What really get's your Goat
Not so N, but still FG
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Agree with the Stik and Evo (there, resisted it): a plane is a device for removing excess timber (although it has been pointed out on here before that when I crash into the trees my machine is likely to remove the upper layers of wood).
Generally, assumption by people who know zip about flying that someone who has taken a long course of training and is approved to fly by a serious regulator like the CAA (in other words, a PPL) must be dangerous.
Generally, assumption by people who know zip about flying that someone who has taken a long course of training and is approved to fly by a serious regulator like the CAA (in other words, a PPL) must be dangerous.
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Like FNG, I find it annoying when people (usually women for some reason, but not always) seem to think that flying light aircraft proves that I have a deathwish. Yet itīs these same people who think nothing of riding a bicycle in London - surely the most dangerous thing I can imagine! Verging on folly, really.
Aside from that, how about people who insist on using apostrophes when they write in the plural(eg. " Iīve got a lovely bunch of coconut's."
And whilst weīre about it, how about that infestation of people that you see on so many discussion forums who canīt differentiate between "lose" and "loose"?
That feels better!
Aside from that, how about people who insist on using apostrophes when they write in the plural(eg. " Iīve got a lovely bunch of coconut's."
And whilst weīre about it, how about that infestation of people that you see on so many discussion forums who canīt differentiate between "lose" and "loose"?
That feels better!
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"Oh, do you fly?" usually said after I've been talking aviation for about half an hour non-stop (yes, a variation on a theme for female pilots, I know).
A/G operators who think they can order you around.
"I think you're wonderful" - a very backhanded compliment; they don't think male pilots doing the same thing are wonderful do they?
Pilots who have a long lazy conversation to tell the A/G operator they're there, at 5000 ft above a small airfield, when I'm on final in deteriorating weather and would like to tell someone.
Student pilots who know next to nothing about flying helicopters, who think I'm talking nonsense when I say the R22 flies better if I've got a passenger as I'm so close to the minimum solo weight.
F/w pilots who think they're better than helicopter pilots, and vice versa.
People who assume that if I fly helicopters I must be married to someone rich, and since I'm single, who on earth is paying for it.
Well, that'll do, or you might think I spend all my time getting annoyed.
A/G operators who think they can order you around.
"I think you're wonderful" - a very backhanded compliment; they don't think male pilots doing the same thing are wonderful do they?
Pilots who have a long lazy conversation to tell the A/G operator they're there, at 5000 ft above a small airfield, when I'm on final in deteriorating weather and would like to tell someone.
Student pilots who know next to nothing about flying helicopters, who think I'm talking nonsense when I say the R22 flies better if I've got a passenger as I'm so close to the minimum solo weight.
F/w pilots who think they're better than helicopter pilots, and vice versa.
People who assume that if I fly helicopters I must be married to someone rich, and since I'm single, who on earth is paying for it.
Well, that'll do, or you might think I spend all my time getting annoyed.
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Knobby - its Brum and fair comment
Another dislike is Whizz-Wheel. Its neither whizzy nor a wheel and mine in confined to the bottom of the flightbag having given way to an electronic E6B from sportys. Anyone use a slide rule and not a calculator these days?...thought not.
Looks like a cracking weekend. Perranporth here I come...
Another dislike is Whizz-Wheel. Its neither whizzy nor a wheel and mine in confined to the bottom of the flightbag having given way to an electronic E6B from sportys. Anyone use a slide rule and not a calculator these days?...thought not.
Looks like a cracking weekend. Perranporth here I come...
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Pilots who start every transmission with "And......"
"Reading you STRENGTH 5"
"The aircraft was seen to crash after the engine stalled."
and
Referring to every control surface as "Flaps" (Journos please note)
Bossy A/G operators who say "report final(s)"
"I think he puts jet fuel in that car!" (what, parrafin?)
There are so many more.
FBF
"Reading you STRENGTH 5"
"The aircraft was seen to crash after the engine stalled."
and
Referring to every control surface as "Flaps" (Journos please note)
Bossy A/G operators who say "report final(s)"
"I think he puts jet fuel in that car!" (what, parrafin?)
