sunshine 2 #26 February 23, 2004 QuoteDude, load 1 already landed. I'm chillin in Bloomington, IL now. Gee, i'm all of 25 minutes from Bloomington and you don't even call and ask me to come hang out with you....damn pilots... ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diverdriver 7 #27 February 23, 2004 QuoteI like yer new ride!! Hitch anyone?? You're gonna frisk us right?? Is that a dare? Quote"Turn it on and operate it, please." You women and your "toys". Sheeeesh. Get a man once in awhile will yah? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diverdriver 7 #28 February 23, 2004 Quote200?! Come on! It's just a Challenger on steroids! We used to take the 604 down to about 140 with approach flaps....you get skeered that slow? Unfortunately, the boat I'm flying now doesn't like going slow....we're always being told to "slow to final approach speed" when we're there.. 130 at min landing weight, as high as 150. Yah, about the same for us...realisticly we don't have a Ref+5 less than 145. We don't have any leading edge devices so we sure as hell don't wanna approach a stall. We keep it a bit fast artificially for sure. Very nose down approach which freaks out the unfamiliar pilots riding in the jump seat. QuoteToo many times I've seen guys turn the wrong way because "the flight director said to"...or in severe crosswinds(like we had going into ORD last week - 60 knot crosswind at 5k, 40 at 3k, 30 at 1k) the thing doesn't have a clue, but too many guys just fly the S-turns it commands anyways. Mike Yep, seen it too. Chris Schindler www.diverdriver.com ATP/D-19012 FB #4125 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diverdriver 7 #29 February 23, 2004 QuoteGee, i'm all of 25 minutes from Bloomington and you don't even call and ask me to come hang out with you....damn pilots... Do I have your phone number? No, I don't think I do. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skipro101 0 #30 February 23, 2004 QuoteQuotepurty. But the real question is how old is she on the inside. Which part of: QuoteThis is our newest plane in the fleet. Wasn't clear? Alright, ass ... well it is contitental, so i figure the newest is like 20 years old? ok that was lame. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diablopilot 2 #31 February 24, 2004 Hey I thought you guys were broke, and now you're buyin' paint jobs? What's next? Chrome exahust tips? Wire rims? Tinted windows? I see you already have a "spoiler". Hey who's the ground crew with the nice bod in picture 2? ---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peacefuljeffrey 0 #32 February 24, 2004 Dude, you fly that?! AWESOME! Airplane looks sweet!-Jeffrey "With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chute 0 #33 February 24, 2004 This is the question DB would ask. Where is the jump door?Bottomless Beers and Blue Skies! * Brother_Brian * D.S.W.F.S.B. #2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lizard 0 #34 February 24, 2004 Hey now, the Jungle Jet isn't to bad of a plane. The APU is a piece of crap, (Hamilton Sundstrand), and the fuel system on the new XR models are giving us some problems. Thats my biggest complaints with it. I have a whole list of things I would change on them though. I do prefer the cabin layout on the CRJ better than I do the EMB135/145. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheBile 0 #35 February 24, 2004 The first thing that sprang to mind when I saw those piccies was the scene where Tom Hanks is being thrown around arse over tit in the cargo hold for the film CastAway. I have no idea why. Gerb I stir feelings in others they themselves don't understand. KA'CHOW ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wendybird 0 #36 February 24, 2004 Wow. Those colors remind me of something ... 10EA sumthin' sumthin', Bell222 sumthin' sumthin' ... Nope, can't place it.Wendy "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used u Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diverdriver 7 #37 February 24, 2004 QuoteWow. Those colors remind me of something ... 10EA sumthin' sumthin', Bell222 sumthin' sumthin' ... Nope, can't place it. LOL!! You found out! Skydive Chicago has bought a United Express carrier and I now work for them again! LOL!!!! Does this mean I get a beer handed to me as the engines spool down at the end of the day by some hot video chick? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diverdriver 7 #38 February 24, 2004 QuoteHey I thought you guys were broke Actually, the express carrier who I work for is not broke. United has set it up so that these smaller Express companies are basicly financing their recovery. That's the corporate world. So, we are taking deliveries of new 50 seat jets and they gotta get painted with sumpin. We were the launch carrier in the Express department for the new paint job. That's pretty cool. I heard mainline United would have about 70 planes painted with the new paintjob by the end of the year. I've seen their B-777 around O'Hare a lot. Paint jobs have to be redone every so often and the 777 was the first to need it I was told. There is also a B-737 I've seen with the new "do". I imagine that is one of the old United "Shuttle" planes. You might remember "Shuttle". It's that failed attempt to take on a low fare carrier (southwest) with an "Airline within an airline" scheme. Kinda like "Ted" is now. Seems we have failed to learn from our past. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wendybird 0 #39 February 24, 2004 Who told you I fly video now?Wendy "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used u Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diverdriver 7 #40 February 24, 2004 QuoteWho told you I fly video now? pssstt....Wendy...it was before your time.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wendybird 0 #41 February 24, 2004 QuoteQuoteWho told you I fly video now? pssstt....Wendy...it was before your time.... pssssssstt ... Chris ... I'm older than you and bite a lot harder ...Wendy "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used u Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
