Category Archives: Humour

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Minions in the Cockpit: What could possibly go wrong?

I’ve been a big fan of the Minions characters ever since I first encountered them in the original Despicable Me movie. They are insane, indestructible and hysterical characters that bumble about and create mayhem wherever they go. What’s not to … Continue reading

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To Fly or Not to Fly? What a Stupid Question

For those of us who love altitude, the question of going flying or not is crazy ‘cos the answer is always: GO FLYING!!! Sadly many things conspire to keep us from the sky including workload, lack of money (a major … Continue reading

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Flying Shirts – Escape Slide

I caught this shirt on Threadless and it was a no-brainer. After all, if you’re going to exit a burning aircraft, you may as well have some fun in the process :) I’ve not yet worn it on a commercial … Continue reading

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Flying Shirts – Japanese Skywriter :)

A number of my t-shirts have flying related themes. Funny that. This one is my favourite and was a gift from Kitt that she picked up from the Chicken Wings collection. If you’re into flying and you’re not following this … Continue reading

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Grant’s “Oshkosh Experience” Checklist

I’m over here at Oshkosh, Wisconsin for the EAA Airventure 2011 event (aka Oshkosh aka “Aviation Mecca” :) and am trying to soak it all in, which I acknowledge is an impossible thing. Given the amount of experiences I’d already … Continue reading

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Chicken Wings Comics – They Light Up My Day :)

Those of you who know me in the real, meat-space world (as opposed to just online) will be aware of the funky t-shirts I like to collect. You may have seen me wearing a number of aviation related ones, the … Continue reading

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Fear of Flying – Story #2

As I mentioned in the previous Fear of Flying story, the folks at Flight Experience Melbourne are running a competition for their 737 flight simulator. Write up your scary flying story and you could win a free session in the … Continue reading

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Fear of Flying – Story #1

The folks at Flight Experience Melbourne are running a competition for their 737 flight simulator. Write up your scary flying story and you could win a free session in the sim. Woo hoo. I’ve had two very scary flights in … Continue reading

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Aeroneurophycosis – sounds so true

A while ago a friend of mine sent me an SMS saying they’d finally found the cause of my problems: “Aeroneurophycosis: in which the sufferer developes a sexual atraction to aircraft” Yup – that sure summed it up. I used … Continue reading

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Perspectives on the Captain

It has been a very long time since I last saw this set of “Views of the Captain” images. My thanks to Bryan over at Passion Aviator for pointing me at it again. So funny :)

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