'Getting To Know Noob'
POSTED BY: nvghostrider
UPDATED: Saturday, March 24, 2007 23:29
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Double post. Sorry.
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Originally posted by nvghostrider:
'Its a small, small world'. I see the sail-ers come through town every so often with their sharkfin trailers. One of our old tribal officers used to fly out in Minden, (can't place her name right now).
Lotsa training to be had in my part of the 'verse.
Prided with NV roads. The ability to drive fast is so rarely hindered.
No worries...
One beautiful night , I was watching the wind coming over the Sierras and kicking the dust off the dry lakebeds .
I was cruising along at 85 , and since my attention had been diverted by the spectacle , didn't notice another car approaching from behind . It was a NV state trooper . He barely gave me a glance as he passed doing 90...
Drive Fast...Fly Fast...It's all good in Nevada .
While at Minden , I met a local glider instructor that I liked . I wanted to get some of his local knowledge about soaring the Sierra ridge , so I asked him to accompany me on a couple of my flights . We took a 2-seater and went out to the mountains , into some ridge lift . Once we got back over Carson Valley , staying aloft on piddly thermals , or
" gopher farts " , as he put it , he asked me if I had ever flown the glider at
" redline " , or Vne , which means Velocity-'never exceed' .
" Nope " .
" Wanna ? " , he asked .
" Yeah , sure... " , was my response .
So we zoomed downward and ran 'er up to 150 mph .
The stick forces get pretty heavy , the wind noise sounds like you're inside a vacuum cleaner , and then he says , " Don't ever sneeze , or even hiccup , while you're doing this ."
I'm thinkin' , " Ummm , Duh ! " ,
and we continued our diving attack and strafing run over a herd of cattle .
The cows weren't even scared ! Didn't stampede...I guess they looked up and saw sky and remembered what they were...
...or else they were just used to being dive-bombed by crazy glider pilots out to do the jet-jock ju-ju...
A YouTube vid of soaring in the Minden area...This is from a 'wave' flight someone filmed...Notice the frost on the canopy...Outside air temps are generally down around 60 below zero F degrees...AND there's nothing to breathe...Hence the oxygen mask...
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Then , there's this one of the zoom and climb variety...
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and finally , when the raptor-men go out on patrol...
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First off, wow. Very pretty. Secondly, HOLY F-ING S*%T DUDE!!!
I can grasp hangin' off a chopper at those elevations but damn. Now power, all balls.
Sorry 'bout the thread jackin' folks. But thats we're here for. To meet new people and experience new things.
I'd definately learn to poo my pants flyin' with the raptormen.
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Originally posted by nvghostrider:
Sorry 'bout the thread jackin' folks. But thats we're here for. To meet new people and experience new things.
I'd definately learn to poo my pants flyin' with the raptormen.
Naw , we've got the Power , dude...All natural solar-powered flight , the way it's been done for eons...
Those engines and fans are only there to fly you to " the scene of the crash " . Or , to keep the pilot cool .
Don't believe it ? Turn it off , watch the pilot start to sweat...
About the poo-your-pants thing...I gave that up when I was just a little bitty guy...Didn't like that condition known as
' baby-browncoat-bottom '...LOL...
Here's one more...I don't know what language this guy is speaking , but I'll bet his comment is translated exactly like your H-F-S(expletive-deleted) above...Don't blink during this one , or you'll miss it...
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Hello! Well, I'm a newbie to this site, and it's been a really long time since I could claim to be a newbie to a posting board site, so it's a big deal for me. I love getting involved in new fandoms!
Age: 20. Young, I know, but I started Jossin' pretty young, too. As a ten year old, I snuck BtVS episodes all the way back from Welcome to the Hellmouth. I resisted Firefly when it was on-air, and I regret that decision greatly. I recently discovered it by buying the boxset and telling myself Joss would never let me down. He didn't, and I fell in love.
Married/Kids: Nope, but mostly because I'm a college student in NJ, trying to get a degree in English/South Asian studies. Oh, and I'm female. :)
My name? Biggrstaffbunch has been my fic-writing name since my teenybopper days of being in love with the actor who plays Oliver Wood in the HP movies. I just kept it. :)
Anything else people would like to know? I love the fandom, it's been really wild and dedicated for so long that it really impresses me. Buffy fandom doesnt even treat newbies as well...thanks so much for being so great!
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Originally posted by biggrstaffbunch:
Hello! Well, I'm a newbie to this site, and it's been a really long time since I could claim to be a newbie to a posting board site, so it's a big deal for me. I love getting involved in new fandoms!...
I resisted Firefly when it was on-air, and I regret that decision greatly. I recently discovered it by buying the boxset and telling myself Joss would never let me down. He didn't, and I fell in love.
...I love the fandom, it's been really wild and dedicated for so long that it really impresses me...
Welcome Biggr ,
It's a rockety ride from time-to-time , but you've come to the Shiny-est place in
cyber-space !
We're always happy to meet new folk .
Glad you stopped resistin' , and started persistin' , like the rest of us...
There may be some folk come along and offer you things...
'Til then , make yourself to home...See what's layin' about in the galley...
When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.
Leonardo da Vinci
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Hey all,
I'm a long fan of Firefly/Serenity now, but I'd missed out on the boards until the last couple of weeks. So I'm an official noob as well!
Impressively international crowd here. I live in LA personally and work as a composer. Anyone else in LA?
-A
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Originally posted by Awintory:
Hey all,
I'm a long fan of Firefly/Serenity now, but I'd missed out on the boards until the last couple of weeks. So I'm an official noob as well!
Impressively international crowd here. I live in LA personally and work as a composer. Anyone else in LA?
-A
Last time I looked , 'twasn't a 'ghost town'...
Did you join SoCal Browncoats ?
When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.
Leonardo da Vinci
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Ok time for the unveiling.
Age:44
Home base:Oklahoma city
Occupation:Custome Service for Directtv
New to the verse. Saw Serenity over Christmas have seen the first 2 firely DVD's waiting right now for the last 2 to arrive from Netflix this week.
Divorced, no children, Also have A hankering to see Canada. Not A big fan of our current Addmistraion. Democrat liberal to modderate
Jerry Hance
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Yep, now a member of the SoCal Browncoats, California Browncoats and even a thing called the "Firefly Music Project" based out of Germany - been brushing up on my Deutche for those guys (and by that mean Alta Vista translator ...)
Thanks though! And yes, LA's not quite yet a ghost town. Sometimes it reminds of the way they found Miranda though .... ;-)
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