[Rhodes22-list] Robert Skinner - Leering Alert

[Hank]

On the subject of drinking in flight, our AH-1 cobra pilots used to put
beers into the 3.75 in rocket launchers and then fly at high altitude (~10K
ft) enroute to their destination so the beers would be cold when they
arrived.

Hank


On 4/15/08, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Mike,
>
> Is there a story there you need to tell?
>
> What made me think of the idea was an incident that happened in South
> Arkansas from the 70's.  A guy took off from Warren, AR and landed in Ft.
> Smith after traversing the Quachita mountains. Upon landing he reported to
> the authorities that somewhere en route his wife "fell out".  They never
> found a body and he was never charged with a crime.
>
> I've had a number of doors pop open over the years but never lost anything
> but a map.
>
> Brad
>
> On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 8:28 AM, Michael D. Weisner <mweisner at ebsmed.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Brad,
> >
> > Your solution to the problem is interesting - more like
> keel-hauling.  As
> > the father of three daughters, I may understand your position.
> >
> > Please note that while testing the door, you must certainly keep a tight
> > lid
> > on the inflight ice bucket as stray ice chunks sucked into the
> slipstream
> > striking the craft during takeoff have been known to cause damage to the
> > fuselage and may affect your ability to land, to say nothing of the
> effect
> > of the consumption of alcohol.
> >
> > Mike
> > s/v Shanghaid'd Summer ('81)
> >      Nissequogue River, NY
> >
> > From: "Brad Haslett" <flybrad at gmail.com>Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008
> 6:32
> > AM
> > > Robert,
> > >
> > >Dragging those who deserve being drug through the chaparral is so 90's,
> > > 1890's that is.  I fixed the door on my Bonanza so it no longer pops
> > open
> > > on takeoff, and it only opens about two inches into the slipstream
> > anyway,
> > > but, with the right carelessness in latching and a combination of slow
> > > flight and side slip it will open much farther.  Some experimentation
> > may
> > > be in
> > > order to avoid having objects that are "sucked" out of the cockpit hit
> > the
> > > tail.
> > > Perhaps just being a passenger for one of the test flights would be
> > enough
> > > to 'cure' most evil doers.  Ask me in a few years when my daughter
> > starts
> > > dating.
> > >
> > > Brad
> > >
> >
> >
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