Dakzuki
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That's been floating around the internets for a while.
BTW, It doesn't take a college degree to be a transport pilot....I know one.....retired 747-400 captain. I also worked with an aircraft mechanic that quit being a teacher because working on airplanes paid better. Th efinniest is I know another current commercial airline pilot. SHE tells me stories of passengers that think she is a flight attendant and behave as such.
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Have seen this more than once... Different airlines and such but it's still funny
What's even funnier is one of those solutions (Which by the way really works) was really used by a british research unit (Military I think) working on Radar systems (Ground, not mobile, install) and is also a solution for a common RV problem that I recommend
P ouse in cockpit
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Really works... Now, cats actually like mice.. They complement them on how they have such great taste.
The problem is the mouse.. Hears "you taste great"
Nothing wrong with mouse hearing.. Nothing at all.
Nothin adds excitment like something that is none of your business
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msmith1199
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This has been around for a while, but it originally came out as being from Air Force logs. The IFF and target radar kind of indicate it's military. Whether it's true or not, who knows, but I bet there is some truth in it. This looks like something we would do in the Air Force.
I heard a story about a JAL (Japen Air Lines) 747 that had landed at Honolulu International. The pilot had taxied onto the wrong taxi way and while ground control was trying to get him turned around the controller asked him if this was the first time he had been at the airport. His reply was, "I've been here once before in 41, but I didn't stay long." This would have happened back in the 70's so who knows, it could be a true story.
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Heard the same line attributed a BOAC (British Airways now) pilot speaking to German ATC, as well as another anonymous quip (with a British accent)over the radio about checking the ovens when a Lufthansa flight was looking for a missing passenger. IFF was the military forerunner of the transponder carried by almost all aircraft these days.
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Matthew_B
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msmith1199 wrote:I heard a story about a JAL (Japen Air Lines) 747 that had landed at Honolulu International. The pilot had taxied onto the wrong taxi way and while ground control was trying to get him turned around the controller asked him if this was the first time he had been at the airport. His reply was, "I've been here once before in 41, but I didn't stay long." This would have happened back in the 70's so who knows, it could be a true story.
I wonder if Paul Tibbits ever flew to Japan again?
Wikipedia wrote:After his retirement from the Air Force, he worked for Executive Jet Aviation, a Columbus, Ohio-based air taxi company now called NetJets. He retired from the firm in 1970 and returned to Miami, Florida. He later left Miami to return to Executive Jet Aviation, having sold his Miami home in 1974. He was president of Executive Jet Aviation from 1976 until his retirement in 1987.
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Whether these were true or not....it started my day out with a good giggle!
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msmith1199
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wilber1 wrote:Heard the same line attributed a BOAC (British Airways now) pilot speaking to German ATC, as well as another anonymous quip (with a British accent)over the radio about checking the ovens when a Lufthansa flight was looking for a missing passenger. IFF was the military forerunner of the transponder carried by almost all aircraft these days.
I think the IFF and the transponder are two different things. The IFF stands for "Identification Friend or Foe." It required the pilots to input a long code that changed every day. The code would identify the aircraft as a friendly aircraft to fighters as well as ground based radar system. The transponder puts out a 4 digit code and is used to identify the aircraft to air traffic control.
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msmith1199
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Matthew_B wrote:msmith1199 wrote:I heard a story about a JAL (Japen Air Lines) 747 that had landed at Honolulu International. The pilot had taxied onto the wrong taxi way and while ground control was trying to get him turned around the controller asked him if this was the first time he had been at the airport. His reply was, "I've been here once before in 41, but I didn't stay long." This would have happened back in the 70's so who knows, it could be a true story.
I wonder if Paul Tibbits ever flew to Japan again?
Wikipedia wrote:After his retirement from the Air Force, he worked for Executive Jet Aviation, a Columbus, Ohio-based air taxi company now called NetJets. He retired from the firm in 1970 and returned to Miami, Florida. He later left Miami to return to Executive Jet Aviation, having sold his Miami home in 1974. He was president of Executive Jet Aviation from 1976 until his retirement in 1987.
Paul Tibbits just died a couple of years ago. I have an autographed picture of him hanging in my office. Most of the people in my office have no idea who he is or the significance of the airplane he's standing in front of in the photo.
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Matthew_B
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msmith1199 wrote:wilber1 wrote:Heard the same line attributed a BOAC (British Airways now) pilot speaking to German ATC, as well as another anonymous quip (with a British accent)over the radio about checking the ovens when a Lufthansa flight was looking for a missing passenger. IFF was the military forerunner of the transponder carried by almost all aircraft these days.
I think the IFF and the transponder are two different things. The IFF stands for "Identification Friend or Foe." It required the pilots to input a long code that changed every day. The code would identify the aircraft as a friendly aircraft to fighters as well as ground based radar system. The transponder puts out a 4 digit code and is used to identify the aircraft to air traffic control.
It may be a forerunner in the sense it was the first transponder put in aircraft. They were amazingly complex for WWII technology; as was the case for many inventions of WWII. The first ones fielded had a long code to activate and transmitted on several frequencies to answer so the enemy couldn't use them for tracking.
But I doubt anyone in the civilian world ever called them IFF.
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msmith1199 wrote:Paul Tibbits just died a couple of years ago. I have an autographed picture of him hanging in my office. Most of the people in my office have no idea who he is or the significance of the airplane he's standing in front of in the photo.
Very cool!
I always thought the natural home for Boch's Car was at the Arizona memorial, not Wright Patterson. The Mo is already there; that would mean that the start, the finish and the why of the finish are all in one place.
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