For Us Plane Lovers

[Lady Christina de Pond]

you probley could have bought a new one for that much

[Noble Dreg]

The U.S. gov paid $50,985.00 when "new". 

[Just Randall]

Ah, yes, but if you take into account cost of living and inflation rate increases since 1940, that comes out about right.

[Sir William Marcus]

Remember it takes a college degree to fly a plane, but only a high school diploma to fix one; a reassurance to those of us who fly routinely in our jobs. After every flight, UPS pilots fill out a form, called a 'gripe sheet,' which tells mechanics about problems with the aircraft. The mechanics correct the problems, document their repairs on the form, and then pilots review the gripe sheets before the next flight.

Never let it be said that ground crews lack a sense of humor. Here are some actual maintenance complaints submitted by UPS ' pilots (marked with a P) and the solutions recorded (marked with an S) by maintenance engineers.


By the way, UPS is the only major airline that has never, ever, had an accident.

P: Left inside main tire almost needs replacement.
S: Almost replaced left inside main tire.
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P: Test flight OK, except auto-land very rough.
S: Auto-land not installed on this aircraft.
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P: Something loose in cockpit
S: Something tightened in cockpit
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P: Dead bugs on windshield..
S: Live bugs on back-order.
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P: Autopilot in altitude-hold mode produces a 200 feet per minute descent
S: Cannot reproduce problem on ground.
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P: Evidence of leak on right main landing gear.
S: Evidence removed.
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P: DME volume unbelievably loud..
S: DME volume set to more believable level.
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P: Friction locks cause throttle levers to stick.
S: That's what friction locks are for.
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P: IFF inoperative in OFF mode.
S: IFF always inoperative in OFF mode.
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P: Suspected crack in windshield.
S: Suspect you're right.
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P: Number 3 engine missing.
S: Engine found on right wing after brief search
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P: Aircraft handles funny. (I love this one!)
S: Aircraft warned to straighten up, fly right and be serious.
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P: Target radar hums.
S: Reprogrammed target radar with lyrics.
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P: Mouse in cockpit.
S: Cat installed.
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And the best one for last
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P: Noise coming from under instrument panel. Sounds like a
midget pounding on something with a hammer.
S: Took hammer away from midget.

[Lady Christina de Pond]

  is it bad that i have this saved at work. I have a copy of that i think it's hillarious

[Sir William Marcus]

[Noble Dreg]

 


Re-defines "rag-bag".

http://www.impactlab.com/2010/01/11/the-duct-tape-plane-best-duct-tape-story-ever/

[Lady Christina de Pond]

they find new uses for Duct tape everyday

[Sir William Marcus]

Wouldn't that just super suck!

[Sir William Marcus]

You're a 19 year old kid. You're critically wounded and dying in the jungle in the Ia Drang Valley , on 11-14-1965, Vietnam . Your infantry unit is outnumbered 8 - 1 and the enemy fire is so intense, from 100 or 200 yards away, that your own Infantry Commander has ordered the MediVac helicopters to stop coming in.
...
You're lying there, listening to the enemy machine guns and you know you're not getting out.

Your family is 1/2 way around the world, 12,000 miles away and you'll never see them again.

As the world starts to fade in and out, you know this is the day..

Then - over the machine gun noise - you faintly hear that sound of a helicopter..!

You look up to see an un-armed Huey!! But.... it doesn't seem real because no Medi-Vac markings are on it.

Ed Freeman is coming for you..!!

He's not a Medi-Vac so it's not his job, but he's flying his Huey down into the machine gun fire anyway even after the Medi-Vacs were ordered not to come.

He's coming anyway!


And he drops it in and sits there in the machine gun fire, as they load 2 or 3 of you on board..

Then he flies you up and out through the gunfire to the Doctors and Nurses.


And, he kept coming back..!! 13 more times..!!


He took about 30 of you and your buddies out who would never have gotten out.


Medal of Honor Recipient, Ed Freeman, died last Wednesday at the age of 80 in Boise, ID

May God Rest His Soul..

[Noble Dreg]

Seems the "Greatest Generation" is not limited to just WWII.

[Lady Christina de Pond]

hurrrahhhh and God bless him

[joan of arc]

Lufthansa rolled out new A380-841 (my new ride to Frankfurt, as a passenger)

[BubbleWright]

Time to revive this thread. Check out link for Oshkosh 2010 video...

http://marcbrecy.perso.neuf.fr/Oshkosh.html

[BubbleWright]

Top 10 lowest flybys...

http://biertijd.com/mediaplayer/?itemid=19448*