Do you talk to your plane?

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Do you speak to your plane?

Yes
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No
4
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Do you talk to your plane?

Postby Thunderboy » Mon Nov 13, 2006 2:46 pm

Well we saw on an earlier post that most of the guys have photos of their planes in their office even over and above having of their wives.
So then do you speak to your plane when you take her out the hangar, put her back after a god flight etc?

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Postby slysi » Mon Nov 13, 2006 2:48 pm

Wish I had one to talk to but....I do sometimes talk to my wife..... :twisted:
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Postby artagra » Mon Nov 13, 2006 3:13 pm

if i had one i would talk to it... :lol: :lol:
But i do talk to my bike, but its just not the same :P :P
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Postby RV4ker (RIP) » Mon Nov 13, 2006 3:20 pm

:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: Nope.

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Postby DarkHelmet » Mon Nov 13, 2006 4:27 pm

If shouting "Oh F%&# what the F#$#@##@ F#$#% was that?" when hearing a funny noise counts, then yes - I do.

I will rather not elaborate on the affection Big D gives his aerie when we get to the field for the first time... I walk outside and ask him to call me when they are done!
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Postby Arnulf » Mon Nov 13, 2006 4:34 pm

Do you talk to your plane?
Only during the flare. :oops: :oops: :oops:
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talking to your plane?!

Postby Slow_Poke » Mon Nov 13, 2006 4:56 pm

Yep, I do, especially if the wx is a bit bad / lots of thermic activity ect! It doesn't seem to work though, she never wants to listen - typical!!!
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Postby GR8-DAD » Mon Nov 13, 2006 7:49 pm

I talk to myself :shock: , I talk to my PAX, :P I talk to fellow aviators on the radio 8) , now where must I find time to talk to the aerie? :twisted:
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Postby Boet » Mon Nov 13, 2006 8:15 pm

Call me what you like: Sometimes, before I close the hangar doors, I give her a kiss in the spinner. Yes, I talk to my plane. Bloody hell, she`s been mine for 25 years!!!!!! AND I know every nut and bolt in this aerie, including the nuts and bolts in her engine. Overhauled her myself.
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Postby afskies scribe » Mon Nov 13, 2006 8:22 pm

Boet, mooi was mos nog nooit lelik nie - she's a beauty :!: :D ':- :mrgreen: :lol:
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Postby C205 » Tue Nov 14, 2006 8:00 am

Arnulf:
Only during the flare.
And I thought I was the only one!
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Postby kb » Tue Nov 14, 2006 9:12 am

when doing beach landings, on soft sand, battling to get going on the take off, i have been heard to say FLY BITCH!!!
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Postby Big-D » Tue Nov 14, 2006 11:52 am

DH wrote
I will rather not elaborate on the affection Big D gives his aerie when we get to the field for the first time... I walk outside and ask him to call me when they are done!
Yes, it is true. I do talk to my plane - But what "My Precious" and I have is special, OK
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Postby Sad-Ham » Wed Nov 15, 2006 9:01 am

Only during the mating season....
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Postby No Fly Now » Wed Nov 15, 2006 4:59 pm

When striking a bad patch of wind-shear, I used to say something like "what the %&*@ was that?............I never, ever got a reply from my trike..........just the reassuring drone of the trusty Rotax!

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