Aviation Trivia - Page 3

**cbg** · #21 07-18-2017, 05:22 PM

'hey ridley, got any beeman's? loan me some, will ya? pay you back later.'
cbg

**wag** · #22 07-18-2017, 06:01 PM

I remember flying United Airlines from Dallas to MSP many years ago. While reading the safety card tucked into the seat pocket I noted this statement at the very end. "If you cannot read this please notify the flight attendant".
Wayne

**sprogs** · #23 07-19-2017, 10:25 AM

I love it , wag.
I know it's not aviation related but near where I live is a sign that says "Blind School".
!/ How can you read it if you are blind ?
2/ They put it 9 feet above ground so that you can't read it in braille either.
Liz

**Mirco** · #24 07-19-2017, 01:07 PM

Three most useless things for a pilot:
- height above you,
- length of runway behind you,
- time you had.

**SCEtoAUX** · #25 07-19-2017, 01:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cbg

'hey ridley, got any beeman's? loan me some, will ya? pay you back later.'
cbg

Chuck Yeager character in The Right Stuff.

**murphyaa** · #26 07-19-2017, 03:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sprogs

I love it , wag.
I know it's not aviation related but near where I live is a sign that says "Blind School".
!/ How can you read it if you are blind ?
2/ They put it 9 feet above ground so that you can't read it in braille either.
Liz

Why do they put braille instructions on drive up ATM's?

**CharlieC** · #27 07-19-2017, 09:08 PM

A long time ago in the 60s the RNZAF operated a transport plane called the Bristol Freighter - a twin Centaurus powered, fixed undercarriage thing designed to be as cheap as possible at the end of WW2. The Freighters were always known as "B170" in radio calls after "Bristol Project 170".

However, when the RNZAF first flew a Freighter into Vietnam in support of the New Zealand troops they caused a major flap at Bien Hoa. The USAF ATC didn't have a clue what a B170 was so cleared the airspace around Bien Hoa expecting the arrival of something of the scale of B-70 bomber but moreso. Apparently the ATC kept trying to divert the Freighter away saying they were expecting a large supersonic aircraft - it took ages for them to be convinced what a B170 really was.

Charlie

**sprogs** · #28 07-20-2017, 12:22 PM

Yes, it's me again.
Thinking of my days making life miserable for the A.T.C. I can remember one evening when we were having a quiz, the question was "Which British aircraft carries our nuclear deterrent ?
Immediately cadet E%^$£ stood up and proudly shouted out the answer, "The Spitfire sir"