Originally posted by DoctorStrangelove
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As mentioned above, it wasn't Threaded.
Here's a post from 2009 about the scammer:
Originally posted by cailin maith View PostOur most recent Pilot is in the clink now - you'll have to wait a while to ask him.Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostGet your voting fingers at the ready.Originally posted by realityhack View PostForgive me if this has already been covered, but is this the same Walter Mitty character we had here a while ago? Just saw it in the Metro:
Page not found | Metro UKLast edited by DoctorStrangelove; 15 April 2020, 09:59.
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostSome years ago there was a CUK user called "threaded" whose boastful exploits were legend, and one was a claim to have flown a jet to Italy or somewhere with a bowl of spag bol balanced on his lap.
As I recall, he was based in Amsterdam and a keen cyclist. He often claimed car drivers were out to get him, and he may have since been in a bicycle accident.
His 'contractor lifestyle' posts were the stuff of legend. I don't remember the jet story, but it sounds about right.
Thanks for that little trip down memory lane.
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Originally posted by Old Greg View PostWasn't Menelaus involved?
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Originally posted by DoctorStrangelove View PostIt wasn't Threaded, it was that charity nutjob who alleged he'd flown a Tornado with a bowl of spag bol on his lap.
IIRC his Mrs posted on here after he'd, er, "gone"*.
*as in sent down for a long stretch.
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostSome years ago there was a CUK user called "threaded" whose boastful exploits were legend, and one was a claim to have flown a jet to Italy or somewhere with a bowl of spag bol balanced on his lap.
As I recall, he was based in Amsterdam and a keen cyclist. He often claimed car drivers were out to get him, and he may have since been in a bicycle accident.
IIRC his Mrs posted on here after he'd, er, "gone"*.
*as in sent down for a long stretch.
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostIt's funnier if you say bus rather than car.
I'd rather die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather, not screaming in terror like his passengers.
The rhythm of the joke is better with the punchline hitting you on the last word.
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostSome years ago there was a CUK user called "threaded" whose boastful exploits were legend, and one was a claim to have flown a jet to Italy or somewhere with a bowl of spag bol balanced on his lap.
As I recall, he was based in Amsterdam and a keen cyclist. He often claimed car drivers were out to get him, and he may have since been in a bicycle accident.
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Originally posted by Mordac View PostUnlikely, since he was French. That's the second time I've seen a reference to spag bol on a plane. Care to share the joke?
As I recall, he was based in Amsterdam and a keen cyclist. He often claimed car drivers were out to get him, and he may have since been in a bicycle accident.
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Originally posted by GJABS View PostThis is one benefit with flying in my plane - there is no ejector seat. It does mean that if the wings fall off, everyone on board dies - but let's not worry about trifling issues
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Originally posted by Lost It View PostWonder how the pilot managed to stop himself being thrown out as well? I thought those things were one out all out in case one of them couldn't pull the handle.
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Absolute catalogue of errors and from what I've seen in the report, the pax was pretty much blame free. Apparently he was left to strap himself in FFS.
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This is one benefit with flying in my plane - there is no ejector seat. It does mean that if the wings fall off, everyone on board dies - but let's not worry about trifling issues
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Originally posted by Lost It View PostWonder how the pilot managed to stop himself being thrown out as well? I thought those things were one out all out in case one of them couldn't pull the handle.
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