Simple Poll for IL-2 bods

**Moby-Dick** · 20-09-2003, 08:01 PM

I've flown with my old lodger who was a flying instructor , just ikkle cessna 150's buts its still quite a rush !

**Cesium** · 20-09-2003, 08:15 PM

i've flown twice and im goin 4 a third in a few weeks. The plane was a grob tutor - http://www.btinternet.com/~kingstonatc/grob_tutor.jpg - , it was pretty gd - got 2 do a bit of aerobatics - and all FOR FREE.

by the way is ne1 playin 2nite???

**Russ** · 20-09-2003, 10:06 PM

grob are horrible, SHAKE SHAKE SHAKE, bulldogs were a mint trainer, and chippies made u feel alive(barely)

**Cesium** · 20-09-2003, 10:14 PM

well i wouldnt really no - i dnt have much flying exprience apart from that.

**Knoxville** · 20-09-2003, 11:43 PM

been in the cockpit of a plane when we went on holiday, never actually flown one but i'd love too

**Nick** · 21-09-2003, 09:39 AM

Reminds me off an aguement I overheard a long time ago.

Everyone was boarding the plane and this guy comes up to one of the passengers and says to him something like, 'Excuse me, your sitting in my seat.'. The other guy truns around and says that he isn't, but the first guy insists that he is. The guy in the seat says something like, 'You might THINK I'm in your seat, but you see I have to sit by the window or I get airsick'. The other bloke gets REALLY angry and the guy in the seat insists on staying put, eventually a hostie comes along to sort it out. She turns to the guy sitting down and says, "I'm sorry sir, but you ARE in his seat and will have to move, you see, he's the Captain.."

**[GSV]Trig** · 21-09-2003, 11:25 AM

lol, didnt see that one coming, u got a new joke book Deck?

**Zak33** · 22-09-2003, 11:16 AM

Originally posted by Capt Doufos
If you want a weird sensation, sit at the back of somthing like a 757, a 737 will work to but 757's are longer. When they rotate the plane at take off, you go down before you go up... it's a very odd feeling,

Im with Douf on this one......as far as I am aware, when a 757 takes off, the runway has a large groove down the centre (like a mechanics "pit" ) for the tail to go into...the under carriage runs either side of it, and the tail goes right down into it

Then it shut's so people dont fall in

**Skii** · 22-09-2003, 11:51 AM

Originally posted by Zak33
Im with Douf on this one......as far as I am aware, when a 757 takes off, the runway has a large groove down the centre (like a mechanics "pit" ) for the tail to go into...the under carriage runs either side of it, and the tail goes right down into it

Then it shut's so people dont fall in

Seriously ?!?! I've never heard that before !!

**Skii** · 22-09-2003, 11:53 AM

You 'ickle liar Zakk

**Zak33** · 22-09-2003, 02:15 PM

no no....really.......its ALL trooooooo

Feels like it anyway........the arse must SCRAPE on the deck....(not the Deck, he scrapes his OWN arse)#

Im off now

**Hat** · 22-09-2003, 03:30 PM

had a go once.... papped myself pretty much until landing, then I wanted to go up again.

Defiintely do it again.. just had to get over initial fear thing

**Zak33** · 22-09-2003, 05:24 PM

Quite a high proportion of IL2 people with "some form of wings experience " tho isn't there....

Cool huh?

Me.....nope.....never held anyone elses joystick

**Nick** · 22-09-2003, 05:28 PM

Originally posted by Hat
had a go once.... papped myself pretty much until landing, then I wanted to go up again.

Defiintely do it again.. just had to get over initial fear thing

I did suffer vertigo on my first heli flight... was weird seeing the ground through the glass between my feet...

Never had a fear of flying... always had a very healthy fear of crashing though.

**Tumble** · 22-09-2003, 10:42 PM

[blatent cross thread pollination....]

Helicopters can't fly - they that ugly the Earth repels them

[/blatent cross thread pollination....]

**Lowe** · 26-09-2003, 03:06 PM

Originally posted by Trash Man
Please don't start, I am already getting quite nervous about going and it's still 2 weeks away.

The worst experience I have had in a plane was in a little twin prop jobbie going to Endovien in Holland for a music festival. There were more staff on the plane than passengers and I was stick that many times the air stuedess gave me a black back as she was getting fed up with keep changing my sick bag, I filled 5 before she gave me the black bag

The trip back though was very enjoyable indeed. It was the same plane again but this time the ride seemed a lot smoother and when we came in over London it was nice looking at all the landmarks from the air

Spooky, my first ever flight a few years back was from Bham to Eindhoven too, again in a little propellor plane. Stewardess was dutch, blonde and well fit.

My flight was enjoyable, I was right next to a huge window and could see everything. Top stuff.

The journey back however wasn't. The plane we were supposed to fly back in "broke" before takeoff (brown pants time) so we got put on another plane. Alas this didn't have enough seats so I ended up being chauferred to Schipol (sp) where I got put on a plane full of stoners coming back from Amsterdam which wasn't kewl.

Take off was fun though, gotta love that G..

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