Don't forget to pre-flight your frabulator!

[C J Campbell]

Yesterday someone had left the TV on and I as I was taking a short break I
saw that the TV soap "Days of Our Lives" had an aviation sequence on it. It
had two guys flying a civilian twin somewhere; I have no idea what the plot
was, but it was no doubt incredibly silly.

Anyway, they are apparently flying at night. You can tell because it is dark
and you can see a reflection from the rotating beacon inside the cockpit.
The beacon must have been mounted on the nose or something. It was like
watching an old gangster movie where the hoodlum invariably holes up in a
hotel room with an irritating flashing neon sign outside the window.

The pilots were yelling at someone to "Get out of the way! Get out of the
way!" through the windshield. Finally, using all their strength and
straining at the controls, it takes both of them to begin evasive action by
turning the yoke slightly. Despite this tremendous effort, they still hit
whatever it was they saw. I did not see what they hit, but they managed to
regain control of the airplane and continue flying with no more concern
about it.

I had started laughing so hard I had to wee. Walking back into the room
somewhat later, I saw the show was still on. The pilots were now flying
through a severe thunderstorm, represented by buckets of water being thrown
on the windscreen. They were obviously very macho and very dramatic. The
beacon is still flashing, but it is not as bright because dawn is breaking.
One of pilots says they have a signal ordering them to turn around. The
other pilot irritatedly says "I'll give them a signal!" and grabs his
headset and puts it on to make a radio call. This is the only time either
pilot is wearing his headset. He says, "Basic Black! Basic Black! This is
Basic Black! Come in!" Without waiting for a reply he rips off his headset
and throws it across the cockpit. "Radios must have failed when we took
off!" Just then a high pitched beeper goes off:
"beep-beep-beep-beep-beep..." The pilot fails to notice it until the
co-pilot calls it to his attention. The pilot then jumps with a start and
says, "Someone has locked onto us and is ready to fire! I think I can
re-program the frabulator through <other unintelligible gobbledy gook>...."

I wanted to wait around to see if the show could top this, but I had a
student. Besides, having to wade through the rest of the "Days of Our Lives"
sequences would probably have made me physically ill. Still, you wonder how
many people believe that this is how small planes operate. I mentioned it to
my student, a nurse, and she said, "sounds like their aviation is about as
accurate as their medicine." Nevertheless, it turned out she was a devoted
"Days of Our Lives" fan. I guess there is no accounting for taste.

Anyway, the moral of the story is, don't forget to preflight your
frabulator, or else you might get shot down.

--
Christopher J. Campbell
World Famous Flight Instructor
Port Orchard, WA


If you go around beating the Bush, don't complain if you rile the animals.

[Kai Glaesner]

> Anyway, the moral of the story is, don't forget to preflight your
> frabulator, or else you might get shot down.

Added an item on the checklist since Pal Sengupta mentioned he is flying IFR
with guided Missiles under his wings... ;-)

Have Fun

Kai

[C J Campbell]

"C J Campbell" > wrote in message
...
> Yesterday someone had left the TV on and I as I was taking a short break I
> saw that the TV soap "Days of Our Lives" had an aviation sequence on it.
It
> had two guys flying a civilian twin somewhere; I have no idea what the
plot
> was, but it was no doubt incredibly silly.
>

Ah, if you are really interested in knowing what was going on, here is the
plot summary:

http://www.soapoperafan.com/days/wednesday.html

It was even worse than I thought. The plane did not look like a jet; it
looked more like a flight simulator that the TV crew had borrowed from some
local flight school.

[Paul Sengupta]

"Kai Glaesner" > wrote in message
om...
> > Anyway, the moral of the story is, don't forget to preflight your
> > frabulator, or else you might get shot down.
>
> Added an item on the checklist since Pal Sengupta mentioned he is flying
IFR
> with guided Missiles under his wings... ;-)

Hehehe...I didn't say I HAD them, just that I had the ability to put them
on if necessary!

Actually one of the Botswanan Bulldogs that is now at Haverfordwest
came into the country with pylons under the wings. They had to take
them off to get it civilianised. Now, however, they are trying to get
permission from the CAA to put them back on again. Ray plans to
put smoke canisters on them.

