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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: hitech on September 20, 2002, 09:10:35 AM
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This little gentlemn broke the friendly bounds of earth all by his lonsum, and returned to tell the tail.
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Originally posted by hitech
This little gentlemn broke the friendly bounds of earth all by his lonsum, and returned to tell the tail.
Not too shabby for a guy that can't spell, congrats dude.
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Plez Splain out dis tale o wundor
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Originally posted by hitech
This little gentlemn broke the friendly bounds of earth all by his lonsum, and returned to tell the tail.
is that normal that no online translator can give any sense to this sentence ???
my very own internal system puked too :D
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Originally posted by straffo
is that normal that no online translator can give any sense to this sentence ???
my very own internal system puked too :D
Don't worry, it's not english. :p
BTW, What is HT talking about?
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WTG HT!! :cool:
I bet it performed much better without you know who seating there.
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Originally posted by Innominate
Don't worry, it's not english. :p
any clue of what langage it is ?
I'm very lost :confused:
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He didn't say how he returned to earth- i'm thinking he fell to earth in a silk chute after losing a HO.:p :D
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Wow! HTC is doing pretty good to foot the Russain bill of 20 Million to the space station. ;)
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Congrats HTC... it's a wonderful experience, isn't it?
Magee starts to make much more sense without somebody barking in your ear, right? ;)
Did they cut your shirttail off?
Anyway, next con, yer buying the first one now!
Good luck... and don't get overconfident. Look at the stats on the accident rate in the first 200 hours. ;)
Have fun!
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I got it !
HT has made is first solo !
congrats for your "laché" !
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Originally posted by hitech
.....returned to tell the tail.
is that legal in Texas? :)
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Originally posted by hitech
This little gentlemn broke the friendly bounds of earth all by his lonsum, and returned to tell the tail.
Congrats. Aren't you required to be able to use english tho?
DD
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WTG Dale!
this little game of your has alot of us thinking of doing the same..
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Congrats! Like alot of Firsts, you will always remember it :)
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Glad you soloed HT. I remember my first solo back in 1975.
Congrats!!
ATC
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Congrats HT !
what a kick in the pants eh?
Sooo.. are you getting kick-backs from the FAA or pilot training institutes? You should be, considering how many people you've gotten hooked !!!
WTG !
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Congrats......my knees shook for 10 minutes after My Solo....
;)
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Weigh too go!
:)
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Whoohooo congrats HT.
Now i just can imagine turning on an engine of one those beasts.
Or pups.
HT
So how was it?
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WTG, Hitech! Congrats and
!
How many hours are you at? Don't let up now... I know too many that have slowed down after soloing and never quite get back to it.
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WTG Dale!
Gotta say I'm totally jealous.
AKDejaVu
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Congrads on your solo. One of these years will be my turn.
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Ah, now that this cryptic message has been explained - WTG HiTech on your first solo! :D
I remember when Zeb did his back in 1988, I was nervous as hell the whole time as I waited for him in the flying club bar.... first clue I had it was going ahead was when the CFI came back into the club alone after his check flight.... which meant it was 'on'! :)
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congrats... now go buy one of them FW replicas so you can state with 100% certainity that the AH FW are *not* porked... then buy a spitIX.LF and fix the one we have now.
:D
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WTG HT
Now the fun starts, I remember the first time the big loud one was gone and it was just me. You are on cloud nine for a week. I remember going to a pay phone and calling every one I thought would care (and a few who prob. diden't).
Keep at it and saver the freedom we have in this great country that allows us to fly as privet citizens. When things don't go well in life and work is a squeak, go up for an hour, the concentration on flying makes all the B.S. kind of go away and it puts things in perspective.
You will rember this day for a long time, I stated makeing little notes in my log book and still look back on flights from long past .
I really recomend putting details in your log so 10 years from now you can look back and relive these heady times. Have fun and be safe, now get back to work.:D
Scott
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High Flight
John Gillespie Magee, Jr.
Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth1,
And danced2 the skies on laughter silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed3 and joined the tumbling mirth4
Of sun-split clouds5 and done a hundred things6
You have not dreamed of -- Wheeled and soared and swung7
High in the sunlit silence8. Hov'ring there9
I've chased the shouting wind10 along and flung11
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up the long delirious12, burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights13 with easy grace,
Where never lark, or even eagle14 flew;
And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space15,
Put out my hand16, and touched the face of God.
FAA Supplement to “High Flight”
1 Pilots must insure that all surly bonds have been slipped entirely before aircraft taxi or flight is attempted.
2 During periods of severe sky dancing, crew and passengers must keep seatbelts fastened. Crew should wear shoulder belts as provided.
