I have been looking for where this thread started... I would also ask to Stop with the negative CAP references
I spent over 25 years in CAP, and in that time I got to fly more types of aircraft than I you want me to tell you about right now. In addition to that, I spent well over 2000 hours looking for real lost pilots (most before ELT),saved 3 pilots lives, and found 4 more not so lucky. The training I received while a member of CAP has also saved another 4 not so lucky motorist. I am very proud to of been one of the pimply-face CAP cadets. Just for the record CAP is a auxiliary of the Untied States Air Force, with a long history of service to this Country check it out http://www.cap.af.mil/ If you get a chance take one of those pimply-faced Cadets for a ride in your Coupe. -----Original Message----- From: Greg Bullough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Steve Dold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Saturday, October 24, 1998 10:26 AM Subject: Re: Fwd: Pluses & Minuses >Top ten reasons for flight suits: > > 10. After planning a VFR flight late into the night, you don't need > to get up and ask 'what should I wear today?' while needing > GPS just to locate the bathroom. > 9. Ever sit in a small aircraft and discover that a your pants and > drawers and the little seat are conspiring to create an aero-wedgie > (aka 'Flying Melvin') which is impossible to dislodge without > unusual-attitude practice? Doesn't happen in a flight suit. And > if you think it's good in the left seat, you should try it in the > Lazy-Boy while a 'WINGS' marathon is on the Discovery > Channel! > 8. The continuous-belt arrangment and ample space in the > suit mean that, as the effects of all those $100 hamburgers > and post-flight hangar brewskies turn you from an F15 to > a C141, you don't run out of space to store the cargo. This > allows you to deny that you've changed, until the ME starts > to shake his head mencingly. > 7. Once you really start to slide, you wear it everywhere. You wear > it to your anniversary dinner with your wife, and voila! No more > anniversary dinners! Now you have the time to finish up that > O-200 conversion. Dunno why she's so mad, though. You put > on a jacket and a tie, and the flight-suit has a collar so the tie > looked fine. Well didn't it? > 6. Since your 415C with C75 needs a C85, then a C90, then an > O-200 conversion due to the effects of (8) above, you can't > afford any new clothes. That durable old flight suit begins to > come into its own. Gets to where you stand there in your skivvies > while the washer and dryer finish up with it. Even at the laundromat, > which is where you do your wash since she threw you out and > you've been sleeping on an army cot in the hangar, in your flight > suit. > 5. Face it, it's coveralls. While the plane is grounded and you're > working on it, it's still appropriate attire. Say, six days in seven. > Six months in seven if you are encumbered with a day job. > And if you wear it all the time, it's never really clear that among > the three-and-a-half airplanes you own (including the basket case) > you haven't actually owned a flyable one in 17 months. Including > the 7AC that you picked up last week, the one that only needs > fabric and an engine to be perfect. > 4. With your flight-suit on, you're a walking cockpit-organizer. You > have pen-pockets. You have note-pad pockets. You have glasses > pockets. That gives you great places to wish you'd stored all that stuff > > which winds up under the seat anyway while you pat yourself down > like you were getting ready to take yourself into custody, just to find > a pencil to copy the ATIS onto a corner of the sectional because > the note-pad is definitely out of reach under the seat. > 3. If you wear it to air-shows, the pimply-face CAP cadets are less > likely to stop you when you try to sneak into the flight line for a > close look at 'Sentimental Journey.' Mutter something about 'CAF > crew' and press on like you know where you're going. > 2. Patty Wagstaff wears one. Now that the wife has left, you're available. > You secretly hope Patty will take one look at you in your cool > flight-suit and ask coyly if you happen to have a washing-machine at > your place. Whereupon you'll make the worlds fastest trip to > Ed and Frank's Used Appliance Emporium. > >And THE number-one reason to wear a flight suit: > > 1. If you are forced down over alien territory, (possibly because of > the [EMAIL PROTECTED]& electric fuel-pump on that O-200 conversion) a > flight suit > will serve you well as you make your way through the undergrowth, > and fields, waiting for Charlie to find you. > > Once Charlie does find you, he'll probably take you over to the local > Moose Lodge bar for a beer or twenty. (You didn't think I meant the > 'WINGS at War' kind of 'Charlie,' did you? This is America, 1998. > I meant 'Charlie,' the guy who drives the tow-truck down at the Mobil > station. He heard 'one of them little airplanes going over, she sounded > like she was in trouble, so he drove the truck over to the old Jones > place where it looked like she went down.' Unfortunately, you're > a little dazed after the bumpy landing, and just watched a 'WINGS > at War' marathon. He's a little guy, and when he shows up in his > pajamas and says 'Hi, I'm Charlie,' a bit of a misunderstanding ensues. > Once that is resolved, you become instant friends, as is the case with > people who spend time rolling around in a hay field together. You > accept his invitation to alleviate your concussion with alcohol, applied > inernally. > > Anyway, when you and Charlie walk into the bar, and you're in your > now slightly rumpled, sweaty, and greasy coveralls, you'll fit in with > the crowd in there. Since you've mowed down most of a field of > corn, set a hay-stack on fire, tried to punch out the town tow-truck > driver, and still need to figure out how to get the airplane out of >there, > fitting in is a real good idea. Especially since you only brought enough > money along for about 8 gallons of 80 octane. > >I mean, think about it. Show up in the same situation in dockers, topsiders, >a polo shirt, and a pink Izod sweater tied sportily around your neck, and >you'd probably have to buy your own beer. At very least. > >Greg > >Steve Dold wrote: > >> Maybe you can help me: What is the reason for a flight suit? In the CAP >> outfit I was in, I think they wanted us to look "Air Force", but is there >> another reason? Are they fire-retardant or something? Say, maybe they ARE >> a good idea, with the header tank nestled up there with the electrical >> wiring :-) >
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