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Lisa · 5 September 2011, 12:54 AM

...no, not another woman.

Dave's the eternal hobbyist - lately it's been flight simulators. He's been piecing together a sim, and now the man-cave has a much sought-after new addition - a pilot's seat from a 747.

Well, it goes with his GMT pretty well.

I tease him that next he's going to get some salvage wings and attach them to the sides of the house.

(Please pardon the clutter...)

snowbird · 5 September 2011, 02:12 AM

Very nice - goes well with the flight simulator.

When I was a kid my aunt had a pilot's seat in her house . . . can't recall why but it was a very interesting thing for a kid.

Lisa · 5 September 2011, 02:53 AM

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Originally Posted by snowbird

Very nice - goes well with the flight simulator.

When I was a kid my aunt had a pilot's seat in her house . . . can't recall why but it was a very interesting thing for a kid.

Your aunt might have been married to a big kid, like I am.

Jocke · 5 September 2011, 02:25 AM

I can be a great thing for you Lisa. If he don't behave, just push the eject button.

Lisa · 5 September 2011, 02:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Jocke

I can be a great thing for you Lisa. If he don't behave, just push the eject button.

Sometimes I think you two are a lot alike.

Johny · 5 September 2011, 04:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Jocke

I can be a great thing for you Lisa. If he don't behave, just push the eject button.

lisa...what does jocke mean in his first sentence when he says.. "i can be a great thing for you lisa"...has paul read this?

Route 66 · 5 September 2011, 04:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Johny

lisa...what does jocke mean in his first sentence when he says.. "i can be a great thing for you lisa"...has paul read this?

The heck with Paul, maybe her husband should see it.

Johny · 5 September 2011, 04:31 AM

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Originally Posted by StevArn

The heck with Paul, maybe her husband should see it.

yeh and maybe "wifey" should read it as well steve.

Lisa · 5 September 2011, 09:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Johny

lisa...what does jocke mean in his first sentence when he says.. "i can be a great thing for you lisa"...has paul read this?

Quote:

Originally Posted by StevArn

The heck with Paul, maybe her husband should see it.

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Originally Posted by Johny

yeh and maybe "wifey" should read it as well steve.

Sigh.... It is a fact that if any guys come around here they are immediately lured to the basement.... they might come up for a beer of glass of scotch and then back they go.

How can a gal compete with that?

bayerische · 5 September 2011, 02:31 AM

Extremely cool! I've been thinking about building something similar, but my watch hobby takes up too much money at the moment! :)

meloncap78 · 5 September 2011, 02:39 AM

Now that is pretty sweet.

DCgator · 5 September 2011, 02:54 AM

A man has gotta have what a man has gotta have. Cool toy I think. :D

gettocard · 5 September 2011, 03:55 AM

Well that is fantastic !!! And I love the clutter actually !!!

Route 66 · 5 September 2011, 04:11 AM

This really illustrates how true that old saying is Lisa; "The only difference between men and boys is the price of their toys."

He's definitely a man after my own heart.

Lisa · 5 September 2011, 06:26 AM

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Originally Posted by gettocard

Well that is fantastic !!! And I love the clutter actually !!!

His basement room is truly "his" space. He's got a ham radio area.... a guitar area... a hang-out-watchTV-and-nap area... a tool/workbench-fix-it area... the flight sim/computer area... guy paradise, I suppose.

Jocke · 5 September 2011, 06:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Lisa

His basement room is truly "his" space. He's got a ham radio area.... a guitar area... a hang-out-watchTV-and-nap area... a tool/workbench-fix-it area... the flight sim/computer area... guy paradise, I suppose.

Lisa you should try to do what my wife did when I was away for a few days. She clean and organize all my things
and before she shows me she says: I haven't throw away something.

That is love.

Lisa · 5 September 2011, 06:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jocke

Lisa you should try to do what my wife did when I was away for a few days. She clean and organize all my things
and before she shows me she says: I haven't throw away something.

That is love.

Sure is love, Jocke. But Dave gets nervous when I mess with his stuff. He likes it cluttered so I just roll my eyes and go back upstairs.

Besides, he would notice if I so much as threw away one piece of wire.

Jocke · 5 September 2011, 06:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Lisa

Sure is love, Jocke. But Dave gets nervous when I mess with his stuff. He likes it cluttered so I just roll my eyes and go back upstairs.

Besides, he would notice if I so much as threw away one piece of wire.

I'm just like Dave, that was the reason she do it when I was a few hundred miles away. She know I will notice if
anything will miss.

TheVTCGuy · 5 September 2011, 04:09 AM

When I was flying Navy OUR seats didn't have that comfortable sheepskin! Boy...the Civilian pilots have it so easy.... What is the world coming too?

Lisa · 5 September 2011, 06:36 AM

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Originally Posted by TheVTCGuy

When I was flying Navy OUR seats didn't have that comfortable sheepskin! Boy...the Civilian pilots have it so easy.... What is the world coming too?

Paul, you could always go back to work and fly commercial jets, couldn't you?