3 Sunward climbs must not exceed the maximum permitted aircraft ceiling.
4 Passenger aircraft are prohibited from joining the tumbling mirth.
5 Pilots flying through sun-split clouds under VFR conditions must comply with all applicable minimum clearances.
6 Do not perform these hundred things in front of Federal Aviation Administration inspectors.
7 Wheeling, soaring, and swinging will not be attempted except in aircraft rated for such activities and within utility class weight limits.
8 Be advised that sunlit silence will occur only when a major engine malfunction has occurred.
9 "Hov'ring there" will constitute a highly reliable signal that a flight emergency is imminent.
10 Forecasts of shouting winds are available from the local FSS. Encounters with unexpected shouting winds should be reported by pilots.
11 Pilots flinging eager craft through footless halls of air are reminded that they alone are responsible for maintaining separation from other eager craft.
12 Should any crewmember or passenger experience delirium while in the burning blue, submit an irregularity report upon flight termination.
13 Windswept heights will be topped by a minimum of 1,000 feet to maintain VFR minimum separations.
14 Aircraft engine ingestion of, or impact with, larks or eagles should be reported to the FAA and the appropriate aircraft maintenance facility.
15 Aircraft operating in the high untrespassed sanctity of space must remain in IFR flight regardless of meteorological conditions and visibility.
16 Pilots and passengers are reminded that opening doors or windows in order to touch the face of God may result in loss of cabin pressure.
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WTG
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WTG, and congrats, HiTech!
My first solo was over 16 years ago, and I still remember it like it was yesterday.
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WTG Putz!
:)
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We want to see the pictures!!! The plane, the CFI, the SHIRT!!!
Bring them on HT!
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YEAH! WTG HiTech! :D
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WTG hitech, you rich guys who get to fly are lucky lucky charms.
:)
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Congrats HT. Now the real work begins. The exploration has just commenced and the best time of the year to fly is here!
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Can they use the plane again?
<>
J_A_B
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Originally posted by midnight Target
Weigh too go!
:)
LOL!
Eye'el seckund thatt!
eskimo
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Congrats, and welcome to the club. Just remember, if you find you thumb reaching for the "hat" switch when you want to look around you, it's easier to just turn your head.
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WTG Hitech! Nothin' else like it.:D
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Originally posted by J_A_B
Can they use the plane again?
J_A_B
ROFL!! :)
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You have flown a P-51D but you had never flown solo?!
Talk about running before crawling, wtf hitech!
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Originally posted by hitech
This little gentlemn broke the friendly bounds of earth all by his lonsum, and returned to tell the tail.
2356@#!$@#$^ASDdav'`Q
skarooit
grats on soloing HT
:)
Tex
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Originally posted by hitech
This little gentlemn broke the friendly bounds of earth all by his lonsum, and returned to tell the tail.
Humm.....
I hope the PUTZ flys better than he writes code!
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Welcome to the 'Clan'. Good job....
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WTG old timer.
Flying, as you discovered is a breeze, just remember to keep an eye on:
Airspeed,
Altitude,
Pitch,
Bank,
Fuel level,
Where you are,
Where you are going,
Your proximatey to class B,
Conflicting traffic.
Watch all that and you will have no problem. :)
Keep at it, it becomes easier as you go and more fun.
dago
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WTG HT!
Now tell us your ratio of landings to patterns...
L = P - perfect patterns
L > P - Bounced a few in
L < P - Took a few bad approaches around without landing
;)
Everything is SOOOO much better and easier without an instructor onboard, but you sure hear a lot of beeps, squeaks, groans, vibration, and rumblings that you never heard before...
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Everything is SOOOO much better and easier without an instructor onboard, but you sure hear a lot of beeps,groans, vibrations,
Now there is a big "no shxt" if I ever heard one.
So Eagl, you want to tell him, or should I, about how rough an engine starts to sound when you are going out on a solo cross country? :)
dago
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LOL Dago
I think it's something he should experience for himself :)
After 3 years flying the tweet I STILL hear/notice something new on almost every flight... Damn piece of **** old planes
:eek:
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WTG HT, I soloed in March of last year , then a year later finally got my P. Pilot license in SEL(number of planes and sevicebility not good,why it took so long).
Well Animal, I just recently got my Driver's license , I knew well how to fly before I could drive(thanks to HTC :D ),in fact I'm much more afraid of driving than flying, especially driving in this Isle as some may well know.
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Good job Hitech! Life will never be the same. Put the shirt-tail in a frame, and get it on a wall in your office. I didn't do that and found my solo "tail" in the rag pile.......my wife thought I ripped my shirt! And she wonders why she was the "first" wife. ;)
Thorns
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Originally posted by eagl
WTG HT!
Now tell us your ratio of landings to patterns...
L = P - perfect patterns
L > P - Bounced a few in
L < P - Took a few bad approaches around without landing
Well, it sounds like his ratio of landings to takeoffs was good.
