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Offline Angus

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Just about touched the devil's Horns
« on: June 12, 2010, 09:31:34 AM »
Mission: Sightseeing over EYJAFJALLAJÖKULL, the volcano with the unspeakable name which has been giving the world of aviation a load of trouble.
Vessel: Cessna 172
Crew: Pilot born in 1940, Father-in-law born in 1939, and a german gardener born in 1935, then my humble self with my RAF jacket and dirty clothes.
Flight plan: Fly over the crater and peek inside (alt is some 5K), then slalom down a ravine from where the lava has cut itself through the thick glacial cap.
Results: Mission completed. Had a good peek into the corridor of hell. Both before and after the flight, there were emissions from the crater, but not when I was there. There was no smell of sulphuric gases this time. The view was awesome and I doubt I will ever forget our circling around the crater. I am not sure how deep we were actually.
And....I did not even bother to bring a camera. This will give an idea of the place I was IN yesterday though:
It was very interesting to carry out the flight trials at Rechlin with the Spitfire and the Hurricane. Both types are very simple to fly compared to our aircraft, and childishly easy to take-off and land. (Werner Mölders)

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Re: Just about touched the devil's Horns
« Reply #1 on: June 12, 2010, 05:42:36 PM »
Thought I smelled beef cooking.   :x
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Re: Just about touched the devil's Horns
« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2010, 06:14:50 PM »
 :rock :cheers:

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Re: Just about touched the devil's Horns
« Reply #3 on: June 12, 2010, 06:20:28 PM »
and here I thought you had run across my ex-wife.


honest mistake.
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Re: Just about touched the devil's Horns
« Reply #4 on: June 12, 2010, 10:41:50 PM »
A guy was returning to his flat after some pubcrawling. In a dark hallway he was halted by a Sulphur-smelling, red, horned, hoofed, fork-tailed (like a p-38  :devil), big and evil being.
Satan: "Do you know who I am?"
Pubcrawler : "No"
Satan: "I am Satan, also known as Lucifer, or you can call me the devil"
Pubcrawler: "Nice meeting you. I am married to your sister"

hehe :neener:
It was very interesting to carry out the flight trials at Rechlin with the Spitfire and the Hurricane. Both types are very simple to fly compared to our aircraft, and childishly easy to take-off and land. (Werner Mölders)

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Re: Just about touched the devil's Horns
« Reply #5 on: June 13, 2010, 05:31:29 AM »
 :rofl :rofl :rofl
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Re: Just about touched the devil's Horns
« Reply #6 on: June 13, 2010, 06:13:02 AM »
Your nuts Angus!

BTW glad that slice of he!! seems to be settling down a bit.

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Re: Just about touched the devil's Horns
« Reply #7 on: June 13, 2010, 08:22:20 AM »
To look into that, you do not have to be nuts, just be se sure to have some  :devil

It was quite a ride ;)
It was very interesting to carry out the flight trials at Rechlin with the Spitfire and the Hurricane. Both types are very simple to fly compared to our aircraft, and childishly easy to take-off and land. (Werner Mölders)