Skirts banned from offshore flights
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In 14 years of flying helos...
Have never once been approached by anyone wearing a skirt so haven't had the pleasure of "pulling a little collective" for effect. However, There were many an occasion when a Co-pilot or crew would want to land somewhere in the desert or mountains to take a leak... Woe to those who didn't hide behind a tree or boulder... Actually if you stood straight infront and aimed below the chin bubble you'd be a little safer from soaking oneself.
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Air bender
I've been flogging the air to death for a little longer and have happy memories of a number of those embarrassing moments when you finally bite the bullet and put her down so you can take a leak.
One was flying back from Yugoslavia after the Winter Olympics in '84. I put my LongRanger down in a snow covered pasture in a flat piece of Switzerland, handed control to Cliff, my Engineer, and jumped down into the snow, relieved myself right there and then, climbed back in and set off back to UK. As we lifted clear I could see that we had left behind a curious 'signature' in the snow- Two skid-marks, two boot prints and a piss-hole. I often wondered what the farmer would have made of the apparent visitation from an extra-terrestrial?
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One was flying back from Yugoslavia after the Winter Olympics in '84. I put my LongRanger down in a snow covered pasture in a flat piece of Switzerland, handed control to Cliff, my Engineer, and jumped down into the snow, relieved myself right there and then, climbed back in and set off back to UK. As we lifted clear I could see that we had left behind a curious 'signature' in the snow- Two skid-marks, two boot prints and a piss-hole. I often wondered what the farmer would have made of the apparent visitation from an extra-terrestrial?
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You wouldn't want to be a slim racing snake drowning because the new regs put a broad oversized chap between you and the window just because you were not fat enough to get the window seat! Oh dear PC plus HSE gone mad! Please just shoot all the normal people at birth!
