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Jimbuna

12-11-12 09:31 AM

Drone Pilot Ejects From Office Chair

This made me laugh :)

Quote:

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/dron...-office-chair/

Sailor Steve

12-11-12 09:44 AM

VanWatermulen? Give me a break.

Quote:

“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:

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve (Post 1973972)

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

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Originally Posted by Penguin (Post 1973976)

"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

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve (Post 1973972)

VanWatermulen? Give me a break.

Sounds like a spoof article to me. :sunny:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Penguin (Post 1973976)

: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:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch (Post 1973988)

:har:

That is definitely fake. :yep:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pisces (Post 1974109)

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tabbs (Post 1974980)

: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

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tabbs (Post 1974980)

: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

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rilder (Post 1975101)

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:

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