How did you choose your Pprune name?
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Because I teach Diving for fun, so like boats & of course I love flying (more than diving now).
I also have a figure akin to a Shorts Sunderland.
Make sense?
FB
I also have a figure akin to a Shorts Sunderland.
Make sense?
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Everywhere else I use my real name, but nobody on PPRuNe uses their real name ... so I thought that if I have to play silly games ... anyway, I like wombats.
(But I haven't got a picture of one on any of my Oz wildlife pages ; the problem with wombats is that when you point a camera at them they run up to you and try to eat it, and I've never managed to press the shutter before they get too close.)
(But I haven't got a picture of one on any of my Oz wildlife pages ; the problem with wombats is that when you point a camera at them they run up to you and try to eat it, and I've never managed to press the shutter before they get too close.)
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In a previous life I often used to watch a type of bird called the "Black Eared Kite" circling past my high-rise apartment window. They live on rubbish and carrion and so such birds are also called the "****e Hawk".
After I changed location and job type, I was required to fly in circles searching for bad folks that often fitted the rubbish description.
I became "ShyTorque" instead though, as it was slightly less rude than the original spelling!
After I changed location and job type, I was required to fly in circles searching for bad folks that often fitted the rubbish description.
I became "ShyTorque" instead though, as it was slightly less rude than the original spelling!
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Wings? What they?
For a balloon pilot the Ripline is the second most important flying control. "Crownline" sounded too posh and "Dump" is open to mis-interpretation........
For a balloon pilot the Ripline is the second most important flying control. "Crownline" sounded too posh and "Dump" is open to mis-interpretation........
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mine was from MSN Zone when I used to play flight sim online. The Coke bit is from my surname (Louis Coke is the full name), and the 611 bit is summat that MSN decided to add!
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Actually, DB6, seeing you arrive on Saturday at Breighton in your rather splendid Aston caused me to query other's Pprune names.
Why you were still wearing your pajama bottoms still baffles me!
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Why you were still wearing your pajama bottoms still baffles me!
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Ripline had already nicked, well, ripline... 
The most important control, of course, being the blastvalve, but i didn't like the sound of that, so...
A friend/colleague had recently bought me an RTFM tee-shirt. Cannot imagine why she thought it would be helpful for me to wear it, rather than say it
Somebody else suggested that it might be just a tad too "in your face", so I lenghtend it
(well, it's better than the Adminspotting one [ Edited to add: there are some naughty words on the adminspotting site, in case you are of a nervous disposition ] )
For a balloon pilot the Ripline is the second most important flying control. "Crownline" sounded too posh and "Dump" is open to mis-interpretation........
A friend/colleague had recently bought me an RTFM tee-shirt. Cannot imagine why she thought it would be helpful for me to wear it, rather than say it
Somebody else suggested that it might be just a tad too "in your face", so I lenghtend it
(well, it's better than the Adminspotting one
[ Edited to add: there are some naughty words on the adminspotting site, in case you are of a nervous disposition ] )
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I'm learning to glide as well doing my PPL so the floating bit seemed apposite. Also, much as I find the principles of flight and aeroplane techie stuff interesting, what I would really like to do is dispense with the aeroplane altogether and just take off unaided into the wide blue yonder.
I'll shut up now before I find myself taking off unaided into the local looney bin!
Floaty
I'll shut up now before I find myself taking off unaided into the local looney bin!
Floaty
- mine's become an Audi)
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Paulo,
I think we've done that one to death Some nice modbod even made my little announcement sticky for a couple of days - but it's okay, I've had a bath now and the stickiness has gone...
Yours,
Ex-BlokeInAnArcher
I think we've done that one to death
Some nice modbod even made my little announcement sticky for a couple of days - but it's okay, I've had a bath now and the stickiness has gone...Yours,
Ex-BlokeInAnArcher
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Actually I didn't choose it Whirly did 
It was at the Sywell fly-in when we were all introducing ourselves. I'd arrived with Wycombe, and was introduced as a "PPruNer with no name". Whirly took one look at the sweatshirt I was wearing and christened me Brooklands.
I decided that I liked it, as its the birthplace of both British motor racing and aviation so I registered with it (and was quite surprised to find no one else had beaten me to it).
I've actually been Ppruning for a long time though - I was going to register a few years ago as the 9999th member (nickname All_the _nines). I stayed late a work one night waiting for the magic number to come up, but gave up at about midnight about four short of the target. I'm pretty certain that I can remember reading PPrune when there were LESS THAN 5000 registered users, and long before there was a Private Flying forum
It was at the Sywell fly-in when we were all introducing ourselves. I'd arrived with Wycombe, and was introduced as a "PPruNer with no name". Whirly took one look at the sweatshirt I was wearing and christened me Brooklands.
I decided that I liked it, as its the birthplace of both British motor racing and aviation so I registered with it (and was quite surprised to find no one else had beaten me to it).
I've actually been Ppruning for a long time though - I was going to register a few years ago as the 9999th member (nickname All_the _nines). I stayed late a work one night waiting for the magic number to come up, but gave up at about midnight about four short of the target. I'm pretty certain that I can remember reading PPrune when there were LESS THAN 5000 registered users, and long before there was a Private Flying forum
