Let's Talk With Some Weirdos

[azurbanclucker]

My definition of a good life is probably different than yours, but if I do learn the secret, I promise to share, unless I learn it after falling off a cliff or something.

This made me think of:

 

[Hayden Goseek]

Maybe only once, but hey, you can die happy.

Or crapping yourself

Years ago I got to go for a joy ride in a supersonic jet fighter for an hour.
The last 15 minutes I was hot, sick, sore and if he had said do you want to go again, I would have had no problem at all.

 

[azurbanclucker]

Years ago I got to go for a Joy Ride in a supersonic jet fighter for an hour.
The last 15 minutes I was hot, sick, sore and if he had said do you want to go again, I would have no problem at all.

damn right.

 

[RUNuts]

Years ago I got to go for a joy ride in a supersonic jet fighter for an hour.
The last 15 minutes I was hot, sick, sore and if he had said do you want to go again, I would have no problem at all.

I still remember my ride. I couldn't feel my butt after 15 minutes and that was a blessing because the parachute was not padded. Yes, I'd do it again. Pulled 6 gees and puked last week's breakfast.

But hey, I lived. Even if I hadn't, I was happy.

 

[Aunt Angus]

I'm too much of a wuss anymore. Maybe before I had kids. All I would think is, "Who the eff would take care of this family of crazies?"

 

[azurbanclucker]

I still remember my ride. I couldn't feel my butt after 15 minutes and that was a blessing because the parachute was not padded. Yes, I'd do it again. Pulled 6 gees and puked last week's breakfast.

But hey, I lived. Even if I hadn't, I was happy.

Fighter flight is a bucket list thing for me. I've done a T6, I've flown a Super Cub, I've sat in a number of planes while they were ground tested (F-4 was my fave), but I've not yet been able to go up on an aerobatic flight.

 

[RUNuts]

Fighter flight is a bucket list thing for me. I've done a T6, I've flown a Super Cub, I've sat in a number of planes while they were ground tested (F-4 was my fave), but I've not yet been able to go up on an aerobatic flight.

Flight training and the flat spin cured me of aerobatics. Seems I've developed an inner ear issue. But that was before kids. Love is addicting. And I'm not nearly as exciting as I wanted to be.

But I'm happy, dammit.

T-6 sounds like a wonderful ride. Mine was a backseat on a T-33 on a training flight. As close as I'll ever get now. An ignorant JROTC cadet pulled the ejection handles the week before we were to go. Instead of all of us, only 9 got to ride. Missed opportunity for a lot of my friends.

The only reason the JROTC cadet lived was because the ejection seat failed to fire on the runway. The T-33 does not have zero/zero ejection seats.

You ain't been lost, until you've been lost at Mach 3+. --Blackbird driver

You heard about the Blackbird driver that requested 40,000 ft altitude from an air traffic controller?
The controller said if you can get there you can have it. Commercial airlines fly at ~30,000 feet.
The Blackbird driver responded by saying "thank you, descending to 40,000 feet."

 

[Aunt Angus]

@ColtHandorf

Morning!

I see you out there. Looking forward to a famous Colt Recap.

 

[Aunt Angus]

Flight training and the flat spin cured me of aerobatics. Seems I've developed an inner ear issue. But that was before kids. Love is addicting. And I'm not nearly as exciting as I wanted to be.

But I'm happy, dammit.

T-6 sounds like a wonderful ride. Mine was a backseat on a T-33 on a training flight. As close as I'll ever get now. An ignorant JROTC cadet pulled the ejection handles the week before we were to go. Instead of all of us, only 9 got to ride. Missed opportunity for a lot of my friends.

The only reason the JROTC cadet lived was because the ejection seat failed to fire on the runway. The T-33 does not have zero/zero ejection seats.

You ain't been lost, until you've been lost at Mach 3+. --Blackbird driver

You heard about the Blackbird driver that requested 40,000 ft altitude from an air traffic controller?
The controller said if you can get there you can have it. Commercial airlines fly at ~30,000 feet.
The Blackbird driver responded by saying "thank you, descending to 40,000 feet."

You're a kick. Glad you're hanging around.

 

[Hayden Goseek]

Fighter flight is a bucket list thing for me. I've done a T6, I've flown a Super Cub, I've sat in a number of planes while they were ground tested (F-4 was my fave), but I've not yet been able to go up on an aerobatic flight.

It was an F-4 I went in. It was in the '86, same year as the original Top Gun.
The day before we had to report to the base for a briefing on ejection seat operation and how to set the inertial navigation coordinates (pre GPS). It was referred to as the "Course on Practical Bleeding".