Paul

[Paul Sengupta]

"Kai Glaesner" > wrote in message
om...
> > Anyway, the moral of the story is, don't forget to preflight your
> > frabulator, or else you might get shot down.
>
> Added an item on the checklist since Pal Sengupta mentioned he is flying
IFR
> with guided Missiles under his wings... ;-)

http://www.warbirdalley.com/bulldog.htm

See "Specifications - > Armament".

Paul

[Bob Gardner]

Guess I would have missed that one anyway, since I don't watch soaps, but I
did pick up a movie while channel surfing a week or so ago. The stewardess
was flying a 747 and reporting her airspeed as being 180-190 knots; the
windscreen was shattered but the relative wind didn't mess up her hair. None
of the relative wind got back to the cabin, either. As a communications
freak I got a big kick out of "Come in, come in!!! Do you read me?" "I read
you loud and clear!" repeated ad nauseam.

Bob Gardner

"C J Campbell" > wrote in message
...
> Yesterday someone had left the TV on and I as I was taking a short break I
> saw that the TV soap "Days of Our Lives" had an aviation sequence on it.
It
> had two guys flying a civilian twin somewhere; I have no idea what the
plot
> was, but it was no doubt incredibly silly.
>
> Anyway, they are apparently flying at night. You can tell because it is
dark
> and you can see a reflection from the rotating beacon inside the cockpit.
> The beacon must have been mounted on the nose or something. It was like
> watching an old gangster movie where the hoodlum invariably holes up in a
> hotel room with an irritating flashing neon sign outside the window.
>
> The pilots were yelling at someone to "Get out of the way! Get out of the
> way!" through the windshield. Finally, using all their strength and
> straining at the controls, it takes both of them to begin evasive action
by
> turning the yoke slightly. Despite this tremendous effort, they still hit
> whatever it was they saw. I did not see what they hit, but they managed to
> regain control of the airplane and continue flying with no more concern
> about it.
>
> I had started laughing so hard I had to wee. Walking back into the room
> somewhat later, I saw the show was still on. The pilots were now flying
> through a severe thunderstorm, represented by buckets of water being
thrown
> on the windscreen. They were obviously very macho and very dramatic. The
> beacon is still flashing, but it is not as bright because dawn is
breaking.
> One of pilots says they have a signal ordering them to turn around. The
> other pilot irritatedly says "I'll give them a signal!" and grabs his
> headset and puts it on to make a radio call. This is the only time either
> pilot is wearing his headset. He says, "Basic Black! Basic Black! This is
> Basic Black! Come in!" Without waiting for a reply he rips off his headset
> and throws it across the cockpit. "Radios must have failed when we took
> off!" Just then a high pitched beeper goes off:
> "beep-beep-beep-beep-beep..." The pilot fails to notice it until the
> co-pilot calls it to his attention. The pilot then jumps with a start and
> says, "Someone has locked onto us and is ready to fire! I think I can
> re-program the frabulator through <other unintelligible gobbledy
gook>...."
>
> I wanted to wait around to see if the show could top this, but I had a
> student. Besides, having to wade through the rest of the "Days of Our
Lives"
> sequences would probably have made me physically ill. Still, you wonder
how
> many people believe that this is how small planes operate. I mentioned it
to
> my student, a nurse, and she said, "sounds like their aviation is about as
> accurate as their medicine." Nevertheless, it turned out she was a devoted
> "Days of Our Lives" fan. I guess there is no accounting for taste.
>
> Anyway, the moral of the story is, don't forget to preflight your
> frabulator, or else you might get shot down.
>
> --
> Christopher J. Campbell
> World Famous Flight Instructor
> Port Orchard, WA
>
>
> If you go around beating the Bush, don't complain if you rile the animals.
>
>
>

[Ash Wyllie]

C J Campbell opined

>Yesterday someone had left the TV on and I as I was taking a short break I
>saw that the TV soap "Days of Our Lives" had an aviation sequence on it. It
>had two guys flying a civilian twin somewhere; I have no idea what the plot
>was, but it was no doubt incredibly silly.

>Anyway, they are apparently flying at night. You can tell because it is dark
>and you can see a reflection from the rotating beacon inside the cockpit.
>The beacon must have been mounted on the nose or something. It was like
>watching an old gangster movie where the hoodlum invariably holes up in a
>hotel room with an irritating flashing neon sign outside the window.

