Hi George,
How old is the airframe? Can you send some pictures?
Regards,
Hi Lyn,
George is not talking to you because you offended him.
THats what you women will never understand - forget about his "airframe". You always wanna see a picture !!! Why does it matter what he looks like? R65,000!!!! How much do you expect him to PAY, ek se. Ya!! Let me see a picture of YOUR airframe!! Then we can talk.
Listen, it is what is deep inside what counts. It is how he thinks - does he screw up his face when he thinks, does he wring his hands and sing Amazing Grace before thinking and having had a thought, does he need to rest over at your place or is he ok to drive home? That is what is important. And what is the age of the airframe got to do with anything? !!! You think his kingpost is bent? You think his undercarriage is pap? You think he cant do a hard landing? Whaaat??? He oreddy told you his "prop" is a "De Necker woody" and those things can last forever. He even has a Dat Sky digit for backup. He obviously does not like to be caught short. SO how much more do you want? Ok 286 hours is not a lot and he may still have trouble finding his way outside your GF but have you stopped to think that if you did not make it so bloody hard to for people to get into your GF then maybe more people would visit it? And the poor schmuck is trying to tell you that he has also had an orgasm on radio - now that is not to be sneezed at particularly because, as a safe sex practitioner, he wears a headset. But what do you do??? How old is the airframe........ I dunno. This dating site is not working titly because you chicks are too demanding. Take me for example. I have not had one trike groupy write to me and ask me for my take-off distance. àwait. I wonder. I ponder. But naaaaatheeeeeeeng!!!!!
Listen honey, George is the MAN!! Repent now! Send him a mail tomorrow first thing saying you want him real bad and you refuse to accept any money from him whatsoever because you luuuurv him.
Duif
Dear Duif
I can understand that you at your age can get a bit defensive about how girls look at 'airframes' its just that in this day and age, a girl has to be a bit pickier.
Nowadays the Authority to F. can be bought by anyone for only R100 bucks, and that is without them personally inspecting the quality of the a/c. It is issued on the promise by your pub- and fly-buddy that the bod and pistons and stuff are OK. So wouldn't you say its only reasonable that we try to get a bigger picture first?
Its already difficult from the logbook to see if the body had any rough rides, as many a/c park forever in the hangar, where you don't even know if all the tinkering the owner does improves the condition or not. On top of that, there are very many who sit forever at the threshold doing all sorts of checks, only to go for a quickie and pack it away again.
So airframe time is very important, if you can compare it to hours. An airframe of say, with first Authority to F. only 1 year old, and already 286 hours, can point to a very demanding aircraft, which might not be exactly what you want, or maybe it isOn the other hand, if the airframe had its first experience in 1972, and now only sitting at 286 hours, it points to faaaar too many hours in the hangar.
We girls are also naturally defensive of our GFA's. I would rather it be classified as an FAR, not the current FAD, which, like the words 'cockpit', is an aviation misnomer. Noise pollution is a constant problem in a GFA, as well as the risk of collision. Then, of course, you always get the show-offs, the inexperienced, the guys who doesn't have even basic radio etiquette, the guy who has no idea where the boundaries are and the idiot who is constantly trying forced landings after his precautionaries are not even smoothed out yet. Some pollute the GFA with smoke, and others with hot air. Some are hopelessly off course even in such a small area...
I think, Duif, it is you who owe Lyn an apology. Maybe you, with your experience, and reasonable airframe to hours ratio, can rather than insult the girls, offer your services as an evaluator, and make the skies a better place for all of us.
Annie
Yukkel Shtukkel Annette,
I just now remembered why I am single. Sheees. I make one leetle bitsy technical observation and I get the bloody manual thrown at me!!! However, not wishing to be caught with my pants down, I feel obliged to comment on certain obervations and allegations that you have made that cannot remain unchallenged.
Firstly, no Approved Person has EVER given me an Auth. to F for only R100. I have always been charged substantially more but of course I like them to do a thorough job. Happily it is only an annual event so I can afford it.
Secondly, this thing about my age ------ look, maybe the young okes can get their plane out the hangar quicker than me but, as you have pointed out, they only stay up for a short time and no sooner has the windsock stiffened up that they wanna come down. I on the other hand, due to a hardening of the arteries and the wisdom and experience aquired on a colourful variety of models, young and old, I can operate in most conditions, day or night.
Thirdly this thing about my log book --- I confess that I am quite attached to my log and I do indeed try to record in the book every blow by blow account of what happens mainly because the Certifiable Flying Instructor at our field wants to see it every year - his excuse is that I must set an example for the younger pilots and he wants to check that I am keeping my end up. The only thing I dont really record is when I drain the sump because I do that very often and it is not interesting unless there has been a pressure burst.
As for sitting at the threshold, naaaaah way is that a guy thing!!! That is a woman thing. Women will not take off until ALL the bloody buttons and switches have been pressed, switched, turned on, turned off , check the helmet, clear the prop and.....(I try to explain that I always clear my own prop to save time but no!, they still wanna go throught the list).......anyway, it never stops. I know. I have sat through many a session with female students up front between my legs. I wait patiently because I am always hoping there will be a lift off but after a while even my exhaust gas is overheating and I feel a pressure burst building. Invariably under those conditions her take off is an anti climax for me and my enthusiasm for instruction wanes somewhat and all I really have time for by then is one touch and go - greaser or otherwise, I dun care no mo.
Finally, I cannot but point out that you and I have a fundamentally different approach to our chosen recereational activity. I personally envisage a totally open GFA with few (if any) FAR's and with plenty strips and prominent visual references. I would like to see more boxes established for us to practise the more energetic manouvres in the syllabus. And if the erection of beacons is what it takes to get a more gender representative balance in our sport then I will certainly pitch in and plough as required.
I still think Lyn must pay George and get over her obsession with pics of his airframe. AND she must apologise to him. And George, if you are out there, DO NOT show her your log book until she can talk turkey.
Duif