L >= T - Or Else!
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Congrats !!
Do they still give out ceramic coasters that say First Solo ???
I still have mine from 1970 from Flight Safety Incorporated :)
The changed their name after I left for obvious reasons....
nopoop
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WTG HiTech!
Some day...some day...
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Congratulations HiTech!
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I'll never forget my solo flight... my engine quit. :eek:
500' off the ground on climb out and then total silence (except for the wind whistling through the wires).
"Perfect!" thinks I.
I pushed the stick forward, gained a little speed and kicked in some rudder and aileron to bring me to a heading toward my field. Then I reached up and started pulling the starting rope for all I was worth. It finally caught, and I was able to abort the emergency landing.
The thought that goes through your mind when you lift off that first time alone is, "OK, got it off the ground, now I have to get it back down. What have I done?!" You're very aware of everything going on around you, hyperalert, and stuff goes into slow motion.
I do have to say, playing flight sims probably did as much to prepare me to fly (and my first inflight emergency) as did all my actual training. I didn't so much as think about what to do when it happened, I just reacted. Just like in the game, when an engine croaks, the first thing to do is to put the nose DOWN.
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Nice HT nice......
So.....you treating us to a spin around Dallas next CON?
LLB OUT!!!!!
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Congratulations HiTech
:)
It is an event you will never forget (mine was 39 years ago) and that memory is something that will always bring a smile.
I hope they tore your shirt ;)
Many happy hours to come!!
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WTG HiTech! :)
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... I thought we were done with sending monkeys in space :confused:
Oh well... Whay Too Goo Putz :D
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Nice , u lucky guy u .
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Congrats Dale, I live in deep envy of you. WTG!
Just keep the shiney side up, the rubber side down...
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Congrats, Dale!
Drex
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congrats, i just did mine 2 weeks ago it was awesome! Now I am doing shorts an softs, they are tricky!
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Congrats! I hope you got shirt tailed!
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Very cool D! Hope you *make* some time to persue it what with this game eating up so much.
Of course it's all tax deductable for you - write it off as R n D costs - seriously.
-W
Originally posted by hitech
This little gentlemn broke the friendly bounds of earth all by his lonsum, and returned to tell the tail.
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Yup Zigrat, especially the 50 ft obstacle clearance Short Landing that one took me a while,very tricky
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ummmm 1 question was the plane airworthy on return??:D
congrats
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BTW Sorta doing it backwards.
FAA took 4 months on medical.
Allready have all instruction except for checkride prep complete. The short and soft fields are great fun.
Got my tail wheel,flying a cub and super decathalon,along with few hours of acro. Currently getting checked out for an RV8 that wants to have my name on it.
And a fairly unique thing is my first log book entry is a TF-51D.
And yes, the 172 is still in nice and shiny shape.
Thanks gents.
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Congrats hitech - those 172s are fun, arent they?
<-just started taking lessons again last week
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Congratulations Dale dood :)
Yer logbook sounds a bit like mine :)
C-172, Aeronca Champ, Stearman PT-17, TF-51D ..
..then there's the C-180 a friend let me fly to Vegas from Ontario that got me 'in the mood' to go for the license to begin with.. we flew up and landed on a dry lake for the quarter scale R/C Nats one year long ago .. it's the only way to 'arrive' at an R/C show :)
I still get all smiley rememberin some of the planes I have been lucky enough to fly.. and some of the stuff I was able to do in them.
The Mustang with Lee was still the best time I have ever had in a machine on this planet :)
He still doesn't beleive I only had 17 hrs of Dual when we danced.
-GE (ground school instructor had the right of it when she said she envied me .. so many 'firsts' to look forward to .. she said 'wait till I fly a Pitts ..they are FUN' -evil grin- ..haven't yet .. but it's on my list :)
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WTG hitech!
I still remember my first time. Ran out of $ before I could go all the way. Then I started having kids, and finally became a teacher. That really put the nail in the coffin. ;)
Some day..... some day I will finish and take my wife flying. That is one of my dreams. :)
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where do you find stats on the first 200 hours?
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Originally posted by Glasses
Yup Zigrat, especially the 50 ft obstacle clearance Short Landing that one took me a while,very tricky
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hey glasses you're describing my home field :)
2B1 - > Short, grass, surrounded by very tall trees :)
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This game drives me away from flying, to afraid some n1k will come and light me up on the runway! :D
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ahhhhh....I wish Ki-84 was still flyable....
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Congratulations HT,
I remember my first solo,
we have a tradition in Napoli Intl Airport, when the pilot land the first solo, the tower (that it's obviously informed that this was a first solo) said :
"Benvenuto, Comandante...." that mean : "welcome captain"
You take off as a recruit and come back as pilot.
Nice sensation, indeed :)