Flying Footwear

Don’t Doc Martins have a thick tread on them?

So I’m told, when they are new. Once I’ve been pounding them, not much. 😀

I would have to agree with the Norwegian Army boots….best pair of boots that I have ever tried for flying.
One thing is to wear the appropriate footwear for the flight….but as my instructor told me : Wear what will be appropriate for the walk away from the crash site…Made sense to me.
And no, I don’t plan to crash…not many do.

It would have killed off any chance of getting some serious answers before the inevitable humourous diversion took place.

Don’t Doc Martins have a thick tread on them? You might want to check what is stuck in the sole and might fall out before Melv does his full aerobatic routine in the VermillionAir.

I’m amazed no one’s gone for the Anglo Aussie confusion over ‘Thongs’ (Aus) which are ‘Flip-Flops’ (UK) as mentioned at the beguinning of the thread.

Cheap sniggers at each end of the lingustic divide as a rule. However I’ve yet to find a Pom who can explain why they’d want to wear two thongs rather than the one that amuses them. And ‘flip-flops’ has to be just a term for children.

I don’t get to fly in anything that interesting, but when I get my Vermillion ride in the MelvoMatic, it’ll be Doc Marten shoes. Oil, Fat, Acid Alkali and Idiot resistant it sa on the sole.

Boom, boom………………….!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cheers,
Trapper 69

It puts a whole different perspective on Flying Leg Ends.

I came into this thread thinking it was about WELLINGTON bombers!

Okay, the footwear really will be flying now!

I came into this thread thinking it was about WELLINGTON bombers!

(Gedit?)

To say nothing of TRAINERS!

And your first thought?

Thank you … I knew I could rely on you to ask that question 🙂

‘Yay! They’ve put the tailwheel at the right end!’

An awkward cockpit climb never stopped me racing up the side of an aeroplane.

Oh, likewise!

As luck would have it, no-one was there to see. ‘Yak Driver cool’ was maintained.

I wish I could say the same after I fell off Lowtimer’s Yak last year.

And to make matters worse, von Perthes even posted pics on historic of me on the resultant crutches a week later… 😮

As luck would have it, no-one was there to see. ‘Yak Driver cool’ was maintained.

That was until now.

My second thought on seeing a Yak-52TD was that it was going to be a lot easier to get into and out of

And your first thought? An awkward cockpit climb never stopped me racing up the side of an aeroplane.

M77 combat boots

I wear combat slippers at home.

Oops

I bet you say that to all the girls. [Run away]

Mike! I didn’t think we were going public on that incident!

Oops 😀 😀 😀

My second thought on seeing a Yak-52TD was that it was going to be a lot easier to get into and out of 🙂

I do like have a decent non-leather sole on my shoes though. Forget controllability in the air. I’m more worried about going ass over apex while swinging a prop on wet grass!

I once climbed onto the wing of my Yak 52 and whilst doing something with the canopy put the heel of my Hi-Tecs off the walk strip.

The leg went from under me, closely followed by the other leg and I dropped onto the wing, bum first, with a resounding metallic thump.

The next bounce was close to the trailing edge, the third was on the hallowed tarmac of Old Sarum.

As luck would have it, no-one was there to see. ‘Yak Driver cool’ was maintained.

Moggy

Janie,
You read much more into my response than intended. Mind you, I suppose the fact that we all fasten our harnesses or seat belts could be a perverse form of bondage.
Seriously, the Reebok boots leather uppers have much better resistance to heat or indeed flame.
Cheers,
Trapper 69

Hey Janie, the title you gave this thread surely is a reference to those smelly slippers you threw at the dog last week.

Mike! I didn’t think we were going public on that incident!

Trapper: still showing your leather and rubber tendencies, I see. It did take me a while to realise that your answer was actually serious.

I once went to a lecture for P51 pilots (call me a wanabee if you like, but I was taking the minutes) where pilots were disuaded from flying in trainers as they could melt if in contact with anthing hot. Maybe someone (Y11F?) with more knowledge of the Mustang can inform me which bit one is likely to come in contact with which may cause such an incident.

Thanks for all the comments. Keep ’em coming!

I normally wear shoes that are so disreputable that my wife won’t let me out of the house if she sees I’ve got them on, but there’s method in my madness.

Anytime I wear decent shoes, I either get oil dribbled on them or scuff them to blazes either preflighting the aeroplane or wiping the fuselage down after a flight. OK, I sometimes fly behind a ‘Dripsy Major’ I admit!

I do like have a decent non-leather sole on my shoes though. Forget controllability in the air. I’m more worried about going ass over apex while swinging a prop on wet grass!

For open cockpits I do prefer RAF new pattern black leather calf length flying boots plus, in winter, RAF loop pile long socks. Generally, in all but the coldest weather, I have found Reebok ankle length black leather upper and rubber soled trainers to be the best compromise of comfort, lightness and sensitivity. Pricey but well worth it.
Cheers,
Trapper 69

Hey Janie, the title you gave this thread surely is a reference to those smelly slippers you threw at the dog last week.

No, I don’t. But I’m willing to try eating them in your part of the world.