>The pilots were yelling at someone to "Get out of the way! Get out of the
>way!" through the windshield. Finally, using all their strength and
>straining at the controls, it takes both of them to begin evasive action by
>turning the yoke slightly. Despite this tremendous effort, they still hit
>whatever it was they saw. I did not see what they hit, but they managed to
>regain control of the airplane and continue flying with no more concern
>about it.

>I had started laughing so hard I had to wee. Walking back into the room
>somewhat later, I saw the show was still on. The pilots were now flying
>through a severe thunderstorm, represented by buckets of water being thrown
>on the windscreen. They were obviously very macho and very dramatic. The
>beacon is still flashing, but it is not as bright because dawn is breaking.
>One of pilots says they have a signal ordering them to turn around. The
>other pilot irritatedly says "I'll give them a signal!" and grabs his
>headset and puts it on to make a radio call. This is the only time either
>pilot is wearing his headset. He says, "Basic Black! Basic Black! This is
>Basic Black! Come in!" Without waiting for a reply he rips off his headset
>and throws it across the cockpit. "Radios must have failed when we took
>off!" Just then a high pitched beeper goes off:
>"beep-beep-beep-beep-beep..." The pilot fails to notice it until the
>co-pilot calls it to his attention. The pilot then jumps with a start and
>says, "Someone has locked onto us and is ready to fire! I think I can
>re-program the frabulator through <other unintelligible gobbledy gook>...."

>I wanted to wait around to see if the show could top this, but I had a
>student. Besides, having to wade through the rest of the "Days of Our Lives"
>sequences would probably have made me physically ill. Still, you wonder how
>many people believe that this is how small planes operate. I mentioned it to
>my student, a nurse, and she said, "sounds like their aviation is about as
>accurate as their medicine." Nevertheless, it turned out she was a devoted
>"Days of Our Lives" fan. I guess there is no accounting for taste.

>Anyway, the moral of the story is, don't forget to preflight your
>frabulator, or else you might get shot down.

What happened today? Inquiring minds want to know.




-ash
Cthulhu for President!
Why vote for a lesser evil?

['Vejita' S. Cousin]

[SNIP]

The purpose of the show is to get people to watch. In this case they
got you to watch (a lot it appears), so they had a good show :) If you
find yourself getting 'dragged' in to a soap, it's because they are so
over the top and stupid that you somehow can't stop watching.
So actually, sounds like they have pretty good writors :)

[G.R. Patterson III]

C J Campbell wrote:
>
> Still, you wonder how
> many people believe that this is how small planes operate.

My first wife watched that show religiously and believed that everything she saw on
it was absolute truth.

George Patterson
If you want to know God's opinion of money, just look at the people
he gives it to.

[G.R. Patterson III]

Paul Sengupta wrote:
>
> Actually one of the Botswanan Bulldogs that is now at Haverfordwest
> came into the country with pylons under the wings. They had to take
> them off to get it civilianised. Now, however, they are trying to get
> permission from the CAA to put them back on again. Ray plans to
> put smoke canisters on them.

Kupper airport had a open day some years back. Someone brought in an old liason plane
all painted up in Army colors with a set of missiles under the wings. As he was doing
his runup, the plane behind him asked on the UNICOM "Hey, are those things real?".
The pilot spun the L-bird around on one wheel until he had the other plane in front
and replied "Do you *really* want to know?"

George Patterson
If you want to know God's opinion of money, just look at the people
he gives it to.

[Jay Beckman]

"'Vejita' S. Cousin" > wrote in message
...
> [SNIP]
>
> The purpose of the show is to get people to watch. In this case they
> got you to watch (a lot it appears), so they had a good show :) If you
> find yourself getting 'dragged' in to a soap, it's because they are so
> over the top and stupid that you somehow can't stop watching.
> So actually, sounds like they have pretty good writors :)

Despite the "schlock" story lines that the soaps develop, the daytime shows
all run a pretty tight ship when it comes to getting the episode shot, cut
and broadcast.

The major lead actors get only about 1.5 to 2 days to learn their lines,
they block the scenes, they block the cameras, they shoot it, edit it and
air it all on a very tight schedule...and that's without any major re-writes
because of illnesses or cast changes.

