this thread will put hair on your chest

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Post a pic of something, or the act of doing something, that will "put hair on your chest."

 

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[Moonglow]

 

[Sherry]

 

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^ Front row. ^​

 

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[Zmrzlina]

 

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[Jarlaxle]

What do you get when you mix 2500HP, wheelbase of a VW Bug, and center of gravity of a 4WD pickup?

That^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 

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[williepete]

ROUND ENGINES!​

Turbines Are Ruining Aviation

We gotta get rid of turbines — they are ruining aviation. We need to go back to “BIG ROUND ENGINES!”

Anybody can start a turbine, you just need to move a switch from “Off” to “Start” and then remember to move it back to “On” after a while. My computer is harder to start.

Cranking a BIG ROUND ENGINE requires skill, finesse and style. On some aeroplanes, the pilots are not even allowed to do it — it's solely the preserve of a flight engineer.

Turbines start by whining for a while, then give a small lady-like “poot” and start whining louder.

BIG ROUND ENGINES give a satisfying rattle-rattle, click BANG, more rattles, another BANG, a big macho fart or two, more clicks, a lot of smoke, and finally a serious, low-pitched roar. We like that — it's a MAN thing!

When you start a BIG ROUND ENGINE, your mind is engaged and you can concentrate on the flight ahead. Starting a turbine is like flicking on a ceiling fan.

Turbines don't break often enough, leading to aircrew boredom, complacency and inattention. A BIG ROUND ENGINE at speed looks, sounds and feels like it's going to blow up at any minute. This helps to concentrate the mind.

Turbines don't have enough control levers to keep a pilot's attention and to impress visitors to the cockpit. There's nothing to fiddle with during the flight.

Turbines smell like a Boy Scout camp full of Coleman lanterns. BIG ROUND ENGINES smell like God intended flying machines to smell.​

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