A tale of a photo shoot

[RotaryWingBob]

Sent to me by a non-aviator friend:



A photographer for a national news magazine was assigned to get photos of a big forest fire. The smoke at the scene was too thick to get any good shots, so he frantically called his home office to hire a plane.

It will be waiting for you at the airport. he was assured by his editor.

As soon as he got to the small, rural airport, sure enough, a plane was warming up near the runway.

He jumped in with his equipment and yelled, Let's go, Let's go!

The pilot swung the plane into the wind and soon they were in the air.

Fly over the north side of the fire, and make three or four low level passes, said the photographer.

Why? asked the pilot.

Because I'm going to take pictures. I'm a photographer, and photographers take pictures! said the photographer with great exasperation and impatience.






After a long pause the pilot said, You mean you're not my instructor?

 

[AdamZ]

ROLMAO That was a RIOT bob

 

[KennyFlys]

I've seen that come through a couple times but it's still funny. And, I can picture some morons being in such a rush they actually let something like that happen.

 

[gismo]

I've seen that come through a couple times but it's still funny. And, I can picture some morons being in such a rush they actually let something like that happen.

I'm not positive (aging memory cells) but I think I read a "true" story about two military cadets managing to get airborne thinking each other was the instructor.

 

[KennyFlys]

I'm not positive (aging memory cells) but I think I read a "true" story about two military cadets managing to get airborne thinking each other was the instructor.

This sounds familiar... which is a very good reason why you should always have the appropriate insignia and other patches covering the raw Velcro on your flight suit. Otherwise, all of them could be "green."