There are so many more.
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grrrrr.
in no particular order
personal (sic) stereos on trains and tubes
oh, and people chewing gum like demented heifers
add to that people who treat trains and tube as their private picnic ground.
plus, numpty old codgers driving at 60 mph in the middle lane of an empty motorway.
and lorries that take 3 days to overtake other lorries because they are doing 0.1mph more than the yorkie bar in front.
not forgetting plebs that decide that the top(bottom) of the escalator is the perfect place to stop and chat, adjust their shoelace, look gormless whilst a large pile of people accumulates in a heap behind them
and worst of all are excessively negative people.
in no particular order
personal (sic) stereos on trains and tubes
oh, and people chewing gum like demented heifers
add to that people who treat trains and tube as their private picnic ground.
plus, numpty old codgers driving at 60 mph in the middle lane of an empty motorway.
and lorries that take 3 days to overtake other lorries because they are doing 0.1mph more than the yorkie bar in front.
not forgetting plebs that decide that the top(bottom) of the escalator is the perfect place to stop and chat, adjust their shoelace, look gormless whilst a large pile of people accumulates in a heap behind them
and worst of all are excessively negative people.
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What really get's your Goat
Plane's are used by carpenters
Oh, and putting an 's' onto the word final.
Serious question, I get as p(*&d off at apostraphe abuse as the next person with an O'level in English, but see it so regularly on anything from the USA. Is American English subtly different in its use of the apostrophe, or are they just all crap at spelling?
Concur on "call finals", "plane". I have known people call anything with wings a "jet", which is probably only acceptable if you really are or have been a fighter pilot.
G
Concur on "call finals", "plane". I have known people call anything with wings a "jet", which is probably only acceptable if you really are or have been a fighter pilot.
G
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Yup, since knowing Stik, I've been with him on the whole "plane" thing. It now really annoys me when I hear "Ed, there's a plane up there" or similar!
People calling me Biggles / Bigglesworth. Mainly, as they've no idea who Biggles was! (And try asking about Captain W.E. Johns........)
People asking why I enjoy flying is another annoying thing....it's inexplainable really!
And of course, that feeling you get when you know you're not going to be able to get airborne for a while
tKF, hoping to fly this w/e
People calling me Biggles / Bigglesworth. Mainly, as they've no idea who Biggles was! (And try asking about Captain W.E. Johns........
) People asking why I enjoy flying is another annoying thing....it's inexplainable really!
And of course, that feeling you get when you know you're not going to be able to get airborne for a while
tKF, hoping to fly this w/e
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Pedants about the 'plane' thing.
Picture the hypothetical scene. Stik and I are poling around in, say, an S2A. Bailing rather badly off the top of a stall turn, into an inverted spin...
Me: "Your Plane"
Stik: Completely understands what I'm saying and acts accordingly.
I thank you.
Picture the hypothetical scene. Stik and I are poling around in, say, an S2A. Bailing rather badly off the top of a stall turn, into an inverted spin...
Me: "Your Plane"
Stik: Completely understands what I'm saying and acts accordingly.
I thank you.
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Sorry Paulo - I'd rather crash and die!
However, were you to say "You have!" or even "You have control!",
I'd then murmur in a cool pacifying tone, "I have control" and I'd feel masterful as I'd know exectly what was expected of me!
Stik (apostrophe) split S
However, were you to say "You have!" or even "You have control!",
I'd then murmur in a cool pacifying tone, "I have control" and I'd feel masterful as I'd know exectly what was expected of me!
Stik (apostrophe) split S
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I really hate 'txt msg' yoofspeak used instead of English as well as apostrophe abuse (my phrase!) and i instead of I!!