It's some serious pressure at times. Lots more than we deal with in sports.
I've always admired the folks who work those gigs.

Jay Beckman
Student Pilot
Professional VideoTape Operator / Editor
NASCAR on FOX / NBC

[C J Campbell]

"Ash Wyllie" > wrote in message
...
>
> What happened today? Inquiring minds want to know.

I don't have the faintest idea. Reading Wednesday's synopsis they got shot
down, so today they were supposed to be found unconscious in the wreckage by
two other characters.

[Paul Sengupta]

"G.R. Patterson III" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> C J Campbell wrote:
> >
> > Still, you wonder how
> > many people believe that this is how small planes operate.
>
> My first wife watched that show religiously and believed that everything
she saw on
> it was absolute truth.

Hmm, I don't even believe everything I hear on Discovery Wings.

Paul

[C Kingsbury]

"C J Campbell" > wrote in message >...

> Anyway, the moral of the story is, don't forget to preflight your
> frabulator, or else you might get shot down.

I wouldn't fly without mine, even though it's not IFR-certified. Plus
that way I don't need to get regular database updates.

Got mine here:
http://www.sportys.com/acb/showdetl.cfm?&did=19&product_id=1702

-cwk.

[Peter Clark]

What's sad is that I know that's Airport 77.....

What's wrong with a 747 doing 180 knots at 12,000 with flaps 10 around
the mountains near Salt Lake City? :)

And hey, it was the first officer's side which was taken out by the
collision with the Baron, why would her hair be messed up since she
was in the captain's seat? ;0


On Thu, 9 Sep 2004 12:05:49 -0700, "Bob Gardner" >
wrote:

>Guess I would have missed that one anyway, since I don't watch soaps, but I
>did pick up a movie while channel surfing a week or so ago. The stewardess
>was flying a 747 and reporting her airspeed as being 180-190 knots; the
>windscreen was shattered but the relative wind didn't mess up her hair. None
>of the relative wind got back to the cabin, either. As a communications
>freak I got a big kick out of "Come in, come in!!! Do you read me?" "I read
>you loud and clear!" repeated ad nauseam.
>
>Bob Gardner
>
>"C J Campbell" > wrote in message
...
>> Yesterday someone had left the TV on and I as I was taking a short break I
>> saw that the TV soap "Days of Our Lives" had an aviation sequence on it.
>It
>> had two guys flying a civilian twin somewhere; I have no idea what the
>plot
>> was, but it was no doubt incredibly silly.
>>
>> Anyway, they are apparently flying at night. You can tell because it is
>dark
>> and you can see a reflection from the rotating beacon inside the cockpit.
>> The beacon must have been mounted on the nose or something. It was like
>> watching an old gangster movie where the hoodlum invariably holes up in a
>> hotel room with an irritating flashing neon sign outside the window.
>>
>> The pilots were yelling at someone to "Get out of the way! Get out of the
>> way!" through the windshield. Finally, using all their strength and
>> straining at the controls, it takes both of them to begin evasive action
>by
>> turning the yoke slightly. Despite this tremendous effort, they still hit
>> whatever it was they saw. I did not see what they hit, but they managed to
>> regain control of the airplane and continue flying with no more concern
>> about it.
>>
>> I had started laughing so hard I had to wee. Walking back into the room
>> somewhat later, I saw the show was still on. The pilots were now flying
>> through a severe thunderstorm, represented by buckets of water being
>thrown
>> on the windscreen. They were obviously very macho and very dramatic. The
>> beacon is still flashing, but it is not as bright because dawn is
>breaking.
>> One of pilots says they have a signal ordering them to turn around. The
>> other pilot irritatedly says "I'll give them a signal!" and grabs his
>> headset and puts it on to make a radio call. This is the only time either
>> pilot is wearing his headset. He says, "Basic Black! Basic Black! This is
>> Basic Black! Come in!" Without waiting for a reply he rips off his headset
>> and throws it across the cockpit. "Radios must have failed when we took
>> off!" Just then a high pitched beeper goes off:
>> "beep-beep-beep-beep-beep..." The pilot fails to notice it until the
>> co-pilot calls it to his attention. The pilot then jumps with a start and
>> says, "Someone has locked onto us and is ready to fire! I think I can
>> re-program the frabulator through <other unintelligible gobbledy
>gook>...."
>>
>> I wanted to wait around to see if the show could top this, but I had a
>> student. Besides, having to wade through the rest of the "Days of Our
>Lives"
>> sequences would probably have made me physically ill. Still, you wonder
>how
>> many people believe that this is how small planes operate. I mentioned it
>to
>> my student, a nurse, and she said, "sounds like their aviation is about as
>> accurate as their medicine." Nevertheless, it turned out she was a devoted
>> "Days of Our Lives" fan. I guess there is no accounting for taste.
>>
>> Anyway, the moral of the story is, don't forget to preflight your
>> frabulator, or else you might get shot down.
>>
>> --
>> Christopher J. Campbell
>> World Famous Flight Instructor
>> Port Orchard, WA
>>
>>
>> If you go around beating the Bush, don't complain if you rile the animals.
>>
>>
>>
>

