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maybe they were really playing Farkle
On Oct 28, 2:16*pm, Tosk wrote:
In article , says... In article , says... On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:29:37 GMT, (Richard Casady) wrote: On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:54:01 -0400, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: It's all fly-by-wire and computer controlled. *The pilots just sit there and do much of nothing but look around and talk. *The pilot explained that if they had to, they could literally program the plane to take off, reach altitude, cruise and land without having a single hand on the controls at any time. In the early days of aviation, two guys would be sitting side by side at the front of the plane, and one would ask the other: " where are we?" Later, when radio use became universal, there would be a call, and one would ask ' Was that for us? '.Now the question is: ' What's it doing now?. ROTFL!!! I recently flew in a WWII era DC-3. *With radio direction finder. Now who the hell even knows how to use a RDF these days. *:) I have about 50 take-offs in DC-3's and zero landings in DC-3's. I have about 20 take-offs in CASA-212's and zero landings in CASA 212's.. In fact I have about 1,700 more take-offs in airplanes than landings in airplanes. I don't follow. Are we talking Microsoft Flight Simulator here?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Skydiving.... |
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