Gold Bars and Flying Suits
I've got a solution tho' at first glance it might seem a bit wild. There's an ad on TV for Admiral car insurance. It shows an attractive female dressed in a navy blue uniform with four gold rings and, rather fetchingly, a matching tricorn hat.
This would look excellent on ANY aircraft.
This would look excellent on ANY aircraft.
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Admiral insurance girl....
She can sit in my aeroplane any time. But I suppose her next move will be to introduce a cover-all policy - home, car and aircraft insurance. If it's beats my current total premiums, I'm in!
And if I need to get into uniform to lower the premiums, I'm up for it. (That's my uniform, not hers, before you all start
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PS on *bay you can have your group captain hat complete with scrambled egg ready in just a few weeks......
And if I need to get into uniform to lower the premiums, I'm up for it. (That's my uniform, not hers, before you all start
).PS on *bay you can have your group captain hat complete with scrambled egg ready in just a few weeks......
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I think the Transair catalog is blameworthy in crafting the daft idea of how a pilot should look hanging out at the airfield. Novices pick it up and go this is what pilots must like to wear....
One of the best pilots I ever met used to fly in a John Deere overalls and welly boots.
One of the best pilots I ever met used to fly in a John Deere overalls and welly boots.
One of the best pilots I ever met used to fly in a John Deere overalls and welly boots.
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I forgot to mention for the benefit of those attracted to this radical style of attire, that the tricorn hat should be worn on the flight deck or cockpit only when made from impact resistant material.
Real pilots don't need stinkin' stripes
Yes she ferried aircraft into war zones.
If you need stinkin' stripes to crutch your fragile ego while putting around in a light single....I genuinely feel sadness and sorrow for you.
There...
Yes she ferried aircraft into war zones.
If you need stinkin' stripes to crutch your fragile ego while putting around in a light single....I genuinely feel sadness and sorrow for you.
There...
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As a HEMS pilot, I wear a helmet, flying suit, boots and gold bars. Some of it is for safety, some for corporate image.
When I fly private aeroplanes, I wear long trousers, 2 layers long sleeves. This is for fire protection. If I was instructing, white shirt minimum, maaaaaaybe gold bars, once again for professional image.
Why use a flying suit??? An old friend crashed his Kitfox on take off and it burned. He had minimal injuries due to flying suit, long johns and leather gloves. His passenger in jeans and shirt was badly burned.
Mock all you want, but it is YOU that has the problem. Motorcyclists/cyclists/horse riders/canoeists/parachutists etc ALL wear protective gear, why not pilots?
When I fly private aeroplanes, I wear long trousers, 2 layers long sleeves. This is for fire protection. If I was instructing, white shirt minimum, maaaaaaybe gold bars, once again for professional image.
Why use a flying suit??? An old friend crashed his Kitfox on take off and it burned. He had minimal injuries due to flying suit, long johns and leather gloves. His passenger in jeans and shirt was badly burned.
Mock all you want, but it is YOU that has the problem. Motorcyclists/cyclists/horse riders/canoeists/parachutists etc ALL wear protective gear, why not pilots?
And.....gold bars protect you from what exactly? Evil?
Then I have a bullet proof life jacket for you....
It's not about wearing a fire protecting suit.
It's wearing the regalia that you have not earned in order to be a pretentious prick.
Then I have a bullet proof life jacket for you....
It's not about wearing a fire protecting suit.
It's wearing the regalia that you have not earned in order to be a pretentious prick.
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I admit to wearing a grow bag when I fly and for 3 reasons.no heater and 60 litres of plastic tanks 6 inches behind my arse.The grow bag pockets also hold so much more pilot needs like phone fags,lighter and wallet.I can't wear bars as they would put me over the 450kg weight limit.
I admit to wearing a grow bag when I fly and for 3 reasons.no heater and 60 litres of plastic tanks 6 inches behind my arse.The grow bag pockets also hold so much more pilot needs like phone fags,lighter and wallet.I can't wear bars as they would put me over the 450kg weight limit.
Likely full flight coveralls and an Epirb in the pocket were all he needed to walk away and play another day...
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I venture to say any light aircraft is like a small car, any decent crash and you'll suffer fatal injuries no matter what you wear.
Just a false sense of security.
Yes, I'm aware of exceptions.
There always are.
In any case the discussion didn't start with fire suits.
It started with dressing up like a git for 20 hrs a year impersonating professionals.
Just a false sense of security.
Yes, I'm aware of exceptions.
There always are.
In any case the discussion didn't start with fire suits.
It started with dressing up like a git for 20 hrs a year impersonating professionals.
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Why not do it properly? Bone dome, medals, leg retrainst harness for the ejector seat, military spec. Chinagraph pencil and white paper in the leg pocket and so on. Dressing like this is all very well and good but why do it? It doesn't make you a better pilot, amongst pilots it makes you look ridiculous and deep down inside it I'm sure the wearer knows it's totally pretentious because they are the only knob wearing the clobber. But the worst part is that these people attract unnecessary attention to themselves and p!ss taking. It's sad.
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I regularly take people on pleasure flights in a FFS 747-4 sim. I wear the stuff (without epps) when they arrive and then ditch the jacket and tie or hand it over to one of the children to wear. They like dressing up in all the gold braid for the photoshoot at the end of the session.
When they're paying £300 per hour they should expect their driver to be wearing a crisply starched brilliant-white shirt and polished boots, at the very least. In a 747 it looks appropriate and hopefully gives the impression that I'm competent and capable. Not so sure it looks the same in a C150.
PS 10,000 hours on jets
When they're paying £300 per hour they should expect their driver to be wearing a crisply starched brilliant-white shirt and polished boots, at the very least. In a 747 it looks appropriate and hopefully gives the impression that I'm competent and capable. Not so sure it looks the same in a C150.
PS 10,000 hours on jets
Like this one last week.....