Duck Pond Redneckery

[Rigjockey]

I think John Travolta has a 747 and a 707 that he flies. I'd like to see the 707 up close. Four engine aircraft. The only one I have ever seen was in the 90's by air Guyana. Don't drink the inflight Kool-Aid.

There is a place nearby here that has flight simulators that they train the pilots on. They claim they can get an average citizen taking off and landing a commercial airliner. I think the cost is around $150.00 per hour. I'd like to try it.

 

[Rigjockey]

I used to have a flight simulator on my Commadore 64. I never could stop crashing the plane.
My step-Grandfather was a pilot he had like a Cessna or something. He had a farm to take off and land the plane. He could do it on the Commadore 64 too.
I was like this old man will never get it off the ground. Nope, took off and landed it.

 

[Electric Chicken]

Schneider has a trucking simulator. I kinda wanna go in there and play it like it's iRacing while the safety guy watches in horror.

I had a trucking game on my computer years ago but it wasn't very realistic, because I actually made money.

 

[Electric Chicken]

I think John Travolta has a 747 and a 707 that he flies. I'd like to see the 707 up close. Four engine aircraft. The only one I have ever seen was in the 90's by air Guyana. Don't drink the inflight Kool-Aid.

There is a place nearby here that has flight simulators that they train the pilots on. They claim they can get an average citizen taking off and landing a commercial airliner. I think the cost is around $150.00 per hour. I'd like to try it.

He lives in an airport development where everyone has a taxiway directly to their house.

 

[389 Hood]

I think John Travolta has a 747 and a 707 that he flies. I'd like to see the 707 up close. Four engine aircraft. The only one I have ever seen was in the 90's by air Guyana. Don't drink the inflight Kool-Aid.

He did have a 707 years ago. He currently has 5 aircraft. He never had a 747, but recently sold his custom 737. It was gorgeous inside. Living room, dining room, full galley, offices and private bathrooms. Again, it was down more than up, so he got rid of it.
Now he has 2 Falcon jets, a 900 and 2000, and a couple of others that I never saw. They were always stored in a hanger across the street.

The development, Jumbolair, is beautiful. All the streets are taxiways up to the houses, or should I say mansions. Aircraft always have the right of way in there. That was the main reason I always had to deliver in the middle of the night. He did have the largest jets in the complex and was only a few hundred yards off of the main runway. He would taxi right up to the back door of his house.

If you were to put Jumbolair into a Google Earth search, the pictures are so old, you can see the 707 sitting on the ramp. That's long gone because it cost a small fortune to run it now. Plus the Captain and crew don't work for free. John is the pilot, but FAA regs dictate that he has to have a Captain, a Navigator and a minimum of a 3 person crew.

 

[Duck]

I think John Travolta has a 747 and a 707 that he flies. I'd like to see the 707 up close. Four engine aircraft. The only one I have ever seen was in the 90's by air Guyana. Don't drink the inflight Kool-Aid.

There is a place nearby here that has flight simulators that they train the pilots on. They claim they can get an average citizen taking off and landing a commercial airliner. I think the cost is around $150.00 per hour. I'd like to try it.

Travolta has a 707 that's still in Qantas livery. He bought it from Quantas (Australian airline) and I guess they gave him some kind of super deal on it if he agreed to leave the Qantas name on it.

I lost all interest & respect for John Travolta when I found out he's part of that scientology cult.


As far as the simulator goes, I bet I could land one on my first try.

But in a real jet, I'd be scared shitless and nervous and I'd probably fuck up & crash unless I had a co-pilot to do a bunch of things when I bark out orders. Like watch the speed, lower the flaps incrementally, talk to Robert Stack on the radio, drop the landing gear, pull the spoilers & thrust reversers at the right time, stuff like that.

In a simulator, if you crash it's just "oops, let me try that again...". No pressure.

 

[Electric Chicken]

Travolta has a 707 that's still in Qantas livery. He bought it from Quantas (Australian airline) and I guess they gave him some kind of super deal on it if he agreed to leave the Qantas name on it.

I lost all interest & respect for John Travolta when I found out he's part of that scientology cult.


As far as the simulator goes, I bet I could land one on my first try.

But in a real jet, I'd be scared shitless and nervous and I'd probably fuck up & crash unless I had a co-pilot to do a bunch of things when I bark out orders. Like watch the speed, lower the flaps incrementally, talk to Robert Stack on the radio, drop the landing gear, pull the spoilers & thrust reversers at the right time, stuff like that.

In a simulator, if you crash it's just "oops, let me try that again...". No pressure.

I'm the opposite I'd probably ace the real thing and destroy every simulator run.

Like, I never touch the brakes in Need for Speed but I use them in real life.

 

[Duck]

I'm the opposite I'd probably ace the real thing and destroy every simulator run.

Like, I never touch the brakes in Need for Speed but I use them in real life.

