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Jimbuna
12-11-12, 09:31 AM
This made me laugh :)


When an electrical fire disabled Colonel Doyle VanWatermulen’s Predator drone, the 65-year old veteran pilot exclaimed “Mayday! Mayday! We’re going down! We’re going down!” while sitting at his cubicle, sources close to his office confirmed.
Witnesses stated VanWatermulen began violently pulling and pushing the various ergonomic levers under his seat in an apparent attempt to “eject” himself. Unable to trigger an ejection, the pilot called out ”Jammed! I’m outta here!” and rolled from his chair.


http://www.theglobaledition.com/drone-pilot-ejects-from-office-chair/
Sailor Steve
12-11-12, 09:44 AM
VanWatermulen? Give me a break.

“We should have suspected a problem when he [VanWatermulen] showed up for the mission in a lambskin leather bomber jacket and helmet.”
Sounds like a spoof article to me. :sunny:
Penguin
12-11-12, 09:50 AM
:haha:


Sounds like a spoof article to me. :sunny:

No way, a source who reports stuff like "Frenchman Comes Out Of The Closet, Admits To Family That He Likes Helping Tourists And Speaking In English" or "Movie Critics Slam New Taliban Terrorist Video" can be trusted 100%. :know:
Herr-Berbunch
12-11-12, 10:03 AM
"Frenchman Comes Out Of The Closet, Admits To Family That He Likes Helping Tourists And Speaking In English"

:har:

That is definitely fake. :yep:
Pisces
12-11-12, 02:23 PM
Well, he did remember his routines.
Jimbuna
12-11-12, 05:40 PM
VanWatermulen? Give me a break.


Sounds like a spoof article to me. :sunny:

:haha:



No way, a source who reports stuff like "Frenchman Comes Out Of The Closet, Admits To Family That He Likes Helping Tourists And Speaking In English" or "Movie Critics Slam New Taliban Terrorist Video" can be trusted 100%. :know:

:har:

That is definitely fake. :yep:

Well, he did remember his routines.

I must admit I had to read it twice :)
Tabbs
12-13-12, 04:56 AM
:har: Fake But Still Funny
Rilder
12-13-12, 11:01 AM
You mean its not normal to eject from your chair when your virtually flying something? I was wondering why people looked at me oddly when I eject from my chair whenever I get shot down in IL-2 1946.
Gerald
12-13-12, 11:10 AM
:har: Fake But Still Funny Welcome to subsim Tabbs! :salute:
AVGWarhawk
12-13-12, 11:44 AM
Reminds me of a Vietnam vet I had known. He was a Huey pilot. His aircraft went down. In his sleep he was re-living the incident in a dream. He physically sat up, called mayday and jumped off his bed as if bailing out of his chopper like he did the day it went down.

This is how his wife described it.
Jimbuna
12-13-12, 11:48 AM
:har: Fake But Still Funny

Welcome to SubSim :salute:
Takeda Shingen
12-13-12, 12:38 PM
It made me laugh, but yeah, the site is an Onion clone.
Sailor Steve
12-13-12, 01:36 PM
You mean its not normal to eject from your chair when your virtually flying something? I was wondering why people looked at me oddly when I eject from my chair whenever I get shot down in IL-2 1946.
Nobody ever looks at me funny when I do that, or when I shout 'Alarm' when my u-boat is under attack.

Might be because I live alone.

Might by why I live alone. :dead: