The Never Ending Story

[turboplanner]

.......nuts promised to tell one of his stories in a reading at the Chevron Hotel in Surfers where he ...................

[Captain]

4 hours ago, turboplanner said:

.......nuts promised to tell one of his stories in a reading at the Chevron Hotel in Surfers where he ...................

.... carried a large Warwick Cappercino, wore a Meter Maid's bikini, and stuck a .....

 

It was the bikini in the middle that fitted him best ......  but Rudy asked the other 2 lasses to take theirs off so that he could try them on. (What a cad).

 

Wazza doesn't like publicity or the limelight, but allowed us to take this photo, after giving Rudyard his Cappercino.

 

Edited Tuesday at 06:23 PM by Captain

[turboplanner]

.....kitten through the fence in the Dreamworld tiger enclosure and phoned DW to say one of the tigers had a baby.

 

For a few days Rud was the talk of the town until Turbo took him up to the top of the Big Drop, telling Kipling it was the Gold Coast Tourist Lookout, and to hold his mongoose tightly.

 

As they were going up Turbo was extolling the advances of the Gold Coast and how much better the lift was than the stairs in the old days, and Rud was taken in.

 

As Turbo began to point out the landmarks, someone in a Thruster headed straight for the tower. They both knew it was a Thruster from that ducking, weaving motion, ...........................

[Captain]

16 minutes ago, turboplanner said:

They both knew it was a Thruster from that ducking, weaving motion, ......

.... identified by the NTSB as a TIO, and no longer as a PIO, so all of the Thruster pilots were absolved from their IOing and the fault reverted to the ..... 

[onetrack]

...........manufacturer of that particular version of the Thruster, a dubious backyard operator registered as Turbine Thrusters Inc. The TIO Cappy refers to, actually stands for "Turbine Induced Oscillations", as these particular Thruster models were noted for scrimping on the number of rivets and fasteners, and thus they performed like a GAF Nomad that was built on a Friday night by the factory cleaning crew, on their coffee break.

 

The ducking and weaving aerial movements of the TTI version of the Thruster was simply due to structural flexing and panel warping, and to say it made for an interesting style of performance would be the understatement of the year.

In fact, when Kitplanes tested the TTI Thruster, it was only some time after landing, that ground crew could force open the fingers of the white-faced test pilot from around the control column, and even then...................

[Captain]

1 hour ago, onetrack said:

In fact, when Kitplanes tested the TTI Thruster, it was only some time after landing, that ground crew could force open the fingers of the white-faced test pilot from around the control column, and even then.......

..... he had filled-his-dacks (a well-known 3-word aviation (avref) expression.

 

"And that is why I could not allow the Thruster to go inverted" he said "As it would have run down ......

Edited Thursday at 12:16 AM by Captain

[Captain]

When the NES speaks of PIOs, Cappy, as a very experienced SuperDooperCFI, always thinks of the hundreds of Stewed Ants who visit the NES daily, and in doing so via the video below, he has been able to combine lessons in Thruster PIO and in the flying achievements of his best mate.

 

You will all have seen and admired the F16 photo which is the avatar of the great man (TGM).

 

It is little known that TGM was involved in the development and proving of the F16 and below is a little film that Cappy took from his spot in the rescue vehicle.

 

The PIOs are obvious, and yes, the TGM was doing the so-called flying.

 

See near the end where the pilot runs from the aircraft on the grass. That is the fastest I have ever seen Turbo move ......... but then again, it was over 50 years ago.

 

 

Edited Thursday at 07:05 PM by Captain

[turboplanner]

...........the side of the canopy and the TGM knew that before he could wipe it, off the canopy would be acidified by the mix; it was better to go upside down, put it down hard and it would be as green as a dog's xxxx after grass dragging.

 

TGM savours that landing, called "impossible" by the other test pilots, but Turbo just smiled and said "That's what they pay us the big bucks for" and everyone..............

[Captain]

3 minutes ago, turboplanner said:

TGM savours that landing, called "impossible" by the other test pilots, but Turbo just smiled and said "That's what they pay us the big bucks for" and everyone........

.... gasped with admiration (some also with lust), broke into rapturous applause, and presented TGM (our own beloved Turdy) with a photo of an F16 on behalf of all Western Nations (the back was signed by Eddy Heath, Butro Butros Galli, Bill Clinton, Monica Lewinsky and Harold Holt [pre swim]). That photo, signed on the obverse, is the very one used as TGM's avatar, so it means ......

[turboplanner]

.........a lot to him, showing the takeoff for the specially approved upside down flight between the buildings and past the balcony of Buckingham Palace, for his beloved Queen (the flight photo was ruined by that out-of-control little pest Prince Andrew climbing over the balustrade and .......

[Captain]

1 hour ago, turboplanner said:

.........a lot to him, showing the takeoff for the specially approved upside down flight between the buildings and past the balcony of Buckingham Palace, for his beloved Queen (the flight photo was ruined by that out-of-control little pest Prince Andrew climbing over the balustrade and .......

..... holding someone less than half his age, while Turbo, half inverted, flashed a smile at his (Andy's) Mum and also at Anne, because at that stage of his adventurous life, Turbo had always fancied a cucumber sandwich, and was going through his mother & daughter experimental phase, and Anne had always ......

Edited Thursday at 09:24 PM by Captain

[turboplanner]

 ......pointed out the front end of the horse when Turbo was riding dressage. Turbo was not a horse-person and Anne was an Aussie at heart, although she'd never been to a BNS Ball to learning phrases like "You XXXXXXX"  or ..........

[Captain]

1 hour ago, turboplanner said:

 ......pointed out the front end of the horse when Turbo was riding dressage. Turbo was not a horse-person and Anne was an Aussie at heart, although she'd never been to a BNS Ball to learning phrases like "You XXXXXXX"  or ..........

.... "Do ya", ....... or "Does your 'Vette have a back seat", or "If you perform well, it will be "Arise, Sir Turbo" or .....

Edited 11 hours ago by Captain