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Post by Allen Peterson on Feb 11, 2010 18:23:01 GMT -5
Well, here we are nearly half way through the flights and I haven't seen anything from the Air Droppers, Hungry Hampers or the stale cheese sandwitches. Maybe it's the weather.
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Post by rattler1 on Feb 12, 2010 10:19:48 GMT -5
Hi Allen, I thought we were having a fairly quiet GAAR this year, so I took advantage of a nice day at Quirindi and had a bit of fun. The aircraft is operating under military rules, so this isn't prohibited. The max "G" loading was 2.1, well within the 2.5 most airliners are stressed to, and no engine or speed limits were exceeded. Not the tidiest I've seen, but I don't do it very often. My real-world self is off walkabout for a week, hence the early flights. Back soon. Rattler
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Post by Ed Burke on Feb 13, 2010 3:19:37 GMT -5
Allen, I'm afraid that The Mothercountry has been too busy of late to allow somebody of Zlogg's skills to wander around Oz swilling beers of various quality, good and not so wonderful. We won't invite problems by naming the also rans.
There has been produced the Marussia sports car, very quick and able to take a great variety of bodies from the sleek to the Edsel style.
Then there is the launching of the new Voevoda missile, a tremendous success due to the advanced fuels used.
And of course two wonderful test flights of the Sukhoi T-50, a 5th generation fighter which is going to blow the F-22 Raptor out of the skies.
A joint announcement from Mikhail Pogosyan, Director General of Suhkoi and Igor Korotchenko of the Public Council of the Ministry of Defense states that these spectacular successes have been due in no small part to the fuel developed by a hitherto unknown scientist, Yanhnkovik Propellorovsk.
So it is sad, but logical to assume that our intrepid aviator and his crew have been detained at the pleasure of the government of that great land until these latest projects have proven themselves and you and I are driving Marussias and dodging debris from F-22s.
Ed
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Post by Allen Peterson on Feb 13, 2010 18:45:26 GMT -5
Well, that explains why I never got an answer to my proposal to trade Idaho potatoes for their YAK-18T. Also, I see that our Governor is campaigning to base the F-35s here in Idaho. That would be a good security move since most people don't know where Idaho is. When I mention Idaho to them I get a puzzled look and a "Ida who?" response. Also the F-35 would be based in southern Idaho so we probably wouldn't get a lot of debris fallout up here in Cd'A.
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Post by Chris Ross on Feb 14, 2010 6:06:48 GMT -5
hmmmm Potatoes? (potato salad) (with the beef of course) Chris
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Post by johnl on Feb 14, 2010 7:13:46 GMT -5
Having been one of the regular GAAR-foodies in previous years, I've a bit out of things recently due to (a) flu (b) the need to reinstall FS9 during the event (it's going to take months to put all the freeware addon aircraft and scenery back in place). Consequently, I've not even had the time or energy to do any baking, and the weather locally is NOT suitable for barbies. Buttered toast spread with peach treacle is about my limit at the moment, but should not be attempted while flying as the controls get awfully sticky.
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Post by pterodactyl (George) on Feb 18, 2010 0:20:06 GMT -5
This is to Andrew; I don't know how close I am hitting all my times for percentage but I am having a blast. I'll have to check the leader board next leg. Every leg has been a different challange. Especially for a big bird like the Lancaster. So far only one runway overrun and one really hairy landing. Leg 7 just completed, doing this between tiling a kitchen floor. This leg definitely deserves not only a double Bourbon but also a plate of Keilbasa and pickles. Great fun Andrew!
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Post by Capt Zlogg on Feb 19, 2010 5:40:42 GMT -5
Comrades,
Agent Ed has said it all; we had very pressing business. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.
The Kommintern of the Great Motherland has carefully studied the proposal coming from comrade Wright Patterson and concluded this might endanger our paradise. The quality of said potatoes does not lend itself to make suitable vodka, it is only passable for human consumption at popular American hamburger chains and seems not very healthy. Since we stick to "Kiosks" in our beloved Motherland we see no future in your offer.
We are still puzzled by the daft offer to swap a load of inferior potatoes for a delicate piece of engineering in the form of a Yak-18T. Onkel Theo is very cross about it while Babushka is preparing a curse on the instrumentation of your flying contraption. Christened "Murphy" it will appear at the most inconvenient moments for the duration of the GAAR and again shows the magnificent results of our long range occult science.
The Kommintern sincerely hopes you may bungle from telephone wires at the end of the runway during your next take off (hopefully near one of your beloved "potato" fields)
cheers Capt Zlogg vp KGB Air Droppers (cows, elephants & rhinos) operator "U smažená klobása" Dzerzinshky Nam, Irkutsk, CCCP
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Post by Allen Peterson on Feb 19, 2010 14:46:42 GMT -5
Well, I guess this means that I won't get an autographed picture of Babushka either. And I may have encountered Murphy, not on take off but on landing. I KNOW I put the gear down. Anyone need any mashed potatoes?
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Post by Dave Evans bgak015 on Feb 20, 2010 7:06:13 GMT -5
Reminds me of a quick but true story,1955 I was a youngster with my dad attending the annual dawn patrol an pancake breakfast with my Dad when an Erocoupe that was giving rides was landing, but everone on the ground could see he would not clear the power lines at the end of the runway! the pilot seen them at the last instant and firewalled the throttle,pulled back on the wheel but the wire had snagged the main gears. The aircraft hit the ground perfectly flat! The only injuries sustaned was to the pilot..... when his lady passenger slid open the canopy ,stood on the seat,and began stricken the poor pilot about the head and shoulders with her purse!!
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Post by Capt Zlogg on Feb 22, 2010 6:22:24 GMT -5
Comrade Wright Patterson,
Babushka has a strict policy concerning her glamorous autographed pictures. Since she is very cross with you you stand NO chance at all. Besides that she is heavily engaged in an affair with the local party secretary to obtain a ride in his latest model Volga. She plans to test her latest invention during this ride for which the car is inevitable. She is shrouded in secrecy as to the nature of her invention but we got some information from bystanders attending her most recent beer hall brawl where she punched the oblast governor on his nose when he made some false moves dancing the tango. We expect her new invention will be published in next weeks Pravda technical supplement.
cheers Capt Zlogg vp KGB Air Droppers (cows, elephants & rhinos) chairman World Edible Poop Summit, Yekaterinenborg, Ural Oblast, CCCP
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