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Jul 5th, 2004 at 1:48pm

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Hi all...!

Today, the Gas Man called to read my gas meter, as is his want... 8)...!
I was busy, flying around 'Frisco Bay, as is my want... 8)...!

Spotting my Beech 18 on the screen and being very surprised, he said, "Have you got a Chipmunk there".
So I land my Beech and draged a Chippy out of my hangar, while the Gas Man parks himself in my chair.
Off he goes, out into the blue, performing loops and rolls, steep turns and dives... Shocked...!
"I'm a pilot", he says, "Based at Shobdon", "I fly my own Condor aerobatic plane"...
"This gas reading malarky is just to earn extra money to run my plane"

Well, flippin' well... Grin...!

He was highly impressed with the flight sim, never having seen one before...!
After half an hour of filling the sky with smoke trails he says...
"Next time you are over at Shobdon, give me a shout and I'll take you up for a few aerobatics"...!

....Now I was doing fine until the word "aerobatics" came up, and my thoughts immediately went to my dinner in my tummy and the thought of it being deposited into my lap.....!
..and I'm not nearly as daft brave as Ozzy, I thinks to myself... Roll Eyes...!

"Right-oh", I says, (hoping that he will keep the plane the right way up), as he made for the door...

"What about reading my gas meter?"

"Oh, blimey", he says, "I forgot all about that"...!!

LOL...!

I might be in luck for a freebee chuff around the sky in his Condor soon... Smiley...!

...so next time your Gas Man calls, you never know, it may result in a spin in a two-seater Spitfire... Shocked...!

LOL...LOL...LOL...!

Cheers all... Grin...!

Paul.

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Reply #1 - Jul 5th, 2004 at 1:55pm

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Hi Foz. Well this is a turn-up I must say. A flying Gas man is a new one on me. Shocked
You see, you never know who you will meet & you have to take full advantage of it when these mysterious things happen. Cheesy

I would take him up on it before he forgets. I don't think there's much danger of doing anything resembling aerobatics in the old Condor. Wink

PS. Note that we have a couple at Shoreham.
 
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Reply #2 - Jul 6th, 2004 at 3:04am

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Wow you jammy thing Foz Wink
Blag that ride as soon as you can, and don't forget your camera Wink Grin

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Reply #3 - Jul 6th, 2004 at 9:59am

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I know a gas man who fly's R/C at my club. He's gained an infamous reputation for crashing his planes. He's hit trees, the ground, both poles that support our safety net, the fence that protects the pilots. I don't know how he got his wings or how he's still able to keep them. What frightens me the most if he's a furnace repair man. Being accident pron and working with natural gas is a poor combination.  Shocked

Take the man up on his offer Foz. A little Graval will handle that upset tummy. Who knows, he may even let you take the stick. Let's just hope there aren't any large red suspension bridges in the area.  Grin
 
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Reply #4 - Jul 6th, 2004 at 1:33pm

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I know a gas man who fly's R/C at my club. He's gained an infamous reputation for crashing his planes. He's hit trees, the ground, both poles that support our safety net, the fence that protects the pilots. I don't know how he got his wings or how he's still able to keep them. What frightens me the most if he's a furnace repair man. Being accident pron and working with natural gas is a poor combination.  Shocked

Take the man up on his offer Foz. A little Graval will handle that upset tummy. Who knows, he may even let you take the stick. Let's just hope there aren't any large red suspension bridges in the area.  Grin



Hi Iroq...
Thank you very much...that has cheered me up no end... Roll Eyes....!
LOL..LOL...LOL...!

Re: the "large suspension bridge... Wink.."....I always tackle that the right way up in my Cessna 152, unlike Ozzy in his Spitfire who always aggravates the SFPD by roaring under it...upside down.... Shocked...!
LOL...!

Cheers all... Grin...!

Paul.

P.S. ...There are four types of Condor... 8)...!

a) A large Boeing aluminum tube filled with passengers with a bus driver up at the front.
b) A small, two-seater, homebuild, single prop, piston engined aeroplane. (The proper sort).... Wink...!
c) A very large South American bird. (Feathered variety).
d) A large cigar.

I think my involvement will be (b).... Wink... 8)....!
LOL...!

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Reply #5 - Jul 6th, 2004 at 3:56pm

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Good lord Foz, that's a turn up! Take that guy up on his offer!

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Reply #6 - Jul 6th, 2004 at 6:20pm

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Hey can you guys get you hands on the cuban 'condors' over there without paying an arm and a leg?
 
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Reply #7 - Jul 6th, 2004 at 6:23pm

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Hey can you guys get you hands on the cuban 'condors' over there without paying an arm and a leg?