I dunno... I've always been calm and collected during emergencies. And the only way I'd ever be landing a jet in real life would be after some kind of emergency like both pilots become incapacitated somehow, like in the movies.

But these days, air traffic controllers would just tell me which buttons to push to make the plane land itself.

 

[Electric Chicken]

I dunno... I've always been calm and collected during emergencies. And the only way I'd ever be landing a jet in real life would be after some kind of emergency like both pilots become incapacitated somehow, like in the movies.

But these days, air traffic controllers would just tell me which buttons to push to make the plane land itself.

I have a scanner that reaches Dulles so I'm an expert now.

 

[Rigjockey]

Now he has 2 Falcon jets, a 900 and 2000, and a couple of others that I never saw. They were always stored in a hanger across the street.

Those are awesome! Way faster than a commercial jet.

The development, Jumbolair, is beautiful. All the streets are taxiways up to the houses, or should I say mansions. Aircraft always have the right of way in there. That was the main reason I always had to deliver in the middle of the night. He did have the largest jets in the complex and was only a few hundred yards off of the main runway. He would taxi right up to the back door of his house.

I just learned that he lives in Florida in this complex.

If you were to put Jumbolair into a Google Earth search, the pictures are so old, you can see the 707 sitting on the ramp. That's long gone because it cost a small fortune to run it now. Plus the Captain and crew don't work for free. John is the pilot, but FAA regs dictate that he has to have a Captain, a Navigator and a minimum of a 3 person crew.

Cool. I will have to look that up.
I was going to say imagine paying what it costs in fuel and everything else just to fly an empty commercial airliner around as a hobby.

 

[Rigjockey]

Travolta has a 707 that's still in Qantas livery. He bought it from Quantas (Australian airline) and I guess they gave him some kind of super deal on it if he agreed to leave the Qantas name on it.

Quantas has never crashed. I am not sure about that now it's been a while since the movie rain man came out.

I lost all interest & respect for John Travolta when I found out he's part of that scientology cult.

Kind of the way I feel about Tom Cruise

As far as the simulator goes, I bet I could land one on my first try.

I bet you could. They probably just worry about people that want to learn take off and flying but no interest in landing.

But in a real jet, I'd be scared shitless and nervous and I'd probably fuck up & crash unless I had a co-pilot to do a bunch of things when I bark out orders. Like watch the speed, lower the flaps incrementally, talk to Robert Stack on the radio, drop the landing gear, pull the spoilers & thrust reversers at the right time, stuff like that.

Kind of like the first time in a truck solo, no one to correct your mistakes or tell you what to do.

In a simulator, if you crash it's just "oops, let me try that again...". No pressure.

Pretty much!

 

[Duck]

I just learned that he lives in Florida in this complex.

The cult of scientology is headquartered in Florida.

 

[Duck]

Kind of the way I feel about Tom Cruise

And that shaggy haired guy from That 70's Show. Danny Masterson. He's currently doing 30 years for a bunch of rapes.

And that ugly hag who was in the look who's talking movie with Travolta. She's also in that cult.

A bunch of other hollywoods too.

 

[389 Hood]

Travolta doesn't try to ram it down everyone's throat like Cruise does. He's very right wing and has the deepest respect for law enforcement. Never met Cruise and don't really care too. He likes to think of himself as a god from what I understand. I've gotten to meet a few celebs at John's house and they really are just normal people when not in the spot light and being drooled on. That's the biggest reason many of them are night owls. They can go where they need to go without a crowd. John's regular commuting vehicles are totally none de-script. You wouldn't know it if he was riding right beside you.

 

[Rigjockey]

I did look at the satt maps of Jumbolair. I didn't see any planes sitting outside.
Interesting compound though.

The planes were probably out getting groceries. Fresh pineapple Hawaii, fresh corn Iowa, fresh potatoes Idaho, Champaign, France and you get the idea.

 

[Electric Chicken]

I did look at the satt maps of Jumbolair. I didn't see any planes sitting outside.
Interesting compound though.

The planes were probably out getting groceries. Fresh pineapple Hawaii, fresh corn Iowa, fresh potatoes Idaho, Champaign, France and you get the idea.

They're all at Aldi doing curbside pickup.

 

[389 Hood]

You didn't use Google Earth.
Here is the picture I was telling you about. It's years old now and I just took it.

 

[Duck]

Menards used $100 worth of 16 foot 2x6 lumber and plastic banding to make a crate for two $30 pieces of ten foot sheet metal roof ridge cap.

And the young man on the forklift just set the whole thing on my trailer instead of opening the crate and keeping the lumber like it says on the label.

 

[AK7]

I'd call that a win.

 

[Duck]

Ten of these, all I need is some plywood and some good quality paint and I'll have the ultimate hangout deck on top of the silo.





Yeah that's a solar light. It's been there about a year.