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[Chaff 3,567]

I took a flight in micro light basically said to pilot I'm bored can this thing pull any Gs so he said do you see the woman walking her dog below I said no then he banked it round so I could see out of his window while I felt the g force lol

[mackem 26,053]

2 minutes ago, Chaff said:

I took a flight in micro light basically said to pilot I'm bored can this thing pull any Gs so he said do you see the woman walking her dog below I said no then he banked it round so I could see out of his window while I felt the g force lol

The best microlight flight I ever took was in the Himalayas,absolutely breath taking.I flew with a bloke in Thailand who was teaching a Chinese lady,his engine cut out and he managed to glide into a school field,he was a cool bloke so very calm,she thought it was part of the lesson.

[mel b 2,087]

1 hour ago, mackem said:

The bloke who loaned me the suit had sold a microlight a few years previously to a bloke who had a couple of lessons,only a couple,then took it up solo stalled at a thousand feet or so,he died.

Playing with those things can only end one way .

Theirs a small airport close to one of my pigeon shooting permissions,  and they regularly fly over the top of me.  They make me shudder.

 

[Chaff 3,567]

51 minutes ago, mackem said:

The best microlight flight I ever took was in the Himalayas,absolutely breath taking.I flew with a bloke in Thailand who was teaching a Chinese lady,his engine cut out and he managed to glide into a school field,he was a cool bloke so very calm,she thought it was part of the lesson.

As weird as this might sound I actually feel safer in small aircraft than I do in a Boeing or airbus I think it might be because I worked in aerospace and there was a lot of parts that weren't conforming yet still made it on to aircraft lol

[Bush Rummager 4,394]

1 hour ago, Leo Sayer said:

I keep getting watsap vids of you lol 

I like to anoy my old lamping mate by sending him pics and vids through of owd Denz.. worst thing he did was tell me it annoys him!!

I've knocked myself a new work mug up too matey!!

Right that's it... back to being sensible now!! Lol..

[mackem 26,053]

18 minutes ago, mel b said:

Playing with those things can only end one way 

There was a bloke set off from UK maybe 15 years back in a microlight to fly to Australia,he crashed and died in the channel,I was going to buy one as they can take off and land in a short stretch,I was going to fly across the channel for sightseeing without going through Dover.

 

16 minutes ago, Chaff said:

As weird as this might sound I actually feel safer in small aircraft than I do in a Boeing or airbus I think it might be because I worked in aerospace and there was a lot of parts that weren't conforming yet still made it on to aircraft lol

yup,the only time I ever had a “What the f**k am I doing with my life” moment in a light aircraft was a gyrocopter (with a pilot who was scared of heights) going up a steep sided Nepalese mountain valley,if something had happened it would have been sayonara.

[Bakerboy 4,525]

2 hours ago, mackem said:

That sparks a memory,a news report years ago,some lads maybe the midlands?Maybe wales?Burgled an outdoor factory,made their escape along a railway track with their booty on quads,goods train came along and wiped them out.

winters coming.

 

Happened in Cardiff, I was just up the road when it came on the radio

[mackem 26,053]

5 minutes ago, Bakerboy said:

Happened in Cardiff, I was just up the road when it came on the radio

Just found the report mate.

2 burglars killed by train as they fled after stealing £40k of jackets | Daily Mail Online

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Trevor Davies, 20, and David Cooper, 24, were struck by a 68mph locomotive while...

 

[Greyman 27,958]

2 hours ago, Chaff said:

I rember the old British army bags the down ones the feathers used to move to the bottom of bag lol

The bag after around the Bosnian war time that was a good one I still have it with drying pockets on the inside and burst out zip with the gortex over bag which I never bothered with.

I remember the very bags had the down one and still use the 5 season one with the interior pockets and crash zip, the feather one was in the early days when we still smoked solids and mine was full of blim holes used to be sat in a cloud of feathers every time I got in it,had one with sleeves and a fold up bottom end so you could walk in it but it was pretty shite,  the other one I’ve slept out in minus 5 wearing just my kacks no probs like you have never put the gortex cover on despite having several of them, as I said to mackem I use army gear over other stuff as they cant just go home if things go south, have several bergans in different sizes army sleeping bags and cotton combat have kept me dry and warm for years 

[mel b 2,087]

57 minutes ago, mackem said:

 

 

yup,the only time I ever had a “What the f**k am I doing with my life” moment in a light aircraft was a gyrocopter (with a pilot who was scared of heights) going up a steep sided Nepalese mountain valley,if something had happened it would have been sayonara.

I'd be that pilot .

I'd love a go in a helicopter,  as long as I'd didn't go any higher than about 6ft .

It's funny really because I've happily driven a car at 150mph , and probably ridden a bike even faster , but you'd never get me in a plane , or submarine. 

[mackem 26,053]

3 minutes ago, mel b said:

I'd be that pilot .

I'd love a go in a helicopter,  as long as I'd didn't go any higher than about 6ft .

It's funny really because I've happily driven a car at 150mph , and probably ridden a bike even faster , but you'd never get me in a plane , or submarine. 

The gyro was a little two man job,the pilot didn’t want to go above 400 feet,I actually asked can’t we get altitude,he said if something happens I would rather be lower than higher,it was a foggy day in a steep sided rock floored valley.

[mel b 2,087]

9 minutes ago, mackem said:

The gyro was a little two man job,the pilot didn’t want to go above 400 feet,I actually asked can’t we get altitude,he said if something happens I would rather be lower than higher,it was a foggy day in a steep sided rock floored valley.

That's a fantastic looking piece of kit , and I'd love to have a go in it , just as long as we stuck to the 6ft rule . 

[mackem 26,053]

3 minutes ago, mel b said:

That's a fantastic looking piece of kit , and I'd love to have a go in it , just as long as we stuck to the 6ft rule . 

Got to be honest it was fantastic,I got some footage but it’s on my laptop in the UK,but going close to mountain rock faces and it was windy and I knew the pilot as I had met him in another country so knew his fear of heights I did have a “why am I even here?” moment.

[Chaff 3,567]

4 minutes ago, mackem said:

Got to be honest it was fantastic,I got some footage but it’s on my laptop in the UK,but going close to mountain rock faces and it was windy and I knew the pilot as I had met him in another country so knew his fear of heights I did have a “why am I even here?” moment.

Have you ever flown out of London City mac 

[mackem 26,053]

Just now, Chaff said:

Have you ever flown out of London City mac 

Yes mate.