Recent content by MrCrispy

but..but...it was a DARE you can't go against a dare in high skool. Its a law or something. /sarcasm I weep for the future.

just to stir the pudding: apparently FEMA had some FEMA employees go to the FEMA press conference posing as reporters in order to throw a bunch of softball questions at the FEMA Press Secretary. Now THAT's funny! http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/25/AR2007102502488.html

If I was a betting man, I would say that the farmers were harvesting which loosened up the corn stuff then a simple (but decent sized) dust devil sent them skyward. I've seen some here in Florida shoot debris pretty high.

Nah, here in jax they drink in their truck before they go to their plane. I like it too but I'm not a huge follower. I just like Vegeta because he's eerily similar to much of my personality.

I'd recommend hitting the windshield with it. That way you get the added bonus of seeing how well it will handle a bird strike.

This one was told to me by my CFI. He was with a student and they were heading to nearby St. Augustine (SGJ) Airport so the student could get some touch and go's in an an unfamiliar airport (it should be noted here that Auggy tower is not known for its competence. Its the only time I've ever...

As I think about the boat ritual, I think it came from a mariner's tendency to find any reason to drink. As pilots don't usually drink around their plane.....maybe the pilot's ritual would be to argue over the name for a couple hours then set a Far/Aim on fire? lol

Let me start by saying, I know how stupid this questions sounds. I wouldn't call myself overly superstitious, but with my chosen hobby (sitting in a hunk of metal thousands of feet above a hard surface) I figure avoiding any bad karma or juju can't hurt. My question concerns the N Number on a...

Although I can't speak for their training as I'm not a customer of theirs, I can regale you with some stories of dealing with them as I fly out of the same airport they do here in Jax. I don't think there's many people at CRG who would say they are happy about SSH being there. The reasons are...