Top tip for annoying a helicopter pilot: strenuously refuse to believe that helicopters can glide.
i was in the band, played the trumpet but never had a decent trumpet. i ended up with the instructor’s old one that someone had bashed a mouthpiece so hard into that the welding broke. still got it somewhere, no mouthpiece tho
might post it in the gear wankers thread later. bashed up trumpet sans mouthpiece, well nu folk
You are a member of the band Beirut and I claim my $20
Apparently it’s quite common to buy a share in a plane. One of my dad’s mates quarter owns one with three others. As long as it’s not in heavy rotation it seems to work out well - he mostly uses it for day trips to Cornwall and France
Join the RAF then quit after you’ve been given your first Plane Driving License. They’ll actually PAY YOU to learn to fly a plane (assuming you don’t get killed in a war before then).
do i have to get a haircut
I don’t know, but you probably do have to wear a big pair of goggles and a scarf.
Blimey, planes are much more than I expected.
Thought you’d get a wee Cessna 150 second hand for about 10 grand. 40 years old and it’s still £23k!
https://www.aircraft24.co.uk/singleprop/cessna/150--xi129445.htm?fbacklink=150-152--xm10032.htm
yeah pricey, although i wonder if i could put it through the company?!
I was given a trial lesson as a gift once (this was back when I was a Flight Simulator nerd). It was good fun. Took off from Southampton Airport, flew over the Isle of Wight and the Solent, got to have a go at flying it quite a bit. They don’t let you touch the controls when you’re anywhere near the ground though.
oh my god
I don’t know where I heard / read this, but apparently it is a mantra well known among the very wealthy: “If it floats or flies, rent don’t buy”.
Might buy Flight Simulator 2020, which is essentially the same thing.
It’s ‘As Real As It Gets’
Wait they don’t use that branding anymore. Still
Reckon it’d be a useful tool to tackle my flying anxiety, because I’d fly the route in real time in the game first, then spend the whole actual flight criticising the pilot for doing it suboptimally.
‘I’ve flown this route over 100 times, sir!’
Looks amazing actually, shame it will never, ever run on my laptop. Sads
It’s going to be awesome. Goodbye everything else when it comes out.
What would your nickname be? Goose, Maverick and Iceman are already taken.
Ah man, I might actually have to find some way to get hold of this, I watched the trailer and the seven-year-old me who used to spend hours playing FS5.1 started hammering on my ribs