[Scott Skylane]

Peter Clark wrote:

> What's sad is that I know that's Airport 77.....
>

Actually, it's Airport '75, but who's counting! :)

Happy Flying!
Scott Skylane

[Jeff Franks]

I have an acquaintance that was a radio operator in WWII. It drives him
BEZERK to hear movies/tv characters say "Over and Out". Apparently (and I
wouldn't have known, since we don't use it anymore), "OVER" meant "I'm
through with this statement and expecting a reply" and "OUT" meant "I'm
through with this statement and finished talking".

So to say "Over and Out" is an oxymoron. It's one or the other.

Oh well, I work in computer networking and we could talk all day about the
constant flubs I pick up on. I guess we're all smarter than the Hollywood
folk.

jf


"Bob Gardner" > wrote in message
...
> Guess I would have missed that one anyway, since I don't watch soaps, but
I
> did pick up a movie while channel surfing a week or so ago. The stewardess
> was flying a 747 and reporting her airspeed as being 180-190 knots; the
> windscreen was shattered but the relative wind didn't mess up her hair.
None
> of the relative wind got back to the cabin, either. As a communications
> freak I got a big kick out of "Come in, come in!!! Do you read me?" "I
read
> you loud and clear!" repeated ad nauseam.
>
> Bob Gardner
>
> "C J Campbell" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Yesterday someone had left the TV on and I as I was taking a short break
I
> > saw that the TV soap "Days of Our Lives" had an aviation sequence on it.
> It
> > had two guys flying a civilian twin somewhere; I have no idea what the
> plot
> > was, but it was no doubt incredibly silly.
> >
> > Anyway, they are apparently flying at night. You can tell because it is
> dark
> > and you can see a reflection from the rotating beacon inside the
cockpit.
> > The beacon must have been mounted on the nose or something. It was like
> > watching an old gangster movie where the hoodlum invariably holes up in
a
> > hotel room with an irritating flashing neon sign outside the window.
> >
> > The pilots were yelling at someone to "Get out of the way! Get out of
the
> > way!" through the windshield. Finally, using all their strength and
> > straining at the controls, it takes both of them to begin evasive action
> by
> > turning the yoke slightly. Despite this tremendous effort, they still
hit
> > whatever it was they saw. I did not see what they hit, but they managed
to
> > regain control of the airplane and continue flying with no more concern
> > about it.
> >
> > I had started laughing so hard I had to wee. Walking back into the room
> > somewhat later, I saw the show was still on. The pilots were now flying
> > through a severe thunderstorm, represented by buckets of water being
> thrown
> > on the windscreen. They were obviously very macho and very dramatic. The
> > beacon is still flashing, but it is not as bright because dawn is
> breaking.
> > One of pilots says they have a signal ordering them to turn around. The
> > other pilot irritatedly says "I'll give them a signal!" and grabs his
> > headset and puts it on to make a radio call. This is the only time
either
> > pilot is wearing his headset. He says, "Basic Black! Basic Black! This
is
> > Basic Black! Come in!" Without waiting for a reply he rips off his
headset
> > and throws it across the cockpit. "Radios must have failed when we took
> > off!" Just then a high pitched beeper goes off:
> > "beep-beep-beep-beep-beep..." The pilot fails to notice it until the
> > co-pilot calls it to his attention. The pilot then jumps with a start
and
> > says, "Someone has locked onto us and is ready to fire! I think I can
> > re-program the frabulator through <other unintelligible gobbledy
> gook>...."
> >
> > I wanted to wait around to see if the show could top this, but I had a
> > student. Besides, having to wade through the rest of the "Days of Our
> Lives"
> > sequences would probably have made me physically ill. Still, you wonder
> how
> > many people believe that this is how small planes operate. I mentioned
it
> to
> > my student, a nurse, and she said, "sounds like their aviation is about
as
> > accurate as their medicine." Nevertheless, it turned out she was a
devoted
> > "Days of Our Lives" fan. I guess there is no accounting for taste.
> >
> > Anyway, the moral of the story is, don't forget to preflight your
> > frabulator, or else you might get shot down.
> >
> > --
> > Christopher J. Campbell
> > World Famous Flight Instructor
> > Port Orchard, WA
> >
> >
> > If you go around beating the Bush, don't complain if you rile the
animals.
> >
> >
> >
>
>