TheVTCGuy · 5 September 2011, 04:27 AM

Lisa's Married!?

OK, that's it, I'm going back to my fantassy world where she and I are a hot item.... Good day everyone.

Johny · 5 September 2011, 04:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheVTCGuy

Lisa's Married!?

OK, that's it, I'm going back to my fantassy world where she and I are a hot item.... Good day everyone.

she is only married in real life...

Lisa · 5 September 2011, 06:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Johny

she is only married in real life...

What is this "real life" you speak of?

Jocke · 5 September 2011, 06:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lisa

What is this "real life" you speak of?

I guess that is not Paul's life.

Jocke · 5 September 2011, 05:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheVTCGuy

Lisa's Married!

You finally get that?

You are soooo sloooow my friend.

rfknauss · 5 September 2011, 05:50 AM

Lisa ..... that is so cool!

Grissom · 5 September 2011, 06:07 AM

Sounds like fun!! My dad was part of the team that developed the F111 fighter and I remember as a kid being allowed to play a simulator they had.....the quintessential "pre" video game, as it were!

Lisa · 5 September 2011, 09:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grissom

Sounds like fun!! My dad was part of the team that developed the F111 fighter and I remember as a kid being allowed to play a simulator they had.....the quintessential "pre" video game, as it were!

I would say so! You definitely had bragging rights.

0shet · 5 September 2011, 09:45 AM

Ejection seat:

Inadvertant Ejection : VA-195 NAS Lemoore CA Circa 1970-1971

The pilot had selected attitude hold on the auto-pilot of his A-7E so that he could raise the radiation thermal shield that had been lowered to simulate instrument conditions. As he attempted to raise the fiberglass shield following laydown release of the mk-106 at 10,000', his elbow inadvertently hit the end of the 6" long canopy release lever and unseated the canopy.

At about 300kts IAS, the wind immediately took the canopy off and the thermal shield impacted his helmet, knocking him unconscious and apparently striking the upper ejection handle. Ejected from the aircraft, he came to just prior to impacting the ground a few miles north of the target at NAS Fallon NEV. The LTjg pilot was shaken but physically unharmed by his adventure.

Unfortunately, his chase safety observer was so busy attempting to spot the bomb hit for scoring purposes that he lost site of the mishap aircraft and missed the whole thing. In the meantime, the aircraft continued northbound with enough fuel on board to make it into Canada and create and international incident.

The a/c was tracked by Oakland Center until it was lost in the shadow of a mountain around Provo Utah. Everyone "assumed" it crashed on the snow-covered mountain. Local skiers and campers in the area all said they heard the aircraft at tree-top level and knew the crash site had to be near by.

Well, weeks went by, then months and the squadron left on an extended combat deployment to SouthEast Asia aboard the USS Kitty Hawk. Over a year later, after they returned from Vietnam, the Aircraft was finally located. It had not crashed into the mountain after all; rather, it had managed to skirt the back side of the mountian and was not reacquired by the radar operator as it continued in attitude hold on a southeasterly course until it ran out of JP and made a relatively soft gear-up, out-of-fuel landing in a remote area in Utah.

Story courtesy CDR. Russ Pearson USN (Ret), Squadron Aviation Safety Officer

Lisa · 5 September 2011, 11:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 0shet

Ejection seat:

Inadvertant Ejection : VA-195 NAS Lemoore CA Circa 1970-1971

The pilot had selected attitude hold on the auto-pilot of his A-7E so that he could raise the radiation thermal shield that had been lowered to simulate instrument conditions. As he attempted to raise the fiberglass shield following laydown release of the mk-106 at 10,000', his elbow inadvertently hit the end of the 6" long canopy release lever and unseated the canopy.

At about 300kts IAS, the wind immediately took the canopy off and the thermal shield impacted his helmet, knocking him unconscious and apparently striking the upper ejection handle. Ejected from the aircraft, he came to just prior to impacting the ground a few miles north of the target at NAS Fallon NEV. The LTjg pilot was shaken but physically unharmed by his adventure.

Unfortunately, his chase safety observer was so busy attempting to spot the bomb hit for scoring purposes that he lost site of the mishap aircraft and missed the whole thing. In the meantime, the aircraft continued northbound with enough fuel on board to make it into Canada and create and international incident.

The a/c was tracked by Oakland Center until it was lost in the shadow of a mountain around Provo Utah. Everyone "assumed" it crashed on the snow-covered mountain. Local skiers and campers in the area all said they heard the aircraft at tree-top level and knew the crash site had to be near by.

Well, weeks went by, then months and the squadron left on an extended combat deployment to SouthEast Asia aboard the USS Kitty Hawk. Over a year later, after they returned from Vietnam, the Aircraft was finally located. It had not crashed into the mountain after all; rather, it had managed to skirt the back side of the mountian and was not reacquired by the radar operator as it continued in attitude hold on a southeasterly course until it ran out of JP and made a relatively soft gear-up, out-of-fuel landing in a remote area in Utah.

