what's a mountain goat doing in this cloud bank?
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There is also this one for
Bring a kid to work day
but I'm still seeking the original one with the cliff face filling the flightdeck window - I might just have to paintshop a mountain in to a cockpit shot
Bring a kid to work day
but I'm still seeking the original one with the cliff face filling the flightdeck window - I might just have to paintshop a mountain in to a cockpit shot
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Spoof........?
Some years ago, was working at a steel mill in Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela. At the weekend, got a flight up to the Angel Falls (the 1 km freefall that they base jump off) in an ancient DC-3.
To see the Angel Falls, the DC-3 enters a huge horse-shoe shaped mountain valley - it's unable to climb out over the sides, so once you enter you truly are commited to fly a constant banking turn to exit.
Anyway, there you are rattling along with the rock face maybe 100-150' from the wing-tip when....... YOU GO INTO CLOUD!!!!! The only thing I could think was that there was a sheer cliff about 0.003 of a second away from us. That and the US co-pilot's pre-flight comment that 'that rock face doesn't move for anybody!' The Capt. was more reassuring - at about 80-years old he looked like he'd flown it a few times. We made it of course. But those 5 seconds in the cloud felt more like 5 minutes....
And no, I forgot to take a bloody photo!!!
To see the Angel Falls, the DC-3 enters a huge horse-shoe shaped mountain valley - it's unable to climb out over the sides, so once you enter you truly are commited to fly a constant banking turn to exit.
Anyway, there you are rattling along with the rock face maybe 100-150' from the wing-tip when....... YOU GO INTO CLOUD!!!!! The only thing I could think was that there was a sheer cliff about 0.003 of a second away from us. That and the US co-pilot's pre-flight comment that 'that rock face doesn't move for anybody!' The Capt. was more reassuring - at about 80-years old he looked like he'd flown it a few times. We made it of course. But those 5 seconds in the cloud felt more like 5 minutes....
And no, I forgot to take a bloody photo!!!
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I've done that flight in a DC3 to Angel Falls, although we didn't get anywhere near due to cloud. I seem to recall reading a couple of years ago that it had crashed killing all on board during one of these flights? Anyone remember?
