Vomit Comet, redneck style
Tue Dec 04, 2007 9:54 am
Although it sounds like it was a somewhat daredevil maneuver, from what I've read, Johnston planned and rehearsed the roll in his head weeks prior to the demo flight. It wasn't just a spontaneous thing according to him....of course that might just be CYA hot air.
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Tue Dec 11, 2007 5:34 pm
Well my kids too, just want the roller coaster thing. We have discussions that we are going somewhere and not goofing off. However when we get closer to where were going, I'll load them up and push over so they are happy again. Outside of that they are great passengers...they sleep most the time. 
Course they are 18 and 14 now and the novelty of flying has worn off for them. They think everyone does it. 
However back to the bone head video. Not smart! And I would wup his a** when they landed.
Fly smart, use your head. Airmanship is not just a word.
Bub
Course they are 18 and 14 now and the novelty of flying has worn off for them. They think everyone does it.
However back to the bone head video. Not smart! And I would wup his a** when they landed.
Fly smart, use your head. Airmanship is not just a word.
Bub
Robert "Bub" Wright, aka Skylane, passed away in November of 2011. He was a beloved community member and will be missed.
Tue Dec 11, 2007 8:26 pm
Jr.CubBuilder wrote:Well the pilot probably had plenty of time to ponder the result of his actions while cleaning the vomit out of the carpet and seats.......................then again it was probably a rental
Agreed.
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Tue Dec 11, 2007 9:04 pm
GumpAir wrote:pif_sonic wrote:I do however agree with GumpAir on the “Whooo-Dee-Doos.” But I believe that involves 0 Gs not – Gs.
With that youngest kid of mine and my goofy nephew, it was negative G's. The higher and longer I floated them the more they liked it. An entire trip would be non-stop up and down, with hysterical laughter coming out of the back seat. Of course same daughter is now 30 years old, and spent 8 years USMC with two Iraq tours. Maybe I rattled her brain a bit too much.
Hoser the Wonder Dog was a different story. He rode with me for 17 years and one week, about 10,000 hours right seat time we calculated a while back, and other than a jostle here and there on a crappy day, that mutt never had a weightless moment in his life.
Even near the end when I had to lift him in and out of the airplane, that dog wanted to fly next to me, and it would take dynamite to make him give up his seat to someone else. Someday I'll write down his jumpseat out of Kotzebue in the DC-6 story. Poor FO was standing there, with a growling dog in his seat, and the captain telling the guy that Hoser was a better pilot with lots more time, so let him stay there for the flight...
Gump
I gotta hear that story, thanks again Gump. I have now started looking for you responses for entertainment/enlightenment.
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Wed Dec 12, 2007 5:41 pm
Tex practiced that maneuver back by Mt. Rainier before shuttling over and wow'ing the potential. He got fired and rehired as John said and almost 20 years later, the CEO who at the time who was hosting the party on the Boeing yacht during the maneuver, still refused to talk to Johnson about it. Johnson was quoted as saying That "if wasn't safe to roll, it wasn't safe to fly". Some things we'll just have to accept, at least with my A/C.
Junior gets my nod for the best retribution available for the Dips**t at the controls, he's no pilot, that title would infer responsibility.
MTV, I'm sure everyone included with your statement appreciates the pat on the back.
Junior gets my nod for the best retribution available for the Dips**t at the controls, he's no pilot, that title would infer responsibility.
MTV, I'm sure everyone included with your statement appreciates the pat on the back.
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Thu Dec 13, 2007 1:55 pm
There exists an aerial video of Tex doing practice rolls over Mt. Rainier and chase planes were visible. He was practicing the roll so he knew how much altitude it would take to complete. There is also a picture taken by a member of the press who was in the back during the Seafair roll showing the engine backdropped by the Mercer Island shoreline. He was fired as a CYA because the FAA had not been appraised of or signed off on this maneuver and the Boeing Co. had to take action to look like they were not involved in this. The FAA took no sanctions against his certificates as far as I know.
As far as the Ijit torturing the poor kid in the back. I have flown over 50 kids in the YE program now, and when my kid was in Scouts flew the entire troop and parents for merit badges. I always was conscious of keeping things gentile, some of those parents weren't as keen on flying as the kids were. Some of those kids have gone on to become pilots themselves, and the parents all decided it was a fun way to travel.
As far as the Ijit torturing the poor kid in the back. I have flown over 50 kids in the YE program now, and when my kid was in Scouts flew the entire troop and parents for merit badges. I always was conscious of keeping things gentile, some of those parents weren't as keen on flying as the kids were. Some of those kids have gone on to become pilots themselves, and the parents all decided it was a fun way to travel.
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Marc,
Aviation in itself is not inherently dangerous
But to an even greater degree than the sea,
it is terribly unforgiving of any
carelessness, incapacity, or neglect.
Aviation in itself is not inherently dangerous
But to an even greater degree than the sea,
it is terribly unforgiving of any
carelessness, incapacity, or neglect.
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