I know that many people here have, like me, served in the forces in our respective countries. I have always held the opinion that force's humour is some of the funniest in the world.
So come on people, let's hear some laughs.
I'll make a start......
I joined the RAF way back in 1964 and was posted to one of the stations (Air bases) flying Lightnings. As a lowly little mechanic I got picked for all the jobs which nobody wanted.
On this occasion I was picked to assist a senior (Godlike) instrument technician to run his display during a station "open" day, when the public were allowed in to see where all their taxes were spent. I was told "Just stand there and don't bloody touch anything"
During the afternoon a young lad approached and pointing at an ASI (Airspeed Indicator), asked what it was. The following conversation took place....
"That my lad, is what we call a knotometer. You can see the word knots on the front"
"How's it work then?"
"This knotometer is placed in front of the pilot on the instrument panel, like that one over there. From the back of it runs a piece of string, all the way to the back of the aeroplane. A knot is tied in the string at each inch of length. Now then, when the pilot is flying along and he gets some problem with his machine, he just looks down and takes a reading from the knotometer. When he lands, he tells his ground crew what his knotometer was reading, say 250, and they just count 250 knots back on the string, find the fault and fix it"
"Gosh, thanks mister" and away he went, happy as larry.
The Godlike person turned to little me and just said two words.
"Learn lad"
And over the next 30 years I duly learnt
I'll see how this thread goes before posting other stories.
So come on people, let's hear some laughs.
I'll make a start......
I joined the RAF way back in 1964 and was posted to one of the stations (Air bases) flying Lightnings. As a lowly little mechanic I got picked for all the jobs which nobody wanted.
On this occasion I was picked to assist a senior (Godlike) instrument technician to run his display during a station "open" day, when the public were allowed in to see where all their taxes were spent. I was told "Just stand there and don't bloody touch anything"
During the afternoon a young lad approached and pointing at an ASI (Airspeed Indicator), asked what it was. The following conversation took place....
"That my lad, is what we call a knotometer. You can see the word knots on the front"
"How's it work then?"
"This knotometer is placed in front of the pilot on the instrument panel, like that one over there. From the back of it runs a piece of string, all the way to the back of the aeroplane. A knot is tied in the string at each inch of length. Now then, when the pilot is flying along and he gets some problem with his machine, he just looks down and takes a reading from the knotometer. When he lands, he tells his ground crew what his knotometer was reading, say 250, and they just count 250 knots back on the string, find the fault and fix it"
"Gosh, thanks mister" and away he went, happy as larry.
The Godlike person turned to little me and just said two words.
"Learn lad"
And over the next 30 years I duly learnt
I'll see how this thread goes before posting other stories.
