Stupid questions asked at airshows

[Gorilla]

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After giving him some water, I asked him how many phone #s he was getting from all the babes.

He said "None".

I said "None?...dude, your a single, 1Lt, F-15 driver at an airshow in Hawaii and your not getting any phone #s??...I don't think it gets any better then this...it must be you"

It MUST have been him! I remember a certain F-15 dude at an airshow in the '80's autographing sweet young things on their gluteii and other personal spaces with a sharpie. While busily occupied, the hottie would usually say something like "So you guys wanna hang after the show?"

Too bad the guy was married, but the temptation was great and the opportunity there.

 

[mannyaplus11]

Sitting static display with a Predator Unmanned Air Vehicle at Miramar, the most asked question:
"Where does the pilot sit in this thing?"

 

[414Flyer]

I gotta say I could meet just about any Hollywood actor and not really care who they were. To meet that guy I'd be completely awe struck. I HOPE you at least got a picture with him.

Oh.. and he woulda been Army Air Corps. Air Force dosen't have that much tradition!

Au contraire! Harry McCool, A/C of #4 B-26 on the Doolittle raid, did stay in service, retiring from USAF at a Lt Col in 1968.

So an Air Force legend, is an appropriate term. Unfotunately, Col McCool went south in 2003, RIP.

 

[Scrapdog]

Sitting static display with a Predator Unmanned Air Vehicle at Miramar, the most asked question:
"Where does the pilot sit in this thing?"

Which hurt more - actually having to sit with a predator or having the guy ask the retarded question?

 

[SIG600]

Which hurt more - actually having to sit with a predator or having the guy ask the retarded question?

I think a better question, is what self respecting pilot would sit with one?

 

[Scrapdog]

I think a better question, is what self respecting pilot would sit with one?

Shack!! God forbid you have to actually go to an airshow with a predator, at least go hang out with the chicks on the airshow staff...

 

[mannyaplus11]

Well, Believe it or not, we actually had one of the biggest crowds in front of Predator. I couldn't believe how many people recognized the airplane and what it had done in Afghanistan and Iraq. However, some still asked where the pilot sat.
I was involved with the program as a reservist working for a small detachment at the Predator factory. I never flew the airplane, but, I would have in a hot minute.

 

[ExAF]

"Fly?"

I would argue that one doesn't "fly" a predator one "remote controls" a predator.

 

[mannyaplus11]

Actually, you do "fly" the Predator, you have a stick, throttes and rudder pedals to control it. It is not autonomously lauched like Global Hawk. You have to fly it for takeoffs and landings and then you have the option of autopilot once you are at altitude.
I know, flying the Predator is like wetting yourself in a dark suit, a nice warm feeling, but, you hope to God that no one notices.

 

[SIG600]

Actually, you do "fly" the Predator, you have a stick, throttes and rudder pedals to control it. It is not autonomously lauched like Global Hawk. You have to fly it for takeoffs and landings and then you have the option of autopilot once you are at altitude.
I know, flying the Predator is like wetting yourself in a dark suit, a nice warm feeling, but, you hope to God that no one notices.

Sounds like half the students at Embry Riddle are qualified Predator "pilots" then with all the Microsoft Flight Sim time they log.

 

[Benhuntn]

Had an elderly gentleman and his wife ask my female copilot if she was the flight attendent. She got red in the face and said no she was a pilot. The old guy laughed and said...good one. There aren't any women pilots in the AF. She shot back you're right. I am the flight attendent.

 

[SIG600]

Thats the best she could come up with?

 

[Scrapdog]

Had an elderly gentleman and his wife ask my female copilot if she was the flight attendent. She got red in the face and said no she was a pilot. The old guy laughed and said...good one. There aren't any women pilots in the AF. She shot back you're right. I am the flight attendent.

That's a good story? Was she at least hot?

 

[Slice121]

That's a good story? Was she at least hot?

Odds are always in the house's favor...my $ is on no.

 

[Benhuntn]

Yes she was and a great personality. I enjoyed flying with her until the AF in its wisdom grounded all pilots that wouldn't take the bonus.