You must be joking. Everything you can think of costs an arm & 2 legs over here. Roll Eyes Wink
 
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Reply #8 - Jul 6th, 2004 at 7:27pm

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P.S. ...There are four types of Condor... 8)...!

a) A large Boeing aluminum tube filled with passengers with a bus driver up at the front.
b) A small, two-seater, homebuild, single prop, piston engined airoplane. (The proper sort).... Wink...!
c) A very large South American bird. (Feathered variety).
d) A large cigar.

I think my involvement will be (b).... Wink... 8)....!
LOL...!





Don't forget the FW Condor!!!!

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Reply #9 - Jul 7th, 2004 at 3:58pm

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Don't forget the FW Condor!!!!

Cheers Chris


Hi Chris...!
Sorry about that...missed out on that one...

I can only remember being in a Boeing Condor aluminium tube filled with passengers and a bus driver up at the front, while smoking a Condor cigar and being waited upon by a "very large" South American bird, (not the featherd variety).... Tongue... Tongue... Tongue...!
LOL...LOL...LOL... Grin...!

Cheers Chris... Grin...!

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Reply #10 - Jul 7th, 2004 at 4:12pm

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I can only remember being in a Boeing Condor aluminium tube filled with passengers and a bus driver up at the front, while smoking a Condor cigar and being waited upon by a "very large" South American bird, (not the featherd variety).... Tongue... Tongue... Tongue...!
LOL...LOL...LOL... Grin...!

Cheers Chris... Grin...!

Paul.

That's funny Paul. Not having heard of this Boeing Condor you mention I looked it up. Apparaently there was such an animal. It was an unmanned top-secret spyplane. Tongue Grin http://www.hiller.org/exhibits/online-exhibits/condor/condor.html

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Reply #11 - Jul 7th, 2004 at 5:00pm

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Hi Doug...!

In an attempt to try out one of those little Condor home-builds, I did a search on Flightsim.com and all that came up were lots Boeing, aluminium, jet-propelled tubes, filled with passengers and....you know the rest... Wink...LOL...!

LOL...!

Cheers Doug... Grin...!

Paul.

P.S Unfortunately, Flightsim.com didn't come up with a "very large" South American bird, (not the feathered variety), for me to try out.... Cry...!
 
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That is because Jordan is English Paul Wink Grin
 
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Reply #13 - Jul 10th, 2004 at 7:36am

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Stop picking on my jets Angry  LOL
Pilots of those are not over paid bus drivers, bus drivers would crap themselves at the first sign of a problem, thus the bus crash in keynsham a week before i moved Roll Eyes

However you are certainly lucky to have a gas man like that, mine comes at 8:30 gives a grumpy here to read your meter then leaves after messing up the hallway to get to the meter Roll Eyes remember your camera Mr Fozzer.
 
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Stop picking on my jets Angry  LOL
Pilots of those are not over paid bus drivers, bus drivers would crap themselves at the first sign of a problem, thus the bus crash in keynsham a week before i moved Roll Eyes


Exqueeze me!! ...... I happen to be, amongst other things, a bus driver of the wheeled variety ..... and believe me, close quarter combat driving round city centres with moaning passengers.. aggressive motorists and the ever present ghestapo inspectors is far more stressfull than pushing the Auto Pilot button and sitting back to monitor the situation .... I would beg to differ that the opposite would be the case .. the overpaid computer monitor would crap himself at the thought of being in physical control for the duration. Try 10hrs driving round any major city in the world .... then tell me that Airline pilots have a stressful job .... if mistakes are made then the result is the same .... death and injury .... but a Bus driver does it for considerably less money. As much as I respect Airline pilots, I have more respect for the guys that have to deal with the public directly... taking fares.. driving... being responsible for the public safety and taking the abuse from all and sundry.  I challenge any Airline pilot to try it for a day ... and then tell me they live a stressful life.
BUS DRIVER £5-10 per hour .... AIRLINE PILOT £100-200per hour .... Same job different medium.

RANT OVER!!

Sorry Craig ... sore point and you managed to find it.
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Reply #15 - Jul 10th, 2004 at 2:38pm

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ok fair enough not all bus drivers.
But pilots jobs are a hell of alot more stressfull than just sitting and monitoring screens. They earn the money they get and remember few pilots actually earn £200 an hour. Alot are on a rough £30,000 a year with a good portion of that paying off the £60,000 loan they took out to get to that level of their jobs. There is just no comparison to the two jobs in the end. i wouldnt want a bus driver landing a plane with two engines out in 0 visability and i wouldnt want a pilot trying to deal with a busy city centre bus route to be honest with you.
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