[Jeff Franks]

I saw a made for tv movie a few years ago (Matt LeBlanc was in it) about an
Air Ambulance that crashes in the mountains (kinda a mini-"Alive" type
thing). I was actually ok with most of the aviation problems. They did
have the obligatory spiraling dive to the ground when one engine quit on the
twin. But the best (read worst) thing was when a rescue plane was flying
near. One of the characters grabs the ELT (which they correctly identified
as an ELT). The actor grabs the bright orange REAL ELT and commences to
hold it up to his mouth and say "Come in, Come in, Mayday, Mayday" (or some
such). At that point I stopped watching....to my wife's chagrin.

jf


"C J Campbell" > wrote in message
...
> Yesterday someone had left the TV on and I as I was taking a short break I
> saw that the TV soap "Days of Our Lives" had an aviation sequence on it.
It
> had two guys flying a civilian twin somewhere; I have no idea what the
plot
> was, but it was no doubt incredibly silly.
>
> Anyway, they are apparently flying at night. You can tell because it is
dark
> and you can see a reflection from the rotating beacon inside the cockpit.
> The beacon must have been mounted on the nose or something. It was like
> watching an old gangster movie where the hoodlum invariably holes up in a
> hotel room with an irritating flashing neon sign outside the window.
>
> The pilots were yelling at someone to "Get out of the way! Get out of the
> way!" through the windshield. Finally, using all their strength and
> straining at the controls, it takes both of them to begin evasive action
by
> turning the yoke slightly. Despite this tremendous effort, they still hit
> whatever it was they saw. I did not see what they hit, but they managed to
> regain control of the airplane and continue flying with no more concern
> about it.
>
> I had started laughing so hard I had to wee. Walking back into the room
> somewhat later, I saw the show was still on. The pilots were now flying
> through a severe thunderstorm, represented by buckets of water being
thrown
> on the windscreen. They were obviously very macho and very dramatic. The
> beacon is still flashing, but it is not as bright because dawn is
breaking.
> One of pilots says they have a signal ordering them to turn around. The
> other pilot irritatedly says "I'll give them a signal!" and grabs his
> headset and puts it on to make a radio call. This is the only time either
> pilot is wearing his headset. He says, "Basic Black! Basic Black! This is
> Basic Black! Come in!" Without waiting for a reply he rips off his headset
> and throws it across the cockpit. "Radios must have failed when we took
> off!" Just then a high pitched beeper goes off:
> "beep-beep-beep-beep-beep..." The pilot fails to notice it until the
> co-pilot calls it to his attention. The pilot then jumps with a start and
> says, "Someone has locked onto us and is ready to fire! I think I can
> re-program the frabulator through <other unintelligible gobbledy
gook>...."
>
> I wanted to wait around to see if the show could top this, but I had a
> student. Besides, having to wade through the rest of the "Days of Our
Lives"
> sequences would probably have made me physically ill. Still, you wonder
how
> many people believe that this is how small planes operate. I mentioned it
to
> my student, a nurse, and she said, "sounds like their aviation is about as
> accurate as their medicine." Nevertheless, it turned out she was a devoted
> "Days of Our Lives" fan. I guess there is no accounting for taste.
>
> Anyway, the moral of the story is, don't forget to preflight your
> frabulator, or else you might get shot down.
>
> --
> Christopher J. Campbell
> World Famous Flight Instructor
> Port Orchard, WA
>
>
> If you go around beating the Bush, don't complain if you rile the animals.
>
>
>

