Most pointless placard?
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The B707's I flew in my past life had a placard on the back of both pilot's seats which said;
"Seat must face forward for takeoff and landing."![](https://www.pprune.org/ubb/NonCGI/confused.gif)
I always wondered what it would be like to try and land by facing aft and using a mirror.
Speaking of looking backwards and going forwards, did you know that 'clockwise' is 'anti-clockwise'if you're a clock.
"Seat must face forward for takeoff and landing."
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I always wondered what it would be like to try and land by facing aft and using a mirror.
Speaking of looking backwards and going forwards, did you know that 'clockwise' is 'anti-clockwise'if you're a clock.
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In a block of flats:
"LIFTS TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED"
Barbeque Firelighting Fluid:
"Caution Flammable Liquid"
Various cockpits:
"Fuel: Pull Off"
(and now what do I do with the Knob?)
More perversely, the common practice with low wing planes of painting the walkway black, all the way across the wing root and flaps, then applying a decal "no step" on the flap.
Why did they paint it non slip black then?
"LIFTS TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED"
Barbeque Firelighting Fluid:
"Caution Flammable Liquid"
Various cockpits:
"Fuel: Pull Off"
(and now what do I do with the Knob?)
More perversely, the common practice with low wing planes of painting the walkway black, all the way across the wing root and flaps, then applying a decal "no step" on the flap.
Why did they paint it non slip black then?
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Skytrucker 87 - would that be the World's first non-aerobatic fighter then? Saw one at Chivenor years ago before the RAF's best aerodrome was handed over to the mud-eaters (WHY???????) - the Hunter mates said that the pilot was 'the only kamikaze pilot in the RAF!!'.
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The RAF used to drop their bombs when upside down - or nearly! I've got a video of early Farnborough airshows where Victors and Vulcans demonstrated the 'lob' technique. They pulled up into a half loop releasing the bomb just before going through the vertical, then rolling off the top of the loop to dive away in the opposite direction at max knots before they got caught in a horrid mushroom cloud with all that nasty radiation :~( Very strange sight to see such a big aeroplane do a that.
And talking of the Javelin, anyone read "The Quick and the Dead", by Bill Waterton? It's long out of print but Bill was Gloster's Cheif Test Pilot for Meteor and Javelin - and the latter did not impress him much. I had a pretty Dinky Toys model of one when I was a kid, though. (Was a kid??? Still am at heart ;~)
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And talking of the Javelin, anyone read "The Quick and the Dead", by Bill Waterton? It's long out of print but Bill was Gloster's Cheif Test Pilot for Meteor and Javelin - and the latter did not impress him much. I had a pretty Dinky Toys model of one when I was a kid, though. (Was a kid??? Still am at heart ;~)
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