What has 2 thumbs and just got it's glider pilots license

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What has 2 thumbs and just got it's glider pilots license

Postby Dutch guy » 03 Aug 2009, 04:02

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THIS GUY

That's right. I'm now fully licensed to make the skies a little less safe in a glider (Sailplane, whatever you call it) :D 8)
Now I just need to get my drivers license. :wink:

I'll post some more pics once I have them.
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Re: What has 2 thumbs and just got it's glider pilots license

Postby Sir_Substance » 03 Aug 2009, 04:21

god save us all.

nice work!
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Re: What has 2 thumbs and just got it's glider pilots license

Postby Cake » 03 Aug 2009, 04:22

< Alkivar> we're on our way back from partying in NYC over the weekend ... it was like sunday afternoon we're headed back west
< Alkivar> we're cruisin... maybe 130-140mph
< Alkivar> flew past a trooper on the side of the road
< Alkivar> trooper lights up ... siren blasting ... chasing us down the highway
< Alkivar> we're both like should we stop ... there's no way he can catch up to us
< Alkivar> we decided to be good and stop
< Alkivar> cop catches up to us ... comes out gun drawn ... pissed as hell
< Alkivar> walks up to the side of the car and goes
< Alkivar> "SON CAN I SEE YOUR PILOT'S LICENSE"
< Alkivar> Jason pulls out his fucking pilot's license
< Alkivar> cop's jaw hits the fucking ground
< Alkivar> most stunned face I've ever fucking seen
< Alkivar> in this practically a whimper goes "get the fuck out of here"
< Alkivar> no ticket... too embarassed apparently
< Alkivar> I'll never forget that day long as I live
< Alkivar> I was sure we were goin to jail
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Re: What has 2 thumbs and just got it's glider pilots license

Postby Mad Madam Mimm » 03 Aug 2009, 04:23

Well done. And please be careful. Use this new power for good, not for evil.
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Re: What has 2 thumbs and just got it's glider pilots license

Postby Theremin » 03 Aug 2009, 04:51

Ha ha! You can run, but you can't glide!
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Re: What has 2 thumbs and just got it's glider pilots license

Postby theDreamer » 03 Aug 2009, 05:47

...Ow...

and congrats!
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Re: What has 2 thumbs and just got it's glider pilots license

Postby Master Gunner » 03 Aug 2009, 10:18

Congrats, I shall now have to upgrade my air-to-air defense systems.
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Re: What has 2 thumbs and just got it's glider pilots license

Postby King Kool » 03 Aug 2009, 10:21

...so, is Dutch Guy's avatar a direct reference to MG's? Or am I so late to the party, the cake's moldy and the stripper in it is middle-aged?
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Re: What has 2 thumbs and just got it's glider pilots license

Postby Timelady » 03 Aug 2009, 10:22

Congratulations!
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Postby Master Gunner » 03 Aug 2009, 10:45

King Kool wrote:...so, is Dutch Guy's avatar a direct reference to MG's? Or am I so late to the party, the cake's moldy and the stripper in it is middle-aged?


Pretty sure the stripper died from spending too much time in a moldy cake by this point.
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Re: What has 2 thumbs and just got it's glider pilots license

Postby King Kool » 03 Aug 2009, 11:06

What? She had plenty to eat!
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Re: What has 2 thumbs and just got it's glider pilots license

Postby Nevrmore » 03 Aug 2009, 11:33

Aspergillus is very filling.
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Re: What has 2 thumbs and just got it's glider pilots license

Postby Dutch guy » 03 Aug 2009, 13:04

King, to answer your question, yes.

Long story: When I just came here I joked i was part of the Master Gunner Elimination Squad, to take out the thread of his airship, so that the Dutch could take over the world. This is response to the rank he got from the crew "Defending us from the dutch".

The burning and crashing blimp is a response to that. Also, see the "what avatar should I use" poll I did a while back. I posted different versions there, this one came out the winner.
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Postby Master Gunner » 03 Aug 2009, 15:59

I considered changing my avatar in response, but decided against that in the end. Especially since people got upset the last time I changed my avatar.
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Re: What has 2 thumbs and just got it's glider pilots license

Postby spartanhelmet » 03 Aug 2009, 23:58

Great, now we have to be mindful of the skies too? The Dutch are aloft... AGAIN!

Good work on getting your license. Congrats muchacho!
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Re: What has 2 thumbs and just got it's glider pilots license

Postby Brad » 08 Aug 2009, 22:21

Well done! I took my pilot's lessons before I took driver's lessons too. I'm not licensed though (I am to drive, just not fly). I recall my first lesson. I was allowed to take off and land as I'd explained I had played a lot of microsoft flight sim and I impressed him with my control enough for him to feel comfortable with me landing.

Anyway, those who've been up in small aircraft know that around a thousand feet or so there's a kind of a band of turbulence - I think it's an atmosphere barrier like you get in scuba diving. I hit this on approach not expecting it and lost my runway alignment. He took control back to put us right and I figured he was going to land it. About 6-700 feet up and halfway past the runway he points out that I have control and would I be landing anytime soon? The rest of that sentence should've been "or should we do another pass."

But I thought it'd be fun to attempt a slipstream landing in a cessna.

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Re: What has 2 thumbs and just got it's glider pilots license

Postby Dutch guy » 09 Aug 2009, 08:13

The band of turbulence you are referring to is the so called Super-adiabatic layer. In that layer the air is influenced by ground objects and heated by warmth from the earth below. This means there's a lot of warm air rising from below, and cool air coming down from above. Above 1000 feet meters the influence of turbulence from ground is negligible so things settle down very fast (Meaning there's much less turbulence)


Slip-landings are fun. (The 2-seater our club uses, an SZD 50-3 Puchacz, is a bit of a bitch to propperly side-slip so I had a bit of difficulty in demonstrating it on my exams) Hardest part of the exams however was the airtow start. The towplane they used at the guest club has a strong prop wash, and for the exam I had to do a low-tow (start, up to 300 meters, decent attached to the towplane to field height without actually touching the ground, and then back up to 500 meters) When descending there is no way to stay out of the propwash of the towplane, so the glider has the tendency to roll to the right due to the vortex of the towplane's propwash. This means you are constantly giving left stick to keep the plane level with your right hand. Your left hand is on the airbrakes to keep the towline taught. By the time we had finally descended to field level my arms where aching from the strain (It was very turbulent that day, making it even harder). I have never been happier to pull that release knob at the end. :P
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Re: What has 2 thumbs and just got it's glider pilots license

Postby Master Gunner » 09 Aug 2009, 11:52

Dutch guy wrote:I have never been happier to pull that release knob at the end. :P


.....You did that on purpose, didn't you?

Ah well, congratulations again on making it through. I did some gliding back when I was in Air Cadets, and it was amazing. I hope to go and actually get my pilots license someday, but for now I still have uni to take care of.
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Re: What has 2 thumbs and just got it's glider pilots license

Postby Dutch guy » 09 Aug 2009, 13:57

Master Gunner wrote:
Dutch guy wrote:I have never been happier to pull that release knob at the end. :P


.....You did that on purpose, didn't you?





:| :? :shock: :oops: :oops:

............. uhhhhhhhhh




:oops: :oops:





..... Uncomfortable















I...

uhhh...



yeaahhhhhh......




I kinda dropped the ball on that one :oops:



:roll:


*tugs collar uncomfortably and slinks away, trying not to be noticed*


:mrgreen:
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