I would have thought someone else would have spotted this!
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1142674,00.html
By: met24 - 13th July 2004 at 15:53
You haven’t got anything to do with Janie, have you (not that you would admit to it publicly, I guess – who would??!!)??!! 😀
I fear I’ve already been outed 😉
By: Papa Lima - 13th July 2004 at 11:23
From the JP at 50 thread:
“. . . the pilot was fine, until he climbed out the cockpit and hurt his back.”
I wonder if Ruprecht has a Swedish uncle who was a test pilot for Saab around 1972?
By: Melvyn Hiscock - 13th July 2004 at 11:20
Ruprecht’s navigation is so bad he could throw himself out of an aeroplane at the ground and miss.
By: Bigglesworth - 13th July 2004 at 11:16
Must have been a blow-up one, I saw it bounce!
By: Papa Lima - 13th July 2004 at 11:08
Bigglesworth, what about the dog? Cruelty to animals and all that . . .
By: Bigglesworth - 13th July 2004 at 11:02
^^^No, no, no Auster Fan! It’s KYLIE, everyone should know that by now 😀 😉
I think Janie is too busy trying to educate young Ruprecht…
Melv, I wonder if we could blindfold Ruprecht and test it out?
By: Auster Fan - 13th July 2004 at 10:42
OK, OK I’ll do it for you
The lead goes slack.
MH
You haven’t got anything to do with Janie, have you (not that you would admit to it publicly, I guess – who would??!!)??!! 😀
By: Papa Lima - 13th July 2004 at 10:19
Melvyn, the auditorium is emptying rapidly!
By: Steve Beebee - 13th July 2004 at 10:08
Another notable blind pilot is Miles Hilton-Barber. His achievements are equally impressive and he will shortly be the subject of an interview in ‘Today’s Pilot’.
Check out his website:
http://www.mileshilton-barber.com
By: Melvyn Hiscock - 13th July 2004 at 10:00
OK, OK I’ll do it for you
So, Melv, How [b]does[/b] a blind parachutist know when he is near the ground?
The lead goes slack.
MH
By: Papa Lima - 13th July 2004 at 09:40
No idea!
By: John C - 13th July 2004 at 08:34
Please sir, please sir, I know I know!
John C
By: Melvyn Hiscock - 13th July 2004 at 00:33
Yep, go Melv, as an ex-parachutist I love to hear it!
OK, but we have to do it properly.
How does a blind parachutist know when he is near the ground?
Melvyn
By: Bigglesworth - 13th July 2004 at 00:01
Yep, go Melv, as an ex-parachutist I love to hear it!
By: Bigglesworth - 13th July 2004 at 00:00
There was a very short piece on Anglia TV News tonight, not much said about the flight though.
All the very best of luck to him I say.
By: Papa Lima - 12th July 2004 at 23:58
Could you enlighten those of us who haven’t heard the one about the blind parachutist, please, Melvyn?
By: Melvyn Hiscock - 12th July 2004 at 23:54
I would have thought someone else would have spotted this!
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1142674,00.html
I heard this on the radio today. I am certain I have come across him in the circuit sometimes . . .
Well done to him.
It did remind me of the old blind parachutist joke though.
Melvyn
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