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Vinz Klortho

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I'm an airplane mechanic. I often find myself cussing at planes. This came in to DFW today...

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It's a crappy phone picture of an AN124. A big Ukrainian freighter. Trust me, that's a big plane. C-5 big, it's just a half mile away from our ramp...and it was raining.
I'd probably end up cussing at it too in the end.
 

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Yep, it's a big plane. It looks like it has a lot of tires on it too.
 

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I actually got to "tour" one of these planes a few months ago. Different operator though...
 

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Good thing they chocked those wheels. Nothing worse than a run-away AN124 :ROFLMAO:

Reminds me that COVID is gonna ruin another air show this year - something about drive-in only.
 

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Good thing they chocked those wheels. Nothing worse than a run-away AN124 :ROFLMAO:

Reminds me that COVID is gonna ruin another air show this year - something about drive-in only.

Take a convertible. ;)

Tony
 

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An F-16 pilot died at the controls of his aircraft and went to pilots' hell, where he found a hideous devil and three doors.

The devil was busy escorting other pilots to various "hell rooms." He looked at the newly arrived pilot and said, "I'll be right back, don't go away," and he vanished.

Sneaking over to the first door, the pilot peeked in and saw a cockpit where the pilot was condemned to forever run through preflight checks. He slammed that door and peeked into the second. There, alarms rang and red lights flashed while a pilot had to avoid one emergency after another.

Unable to imagine a worse fate, he cautiously opened the third door. He was amazed to see a pilot getting ready for a flight while several crew chiefs diligently put the final touches on a perfectly maintained aircraft and other crew chiefs help him out of the ops truck and carry his helmet bag. The crew chiefs even brought him coffee and saluted sharply as they presented the forms for his approval. He quickly returned to his place seconds before the devil reappeared.

"Okay," said the devil, "which door will it be, number 1 or number 2?"

"Um, I want door number 3," answered the pilot.

"Sorry," said the devil. "You can't have door number 3, that's Crew Chief Hell."
 

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An F-16 pilot died at the controls of his aircraft and went to pilots' hell, where he found a hideous devil and three doors.

The devil was busy escorting other pilots to various "hell rooms." He looked at the newly arrived pilot and said, "I'll be right back, don't go away," and he vanished.

Sneaking over to the first door, the pilot peeked in and saw a cockpit where the pilot was condemned to forever run through preflight checks. He slammed that door and peeked into the second. There, alarms rang and red lights flashed while a pilot had to avoid one emergency after another.

Unable to imagine a worse fate, he cautiously opened the third door. He was amazed to see a pilot getting ready for a flight while several crew chiefs diligently put the final touches on a perfectly maintained aircraft and other crew chiefs help him out of the ops truck and carry his helmet bag. The crew chiefs even brought him coffee and saluted sharply as they presented the forms for his approval. He quickly returned to his place seconds before the devil reappeared.

"Okay," said the devil, "which door will it be, number 1 or number 2?"

"Um, I want door number 3," answered the pilot.

"Sorry," said the devil. "You can't have door number 3, that's Crew Chief Hell."

:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:

Tony
 

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I crewed Phantoms, I've been to crew chief hell.

ETA: A buddy crewed old C-5s, they had it bad too. I've heard the M's are much better planes.
 
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That thing is ginormous…Holy Balls! I wonder how much cargo can fit in a AN124, a lot that’s for sure.
 
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