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KC-135 Stratotanker. It's old, and every plane has a funky smell, like 40 years of butt-sweat, spilled coffee and farts. It's hot, cumbersome and awkward, and the only pilots that don't laugh at you are the AWACS guys. But, I love flying it because it's got mad thrust, the people inside are generally a real friendly bunch, and we go to some really cool places.

There are two kinds of flying: fighter flying, in which you do maneuvers, tricks, games, etc, and heavy flying in which you might plan and run a formation of a tanker plus some fighters over a long distance. Heavy guys know all the rules and the how's of flying anywhere. I have yet to meet a fighter pilot that knows how to fill out a flight plan and most can't talk to ATC for s*t. But then, my experience has been with Eagle pilots, and we all know they're gay as the Fruit Loop Toucan.

May I mention my latest garage project? An out of production Trek 830 XC. Well it earned the alias of wobblin-gobblin, after I rode it down a steep hill and noticed just how bent the rims are.<img src=icon_smile.gif border=0 align=middle> And because of the bent rims it almost went out from under me when I tried to brake and turn at the same time.

"Thier broken, beaten, and now leaderless. Let them bitterly stew in thier defeat."

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1965 T-38 that can fly fast but has no power. Before that a 1981 A-10 that can't fly fast but is loaded with (fire)power. My other true love is a 2003 Dodge Ram 1500 Hemi which I plan to turbocharge to get it over 500 HP...

ATTACK!!!!!!!

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My 928S would eat a Cessna alive.
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You sure about that Snipe?

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~Thud

Edited by - Thud on Jul 11 2004 8:50 PM

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No, braking and turning at the same time made your bike almost go out from under you. Bent rims just make you turn when you want to go straight. And why did it take a steep hill for you to figure out the rims were bent? Have trouble identifying circles?

Citation 10 is a great buiz jet. Are you working these Jets Thud?

"The power to Destroy the planet, is insignifigant to the power of the Air Force----Mudd Vader

My future car is gonna be a Dodge Viper SRT-10. The classic blue paint job with the white stripe down the middle. That and a Humvee. Humvee, not Hummer, Humvee. Yup, I'm stealin one from the IDF <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_cool.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_tongue.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_evil.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_bow.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_bannana.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_approve.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/tard.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/bounce.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/saevil.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_lol.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_shock.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/saevil.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_bannana.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_bannana.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_bannana.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_bannana.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_bannana.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_bannana.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_bannana.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_bannana.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_bannana.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_bannana.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_bannana.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_bannana.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_bannana.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_bannana.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_bannana.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_bannana.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_bannana.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_bannana.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_bannana.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_bannana.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_bannana.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_bannana.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_bannana.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_bannana.gif border=0 align=middle>

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My future car is gonna be a Dodge Viper SRT-10. The classic blue paint job with the white stripe down the middle. That and a Humvee. Humvee, not Hummer, Humvee. Yup, I'm stealin one from the IDF <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_cool.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_tongue.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_evil.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_bow.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_bannana.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_approve.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/tard.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/bounce.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/saevil.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_lol.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_shock.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/saevil.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_bannana.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_bannana.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_bannana.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_bannana.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_bannana.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_bannana.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_bannana.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_bannana.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_bannana.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_bannana.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_bannana.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_bannana.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_bannana.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_bannana.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_bannana.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_bannana.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_bannana.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_bannana.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_bannana.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_bannana.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_bannana.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_bannana.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_bannana.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_bannana.gif border=0 align=middle>

"Retreat, hell! We just got here!"-Captain Lloyd Williams, 2nd Marine Division, Belleau Wood, France, WWI
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A friend of mines grandmother used to say "People in hell want Icewater."

Smitty

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No, braking and turning at the same time made your bike almost go out from under you. Bent rims just make you turn when you want to go straight. And why did it take a steep hill for you to figure out the rims were bent? Have trouble identifying circles?


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Knew they were bent. Didn't seem to care until I went down that hill.

"Thier broken, beaten, and now leaderless. Let them bitterly stew in thier defeat."

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I've just got a little '66 ford.

"VMI is a flip-flop obstacle course"

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Citation 10 is a great buiz jet. Are you working these Jets Thud?
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No, but I've washed one or two in my day <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

I worked at the local FBO last summer washing and helping out with some of the easier wrenching. I just got my commercial pilot cert a little while ago, and I'm going to start on my multi pretty soon here, so one day I may end up flying something like a Cit X, but I think this is actually a little more my style:
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~Thud

Edited by - Thud on Jul 12 2004 09:40 AM

All this cockpit needs is an Oxygen mask hookup.

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Pilot of: 1997 Chevy Cavalier. Hey, I spent $80 on s 2200 mile drive!
Co-pilot of: 2002 Dodge Durango SXT (Wifes truck).

Soon to be pilot of: a Desk, Air Force issue, Leather seat and 17" Monitor. (Thanks MTV for pimp 'n my desk!)

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