Story courtesy CDR. Russ Pearson USN (Ret), Squadron Aviation Safety Officer

Wow!

5 September 2011, 12:54 AM	#1
Lisa "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: oklahoma city Posts: 15,741	Husband's new plaything.... ...no, not another woman. Dave's the eternal hobbyist - lately it's been flight simulators. He's been piecing together a sim, and now the man-cave has a much sought-after new addition - a pilot's seat from a 747. Well, it goes with his GMT pretty well. I tease him that next he's going to get some salvage wings and attach them to the sides of the house. (Please pardon the clutter...)

5 September 2011, 02:25 AM	#4
Jocke 2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Real Name: Jocke Location: Sweden Watch: A dozen of Rolex's Posts: 22,541	I can be a great thing for you Lisa. If he don't behave, just push the eject button. __________________ This message is written in perfect swenglish. What is best a custom Rolex or a Rolex that is stuck in custom? Buy a professional camera and you´re a professional photographer, buy a flute and you own a flute.

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bayerische "TRF" Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Real Name: Andreas Location: Margaritaville Watch: Smurf Posts: 19,879	Extremely cool! I've been thinking about building something similar, but my watch hobby takes up too much money at the moment! :) __________________ Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.

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5 September 2011, 02:12 AM	#2
snowbird "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: USA Watch: Sea-Dweller 16600 Posts: 2,157	Very nice - goes well with the flight simulator. When I was a kid my aunt had a pilot's seat in her house . . . can't recall why but it was a very interesting thing for a kid.

5 September 2011, 02:39 AM	#11
meloncap78 "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Real Name: Joshua Location: Syracuse, NY Watch: LV C Posts: 2,204	Now that is pretty sweet.

5 September 2011, 02:54 AM	#12
DCgator "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: PNW Watch: DS,BLNR,SubLV,DJ2 Posts: 8,123	A man has gotta have what a man has gotta have. Cool toy I think. :D

5 September 2011, 03:55 AM	#13
gettocard Banned Join Date: Dec 2008 Real Name: Andy Location: EU Watch: them come and go.. Posts: 2,052	Well that is fantastic !!! And I love the clutter actually !!!

5 September 2011, 04:11 AM	#14
Route 66 "TRF" Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Real Name: Steve Location: Burbank, CA Watch: 214270 Mark II Posts: 4,121	This really illustrates how true that old saying is Lisa; "The only difference between men and boys is the price of their toys." He's definitely a man after my own heart.

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TheVTCGuy Banned Join Date: Jul 2008 Real Name: Paul Location: San Diego Watch: 126619LB Posts: 21,540	When I was flying Navy OUR seats didn't have that comfortable sheepskin! Boy...the Civilian pilots have it so easy.... What is the world coming too?

5 September 2011, 04:27 AM	#21
TheVTCGuy Banned Join Date: Jul 2008 Real Name: Paul Location: San Diego Watch: 126619LB Posts: 21,540	Lisa's Married!? OK, that's it, I'm going back to my fantassy world where she and I are a hot item.... Good day everyone.

5 September 2011, 09:45 AM	#29
0shet Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Real Name: Glenn Location: North East Watch: DateJust Bark Posts: 31	Ejection seat: Inadvertant Ejection : VA-195 NAS Lemoore CA Circa 1970-1971 The pilot had selected attitude hold on the auto-pilot of his A-7E so that he could raise the radiation thermal shield that had been lowered to simulate instrument conditions. As he attempted to raise the fiberglass shield following laydown release of the mk-106 at 10,000', his elbow inadvertently hit the end of the 6" long canopy release lever and unseated the canopy. At about 300kts IAS, the wind immediately took the canopy off and the thermal shield impacted his helmet, knocking him unconscious and apparently striking the upper ejection handle. Ejected from the aircraft, he came to just prior to impacting the ground a few miles north of the target at NAS Fallon NEV. The LTjg pilot was shaken but physically unharmed by his adventure. Unfortunately, his chase safety observer was so busy attempting to spot the bomb hit for scoring purposes that he lost site of the mishap aircraft and missed the whole thing. In the meantime, the aircraft continued northbound with enough fuel on board to make it into Canada and create and international incident. The a/c was tracked by Oakland Center until it was lost in the shadow of a mountain around Provo Utah. Everyone "assumed" it crashed on the snow-covered mountain. Local skiers and campers in the area all said they heard the aircraft at tree-top level and knew the crash site had to be near by. Well, weeks went by, then months and the squadron left on an extended combat deployment to SouthEast Asia aboard the USS Kitty Hawk. Over a year later, after they returned from Vietnam, the Aircraft was finally located. It had not crashed into the mountain after all; rather, it had managed to skirt the back side of the mountian and was not reacquired by the radar operator as it continued in attitude hold on a southeasterly course until it ran out of JP and made a relatively soft gear-up, out-of-fuel landing in a remote area in Utah. Story courtesy CDR. Russ Pearson USN (Ret), Squadron Aviation Safety Officer

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