In aviation? "It's the, err, Birdseed 866, standard via the Park....", squawks which are "coming down", "Golf Bravo Sunny Sunday Cherrytree is err, a err, PA28 140 Charlie routing err, from, err Plebville to, errr, Anytown via the Alfa Bravo Charlie and the Delta Echo Fox, err at 2 towsend 5 hundred, err requesting err radar information and err, over...........CLICK"
In aviation? "It's the, err, Birdseed 866, standard via the Park....", squawks which are "coming down", "Golf Bravo Sunny Sunday Cherrytree is err, a err, PA28 140 Charlie routing err, from, err Plebville to, errr, Anytown via the Alfa Bravo Charlie and the Delta Echo Fox, err at 2 towsend 5 hundred, err requesting err radar information and err, over...........CLICK"
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Media reporting on air crashes.
It is amazing how they always know what caused the accident two minutes after it happened....and the standard qoute - "the aircraft came down 2 miles from a primary school".
Also it is assumed that if you fly aeroplanes/helicopters you must be a rich playboy/girl.
It is amazing how they always know what caused the accident two minutes after it happened....and the standard qoute - "the aircraft came down 2 miles from a primary school".
Also it is assumed that if you fly aeroplanes/helicopters you must be a rich playboy/girl.
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Too tired to think of loads, but......
Cessna 152s (more accurately, the faulty glass in them). Well.. must be 'cause its ALWAYS a 152 that cuts me up in the circuit.
R/T - Agree completely with the necessity to remove the tongues of aviators who put an "S" at the end of "Final" and use the words "over" and "out" and, err.., stammer, err..., a lot.
Airfields who insist on having markets on the day the wind is 20kts straight down the runway that the market is on.
People who clamber aboard Traumahawks in a flying suit with things like "609 Squadron" and "Black Hawk" embroidered all over them.
Tractors on Norfolk roads (I keep a water rifle close to hand).
Caravan owners
The "Cappachino" Revolution. "How would you like your coffee, sir?" "In a f@*&ing cup!".
Chips with Gravy
Extra 300 and Edge 540 owners (just jealous!!!)
People on an empty train who insist on sitting next to me. Hotels that give your booking to someone else. The customers on "Airline". Cilla Black. Fat geezers in spandex. White socks with black shoes. The Daily Mail. Avgas prices. People who think aerobatics are dangerous and done only by idiots. Women at supermarket checkouts for whom the need to find their purse and pay for their shopping with small change always comes as a big surprise. Airfield politics. Saturday noight TV. Insects that sting and bite. The new Met site logging on procedure. Addictive Internet Forums that take up all your time. GPSs. Stone chips in props. JAR-ATPL Theory exams.....
I need a fag..................................................
Cessna 152s (more accurately, the faulty glass in them). Well.. must be 'cause its ALWAYS a 152 that cuts me up in the circuit.
R/T - Agree completely with the necessity to remove the tongues of aviators who put an "S" at the end of "Final" and use the words "over" and "out" and, err.., stammer, err..., a lot.
Airfields who insist on having markets on the day the wind is 20kts straight down the runway that the market is on.
People who clamber aboard Traumahawks in a flying suit with things like "609 Squadron" and "Black Hawk" embroidered all over them.
Tractors on Norfolk roads (I keep a water rifle close to hand).
Caravan owners
The "Cappachino" Revolution. "How would you like your coffee, sir?" "In a f@*&ing cup!".
Chips with Gravy
Extra 300 and Edge 540 owners (just jealous!!!)
People on an empty train who insist on sitting next to me. Hotels that give your booking to someone else. The customers on "Airline". Cilla Black. Fat geezers in spandex. White socks with black shoes. The Daily Mail. Avgas prices. People who think aerobatics are dangerous and done only by idiots. Women at supermarket checkouts for whom the need to find their purse and pay for their shopping with small change always comes as a big surprise. Airfield politics. Saturday noight TV. Insects that sting and bite. The new Met site logging on procedure. Addictive Internet Forums that take up all your time. GPSs. Stone chips in props. JAR-ATPL Theory exams.....
I need a fag..................................................
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The person who boards last for a long haul flight.....the seat next to me happens to be empty and the flight is full, I'm sitting back with a smug grin on my face knowing I'll be able to stretch out and relax....and just before the door is shut, THAT person turns up and plonks themself down next to me....every time
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