Anyone going to be on PCars today? I’ve got the day off and am bored. Please send me an invite.
Got Greta Van Fleet cranked up to 11 on the stereo. They are young kids with 60s/70s rock n roll music. Sound a lot like Zeppelin but unlike other bands that try copying Zep, these kids are actually talented and write their own music. Check out Highway Tune, Flower Power and Safari Song. Just the kind of music BOBs love!
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwVBNowUqkUUIlIXO5xUk9uFVPrAHWY28
And here’s a couple of live songs from just a couple of weeks ago. Definitely not like most of the new music where everything is auto tuned thru a computer because no one can sing or actually play an instrument. These kids are going to be up there with The Black Keys and The White Stripes/Jack White for new(er) musicians who might help save rock from all this Justin Bieber and (C)Rap “music” that comes out now.
Great stuff!
Here are some pics of GT at “work”...
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@Aero: at first I didn’t realize that this wasn’t a replay video of our races last night! It needs Jimi Hendrix “Crosstown Traffic” playing in the background.
Oh God... no... not pilot humor. Man, that's the WORST!
Fine, but remember - YOU asked for it!
Did you hear about Trump's meeting with a pilot? Afterwards The President was quoted as saying 'Jeez! Does that man EVER stop talking about himself!'
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6114 Monkey
A tourist walked into a pet store and was looking at the animals on display. While he was there, an officer from the local RAF base walked in and said to the shopkeeper “I’ll take a 6114 monkey, please.”
The shopkeeper nodded, went to a cage at the side of the store and took out a monkey. He put a collar and leash on the animal and handed it the officer, saying, “That’ll be £2,000, please.”
The officer paid and left with the monkey. The surprised tourist went to the shopkeeper and said, “That was a very expensive monkey. Most of them are only a few hundred pounds. Why did that one cost so much?”
The shopkeeper answered, “Ah, that 6114 monkey, he can rig aircraft flight controls, score 300 on the Army Personal Fitness Test, set up a perimeter defence and perform the duties of any warrant officer with no back talk or complaints. It’s well worth the money”.
The tourist then spotted a monkey in another cage. “That one’s even more expensive! £10,000! What does it do?” he asked.
“Oh, that one” replied the shopkeeper. “That’s a “Maintenance Supervisor” monkey. It can instruct at all levels of maintenance, supervise maintenance at the unit, intermediate, and Depot level, and even do most of the paperwork. A very useful monkey indeed”.
The tourist looked around a little longer and found a third monkey in a cage. The price tag was £50,000. The shocked tourist exclaimed, “This one costs more than all the others put together! What in the world can it do?”
“Actually” said the shopkeeper “I’ve never actually seen him do anything but drink beer, chase females and play with his d***, but his papers say he’s a Pilot.
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How do you know when there's a pilot at the party? He will tell you.
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Squak sheets (maintenence issues)
- Problem: "Smoke in cabin."
- Solution: "Aircrew reminded fleet is no-smoking these days."
- Problem: "Bad smell in cockpit (B-747)."
- Solution: "Advice crew to wash every day."
- Problem: "Missile (AIM-9) tone very weak, almost inaudible."
- Solution: "Turn up the volume."
- Problem: "Rear cockpit HUD repeter unviewable, looked like squiggly porn."
- Solution: "HBO ordered MICAP zero Ballance."
- Problem: "Something loose in cockpit."
- Solution: "Something tightened in cockpit."
- Problem: "Evidence of hydraulic leak on right main landing gear."
- Solution: "Evidence removed."
- Problem: "Target Radar hums."
- Solution: "Reprogrammed Target Radar with the lyrics."
- Problem: "Number three engine missing."
- Solution: "Engine found on right wing after brief search."
- Problem: "DME volume unbelievably loud."
- Solution: "Volume set to more believable level."
- Problem: "Dead bugs on windshield."
- Solution: "Live bugs on order."
- Problem: "Autopilot in altitude hold mode produces a 200 fpm descent."
- Solution: "Cannot reproduce problem on ground."
- Problem: "IFF (Identification Friend or Foe) inoperative."
- Solution: "IFF always inoperative in OFF mode"
- Problem: "Friction locks cause throttle levers to stick."
- Solution: "That's what they're there for."
- Problem: "Left inside main tire almost needs replacement."
- Solution: "Almost replaced left inside main tire."
- Problem: "Test flight OK, except autoland very rough."
- Solution: "Autoland not installed on this aircraft."
- Problem 1: "No. 2 Propeller seeping prop fluid."
- Solution 1: "No. 2 Propeller seepage normal."
- Problem 2: "No. 1, No. 3, and No. 4 propellers lack normal seepage."
- Problem: "The autopilot doesn't."
- Solution: "IT DOES NOW."
- Problem: "Roaches in galley."
- Solution: "Fed and watered roaches"
- Problem: "Laboratory mice loose in bag bin."
- Solution: "No cat this station."
- Problem: "Aircraft handles FUNNY."
- Solution: "Aircraft warned to straighten up, "fly right" and be serious."
- Problem :"UHF does not work in OFFicial mode."
- Solution: " Found short between the headphones."
- Problem: "Sounds like little man is beating on the bottom of the floor with a hammer."
- Solution: "Took hammer from man and made him promise not to do it again."
- Problem: "Bugs smashed on canopy."
- Solution: "Gave bugs coffee and told them to move along."
- Problem: "Crew door hard to close." (on a KC-135)
- Solution: "Green suit needs to up his weaties intake."
- Problem: "No. 3 engine knocks at idle"
- Solution: "No. 3 engine let in for a few beers"
- Problem: "Funny smell in cockpit"
- Solution: "Pilot told to change cologne"
- Problem: "The T/C ball seemed stuck in the middle during my last turn."
- Solution: "Congratulations! You've just made your first coordinated turn."
- Problem: "Transponder inoperative."
- Solution: "Transponder always inoperative in OFF mode."
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Annnd finally, a picture from the crew lounge....
... I was still sooo happy to be back with our motley crew. 
You guys are the best, even if you won't let me win. 
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