"Dusty Ventures" (dustyventures)
12/05/2018 at 11:21 • Filed to: None
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"Dusty Ventures" (dustyventures)
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Just Jeepin'
> Dusty Ventures
12/05/2018 at 11:33 |
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Pilots will not wear spurs while flying.
That confounds me on multiple levels.
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> Dusty Ventures
12/05/2018 at 11:38 |
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7. Riding on the steps, wings or tail of a machine is prohibited
“NO U” - early wing-walkers
ttyymmnn
> Just Jeepin'
12/05/2018 at 11:46 |
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I can imagine why you wouldn’t want to wear spurs in a fabric-covered airplane, but I can’t figure out why you would.
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ttyymmnn
> Dusty Ventures
12/05/2018 at 11:47 |
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“Do not trust altitude instruments.”
Alrighty, then.
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> Just Jeepin'
12/05/2018 at 11:48 |
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I know multiple countries’
services were recruiting their pilots out of cavalry, which was still a major thing, due to cavalry bros being typically smart/
educated, having map/orienteering training that was useful, and being more upper class/gentlemanly. It’s possible that a
number of cadets were still in their previous service uniform and/or highly formal, and therefore wearing the spurs of their full uniform
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Just Jeepin'
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
12/05/2018 at 11:54 |
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Thanks, that makes a great deal more sense than any theory I could concoct.
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ttyymmnn
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
12/05/2018 at 11:56 |
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I think you hit it. They may have even ridden a horse to the airfield. In my writing, I have come across numerous WWI aces who started in cavalry, or were recruited for their marksmanship, particularly while riding horse.
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> ttyymmnn
12/05/2018 at 12:02 |
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Eddie Rickenbacker wasn’t in the normal recruitment channels, so he had to get in the old-fashioned way - making a favorable impression on people with the clout for a transfer.
Urambo Tauro
> Dusty Ventures
12/05/2018 at 12:55 |
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Ah, but they don’t say anything about not buzzing the tower!
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> Urambo Tauro
12/05/2018 at 13:07 |
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/oblig
Needs to be reedited with footage from a WWI movie, but I’m not the man to do it.
kanadanmajava1
> Dusty Ventures
12/05/2018 at 14:30 |
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“Do not use aeronautical gasoline in cars or motorcycles”
So why is this in the regulations for operation of aircraft? Shouldn’t it be in the car/motorcycle regulations?