You mentioned Destin, I was wondering if that is where you did your IFS. Not sure if I would rather have a rich punk out of Destin or an illiterate crop-dustin' barnstormer from Milton flyin with me.
That's easy ... I don't care where he lives. But I'd go with the rich, illiterate, crop-dustin', barnstormin' punk.You mentioned Destin, I was wondering if that is where you did your IFS. Not sure if I would rather have a rich punk out of Destin or an illiterate crop-dustin' barnstormer from Milton flyin with me.
After asking around the squadron though, the majority of the studs agreed with my pilot; crop duster pilots are sh!t hot and dangerous as hell.
When you see them doing wingovers at 150 feet AGL to change direction; you'll understand.Not that I don't believe you, but I'm still confused as to what makes them such good / crazy pilots.
What's up with the crop dusting comment Stuntgriz?
e6bflyer said:This ranks up there as one of the stupidest arguments on this board in a while. Have we offended a crop duster somewhere? All this thread needs now is Joboy to put his 2 cents in to be complete.
Incidently, I was in Albequerque at Base Ops one day and in flew a souped up cropduster, complete with turboprop engine. It was hella big, not really sure what kind it was. Anyway, out steps a guy in a military flight suit, so being curious, my homies and I go and ask this guy what he is doing. He has a state department patch where a squadron patch would go, and his name on his name patch along with the word "Policia". He says that we are welcome to check out the plane, and that he is in the "Ag business". I ask about the state dept. patch and he just grins and says "that's right, I am in the Ag business for the state department". I never got the official answer as to what the state department flies around in cropdusters for, but I have a couple of rumors/guesses. Anyway, just thought that was interesting.
I'll go with this...
Duster pilots spend alot of time in heavily laden aircraft, low to the ground, going fast. (For them) Anyone who does that alot...and lives to teach/talk...has some credibility in my book.
Of course this would mean that helo guys are good pilots too...maybe I should rethink that....I keed, I keed...
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A lot of places dust with helos, don't they?(yes, in Mass, they dust with helos)
Try focusing on illiteracy, maybe that will make everything clear. Yeah, yeah, crop-dusters can fly a plane, but can they grade a test? Would he use adverse yaw in a sentence, such as "Adverse, yaw thought I were dumb," and thinks VORTAC is the '88 Jimmy Motor he 'suped up his old station wagon with. Comprehensive flight knowledge is better for my future schooling than scarin' the poop out of "dat der herd of cows over yonder". Where were we, right....TheBubba, was there a school availabe in ValP or Destin?
UInavy said:Pretty impressive for someone who lists their interests as 'ridin, snowboardin and hittin the wake in addition to chillin.'
Updated interests: long walks on the beach, crop dustin', floatin' down blackwater with a 40....oh, and readin', too