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I am almost INSULTED by this list! You left off the MOST IMPORTANT CATEGORY!

MECHANICS!- The underpaid, under appreciated wizards who make the aircraft fly despite the best intentions of the pilots, keep them painted despite the over stroking and petting of the enthusiasts, make them shiny and pretty for the photographers, give them clever repairs to tweak the experts and anoraks, direct the restorers and supervise them, to keep the aircraft out of the hands of the museum staffs, curse the engineers(you put WHAT in WHERE? And you expect me to GET TO IT?) and basically keep the aircraft in such fine shape that, except for pilot induced events, the journalists have nothing to report on, except the beautiful condition of the aircraft.

Robbie- Mechanic, Pilot, Crew Chief, Enthusiast, Amurrican...

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Restorers: The ones regretting starting a thread a couple of years ago about their 'project'. Often single, with more barn space than housing.



Nicely done, James.

"Restorers" fits pretty well, except that I'm not single (yet).

Say, Honey, where ya' goin' with all the suitcases? Honey?

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What about me? The WIX addict?

Desk Jockey: Sits at work for 8 hours at a clip staring blankly at the computer monitor. Hitting the "refresh" button every 30 seconds in order to attempt to live vicariously through those that actually work on these aircraft...


Hahahaha! :lol: :lol: :lol: Hey, wait a minute... :shock:


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What about me? The WIX addict?

Desk Jockey: Sits at work for 8 hours at a clip staring blankly at the computer monitor. Hitting the "refresh" button every 30 seconds in order to attempt to live vicariously through those that actually work on these aircraft...


Hahahaha! :lol: :lol: :lol: Hey, wait a minute... :shock:


:lol:


That is funny, wait, ah crap.

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Restorers: The ones regretting starting a thread a couple of years ago about their 'project'. Often single, with more barn space than housing.



Nicely done, James.

"Restorers" fits pretty well, except that I'm not single (yet).

Say, Honey, where ya' goin' with all the suitcases? Honey?


Ha Ha I am there man.

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Robbie Roberts wrote:
I am almost INSULTED by this list! You left off the MOST IMPORTANT CATEGORY!

MECHANICS!- The underpaid, under appreciated wizards who make the aircraft fly despite the best intentions of the pilots, keep them painted despite the over stroking and petting of the enthusiasts, make them shiny and pretty for the photographers, give them clever repairs to tweak the experts and anoraks, direct the restorers and supervise them, to keep the aircraft out of the hands of the museum staffs, curse the engineers(you put WHAT in WHERE? And you expect me to GET TO IT?) and basically keep the aircraft in such fine shape that, except for pilot induced events, the journalists have nothing to report on, except the beautiful condition of the aircraft.

Robbie- Mechanic, Pilot, Crew Chief, Enthusiast, Amurrican...

:) 8)


OUTSTANDING!!!!!! THATS THE BEST, tho WIX addict was good too.

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Museum staff: The ones pretending to be Amish airshow groupies, so everyone thinks they're contributing to aircraft preservation.

Hey, some of us really are Amish!

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You forget "thin skined, short tempered, hot heads who suffer from "small small hands & small feet".... :wink:

And need several phone books to sit high enough in their cockpits.


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Robbie Roberts wrote:
I am almost INSULTED by this list! You left off the MOST IMPORTANT CATEGORY!

MECHANICS!- The underpaid, under appreciated wizards who make the aircraft fly despite the best intentions of the pilots, keep them painted despite the over stroking and petting of the enthusiasts, make them shiny and pretty for the photographers, give them clever repairs to tweak the experts and anoraks, direct the restorers and supervise them, to keep the aircraft out of the hands of the museum staffs, curse the engineers(you put WHAT in WHERE? And you expect me to GET TO IT?) and basically keep the aircraft in such fine shape that, except for pilot induced events, the journalists have nothing to report on, except the beautiful condition of the aircraft.

Robbie- Mechanic, Pilot, Crew Chief, Enthusiast, Amurrican...

:) 8)


OUTSTANDING!!!!!! THATS THE BEST, tho WIX addict was good too.


Actually, I just realized WHY Mechanics were left off the list- We are too busy fixing the broken airplanes to be able to actively participate in WIX discussions!

Of course, I also am an A&P instructor, so I just give the students an assignment...

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Robbie Roberts wrote:
I am almost INSULTED by this list! You left off the MOST IMPORTANT CATEGORY!

MECHANICS!- The underpaid, under appreciated wizards who make the aircraft fly despite the best intentions of the pilots, keep them painted despite the over stroking and petting of the enthusiasts, make them shiny and pretty for the photographers, give them clever repairs to tweak the experts and anoraks, direct the restorers and supervise them, to keep the aircraft out of the hands of the museum staffs, curse the engineers(you put WHAT in WHERE? And you expect me to GET TO IT?) and basically keep the aircraft in such fine shape that, except for pilot induced events, the journalists have nothing to report on, except the beautiful condition of the aircraft.

Robbie- Mechanic, Pilot, Crew Chief, Enthusiast, Amurrican...

:) 8)



Yea What He Said! :shock: :D :D
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'quote' function? You mean this thing is equipped with a 'quote' function?!? (what the heck is a 'quote' function, anyway?)

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'quote' function? You mean this thing is equipped with a 'quote' function?!? (what the heck is a 'quote' function, anyway?)


Upper right corner. Does that ^

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Engineers: The ones testing the expletive correction facility. They don't %#^&$# care about the quote function!

Not only that, but I am from do you kiss your mother with that mouth? Boston!

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Jet crew: The ones who smell of lamp oil and talk to the chicks about their engine only having one moving part...

Doesnt anybody ever remember the accessory gearbox driveshaft?
What is going to drive the FCU?

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Americans: The ones unable to deal with serial numbers and registrations, or even aircraft type names, but who keep using overcomplex alpha-numeric designation systems rather than names for types and personal aircraft names rather than serials. Confused? You will be...


"And this is a Cessna One Seven Two Skyhawk"
Ahm, No it aint, its a darn "T41-B Mescalero"


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Call in sick today, did we James?
Or yesterday, or tomorrow, or whatever the %^&# time it is there.

Mudge the horologically challenged :shock: :oops:


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Doesnt anybody ever remember the accessory gearbox driveshaft?
What is going to drive the FCU?


Yeah, but Mobile II stinks also.

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