your favourite old timers rules of thumb?
heliski22
The three great lies in life......
1. "The cheque is in the post!"
2. "I love you too!"
3. "Hi, I'm from Head Office, I'm here to help!"
The three great lies in life......
1. "The cheque is in the post!"
2. "I love you too!"
3. "Hi, I'm from Head Office, I'm here to help!"
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The direction the pitch change assembly moves in a Rotol typically attached to a RR Dart. In to coarse.
droop_snoot
your favourite old timers rules of thumb?
how about sharing some of those old tried and true rules that we could all benefit from???
flying ones that is....
good on ya...
your favourite old timers rules of thumb?
how about sharing some of those old tried and true rules that we could all benefit from???
flying ones that is....
good on ya...
#41
imabell
interesting,.........
not one rule of thumb so far...................
interesting,.........
not one rule of thumb so far...................
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not one rule of thumb so far...................
. . . ..and who remembers some of those classic ARIAs that Uncle Roger Bacon ran, long time passing? (Always Remembered Instructor's Advice).
Concentrate on the job. The only time you're on track is when you're crossing it.
This compass is only good for telling you when you're pointing straight ahead. (Write that in the MR).
There is no more vital preflight item than the psyching up to be unremitting in staying alert and scan, scan, scan.
("Something loose in tail." "Something tightened in tail".
"Lump in pilot's seat" . "Lump gone home").
Concentrate on the job. The only time you're on track is when you're crossing it.
This compass is only good for telling you when you're pointing straight ahead. (Write that in the MR).
There is no more vital preflight item than the psyching up to be unremitting in staying alert and scan, scan, scan.
("Something loose in tail." "Something tightened in tail".
"Lump in pilot's seat" . "Lump gone home").
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From King George V - "Never pass up the opportunity to sit down or relieve yourself".
And, maintaining the thumb theme - Polix im posterio, mens in neutro!
Cheers
Whirls
And, maintaining the thumb theme - Polix im posterio, mens in neutro!
Cheers
Whirls
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Its better to be down here wishing you were up there, rather than be up there wishing you were down here!
or, in a similar vein.....
There are far more aircraft stuck in the sea than there are submarines stuck in the sky!
and an actually useful helicopter RoT:
Remember PIE.................Power In Early
or, in a similar vein.....
There are far more aircraft stuck in the sea than there are submarines stuck in the sky!
and an actually useful helicopter RoT:
Remember PIE.................Power In Early
'Keep your landings equal to your take off's'
'If you pull up on zee lever, and the houwzes don't get zmaller, do not be tempted to pull up on zee lever some more!'
'Don't ever deny your mistakes for you will never learn. Don't just admit your mistakes, broadcast them, sing them and tell as many as you can and you will learn a little with every recital!'
'If you pull up on zee lever, and the houwzes don't get zmaller, do not be tempted to pull up on zee lever some more!'
'Don't ever deny your mistakes for you will never learn. Don't just admit your mistakes, broadcast them, sing them and tell as many as you can and you will learn a little with every recital
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No doubt ****ehawk will have a clever but unfathomable put down for this post too...
At 500' you can see the legs of cows, but not sheep.
At 250' you can see the legs of sheep.
At 500' you can see the legs of cows, but not sheep.
At 250' you can see the legs of sheep.
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On a trip to Ireland I met a very senior racehorse trainer who said to me "You know ANOrak, when you get to my age there are three "nevers":
1. Never pass a pissery
2. Never waste an erection
and
3. Never trust a fart!"
Very good rules of thumb!
ANOrak
1. Never pass a pissery
2. Never waste an erection
and
3. Never trust a fart!"
Very good rules of thumb!
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Uttered in a soft Carolinian drawl, when a colleague had just got over a bad dose of the trots.......
"Happiness is a dry fart!"
or phonetically
"Happiness is a drah fort!"
"Happiness is a dry fart!"
or phonetically
"Happiness is a drah fort!"