[CB]

"Jeff Franks" > wrote in message
...
>I saw a made for tv movie a few years ago (Matt LeBlanc was in it) about an
> Air Ambulance that crashes in the mountains (kinda a mini-"Alive" type
> thing). I was actually ok with most of the aviation problems. They did
> have the obligatory spiraling dive to the ground when one engine quit on
> the
> twin. But the best (read worst) thing was when a rescue plane was flying
> near. One of the characters grabs the ELT (which they correctly
> identified
> as an ELT). The actor grabs the bright orange REAL ELT and commences to
> hold it up to his mouth and say "Come in, Come in, Mayday, Mayday" (or
> some
> such). At that point I stopped watching....to my wife's chagrin.
>

A TV movie was on here a couple of a weeks ago called On a wing and a
prayer. It was so bad it made the Airport series look like serious
documentary/drama.
It was so bad as to be indescribable. The theme was ATC but it was absolute
****e.................(goes away shaking his head)...........I cannot
someone allowed it to be made.

[C Kingsbury]

"Jeff Franks" > wrote in message >...

> as an ELT). The actor grabs the bright orange REAL ELT and commences to
> hold it up to his mouth and say "Come in, Come in, Mayday, Mayday" (or some
> such). At that point I stopped watching....to my wife's chagrin.

Voice transmission *is* a feature on plenty of ELTs, like say this one:

http://www.seaerospace.com/ameri/ak450.htm

Best,
-cwk.

[George]

(C Kingsbury) wrote in message >...
> "C J Campbell" > wrote in message >...
>
> > Anyway, the moral of the story is, don't forget to preflight your
> > frabulator, or else you might get shot down.
>
> I wouldn't fly without mine, even though it's not IFR-certified. Plus
> that way I don't need to get regular database updates.
>
> Got mine here:
> http://www.sportys.com/acb/showdetl.cfm?&did=19&product_id=1702
>

Thanks.
My frabulator got discombobulated last time and you know what that means.....

[C Kingsbury]

(George) wrote in message >...
>
> Thanks.
> My frabulator got discombobulated last time and you know what that means.....

You should write a "Never Again" story for AOPA Pilot about that one.

-cwk.

[David CL Francis]

On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 at 09:23:52 in message
>, CB > wrote:

>A TV movie was on here a couple of a weeks ago called On a wing and a
>prayer. It was so bad it made the Airport series look like serious
>documentary/drama.
>It was so bad as to be indescribable. The theme was ATC but it was absolute
>****e.................(goes away shaking his head)...........I cannot
>someone allowed it to be made.

It was awful wasn't it? But could we manage without awful films to
scream and laugh at?

One bit that got me was the pilot who takes off in his private jet in a
ludicrous fashion and then, in complete clag shouts at another aircraft
to 'get out of the way! At least I think that's what he said.

One of the worst aviation based movies I have ever seen. So how bad are
all the films based on other topics about which we know nothing?
--
David CL Francis

[C J Campbell]

"David CL Francis" > wrote in message
...
> On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 at 09:23:52 in message
> >, CB > wrote:
>
> >A TV movie was on here a couple of a weeks ago called On a wing and a
> >prayer. It was so bad it made the Airport series look like serious
> >documentary/drama.
> >It was so bad as to be indescribable. The theme was ATC but it was
absolute
> >****e.................(goes away shaking his head)...........I cannot
> >someone allowed it to be made.
>
> It was awful wasn't it? But could we manage without awful films to
> scream and laugh at?
>
> One bit that got me was the pilot who takes off in his private jet in a
> ludicrous fashion and then, in complete clag shouts at another aircraft
> to 'get out of the way! At least I think that's what he said.
>
> One of the worst aviation based movies I have ever seen. So how bad are
> all the films based on other topics about which we know nothing?

They are equally bad or even worse, which is frightening. Most of what
people 'know' they get from Hollywood.