OK, the thread about the super cool old wings on ebay and Road’s post about the wings his friend bought him got me thinking. Anybody out there crazy/superstitious like me? What are your nuances and ticks you rely on when flying? Here’s a few I have, and some of my buddies’...
In 34's and 44's I always approached the plane for preflight and touched the prop nose cones first, somewhere in the back of my mind I think I saw it as greeting a horse before you ride.
Now, with the mighty Warpig, I can’t touch the prop cones, especially since I’m vertically challenged (but still better looking than any of you). Before I touch anything on the plane, I stand in front of the ladder and silently recite Shepard’s prayer (“Please Lord, don’t let me fvck up”).
Like I mentioned in the wings post, I refused to touch, look at, or even imagine my NA wings. First time I saw them was when I got pinned.
Never use the “facilities” on the aircraft before you are actually flying. You WILL break the aircraft somehow on preflight, starts, or taxi.
Always rock a polo shirt under your flight suit when in Pattaya. My only compromise when it comes to the super gay movie that so many people identify with what we do.
My fam partner from advanced and the RAG still to this day (IP in Pcola now) always flies with the MaGuire’s pen he picked up the first time he ate there.
I’ve used the same US flag patch my entire career. Even when subdued or sanitized, I had it somewhere on me. Probably my only good luck charm.
I had another buddy who had a lock of his gf’s hair in a plastic case on his tags. The weird part is what kind of hair it was...
Unlike a lot of P-3 guys, I won’t wear a hat while flying...well maybe because I refuse to mess up my sweet hair or to accelerate my onset of male pattern baldness.
I dunno, I’ll think of some more. You guys have any?
(BTW this post is in reaction to the plethora of boring stuff on the site lately. Enough politics! Let’s BS about the cool stuff)
In 34's and 44's I always approached the plane for preflight and touched the prop nose cones first, somewhere in the back of my mind I think I saw it as greeting a horse before you ride.
Now, with the mighty Warpig, I can’t touch the prop cones, especially since I’m vertically challenged (but still better looking than any of you). Before I touch anything on the plane, I stand in front of the ladder and silently recite Shepard’s prayer (“Please Lord, don’t let me fvck up”).
Like I mentioned in the wings post, I refused to touch, look at, or even imagine my NA wings. First time I saw them was when I got pinned.
Never use the “facilities” on the aircraft before you are actually flying. You WILL break the aircraft somehow on preflight, starts, or taxi.
Always rock a polo shirt under your flight suit when in Pattaya. My only compromise when it comes to the super gay movie that so many people identify with what we do.
My fam partner from advanced and the RAG still to this day (IP in Pcola now) always flies with the MaGuire’s pen he picked up the first time he ate there.
I’ve used the same US flag patch my entire career. Even when subdued or sanitized, I had it somewhere on me. Probably my only good luck charm.
I had another buddy who had a lock of his gf’s hair in a plastic case on his tags. The weird part is what kind of hair it was...
Unlike a lot of P-3 guys, I won’t wear a hat while flying...well maybe because I refuse to mess up my sweet hair or to accelerate my onset of male pattern baldness.
I dunno, I’ll think of some more. You guys have any?
(BTW this post is in reaction to the plethora of boring stuff on the site lately. Enough politics! Let’s BS about the cool stuff)
