Dumb cockpit placards

[bodyflyer]

I had to share a placard I came across in an F-86.
It shows that dumb sounding placards aren't a new thing.

At least the first part of the placard should be obvious to anyone with the slightest understanding of gravity...




(The F-86 is at the Canadian Warplane Heritage museum, I think on loan from the national museum.)

[iflyforpie]

Is that for smart, dumb, or retarded bombs?

[HS-748 2A]

Is there a G meter in the airplane?

I'm just thinking, maybe in a fighter jet, in the heat of battle, you're not always exactly congisant of what the Gs are at every given instant.

As you tuck over into a dive to drop that thing, you may be at less than 1 G for a while and you may not exactly recognise if you go even subtley into the negative.

It still probably does not warrant a placard as I'm sure this folley is well covered in millitary training; but then again - it was probably put there as result of calamities due to people doing exactly that.

I bet "REF T.O. 01-60 JL-69" is a shpeel about exactly whatever caused them to install that placard.

Clunk Driver probably knows.

[Brewguy]

A few years back, the company I worked for commercially operated a Stearman (for scenic rides). Before it went on the OC, the gang from Transport came out to take a look at it.

One of the inspectors was going through the 'checklist' to see if the aircraft had all of the required 'items'. He stops and ask where the placard is, indicating the location of the exit(s).

The rest of us (other TC people included), just turned and looked at him like this:


To which he replied, "well, it is on the checklist".

As a joke while they were out at lunch, I photo shopped together an appropriate sticker. The word EXIT in a semi-circle, with arrows radiating out in all directions (think Japanese 'Rising Sun' flag). In the end, TC decided we didn't require an 'EXIT' placard in the open-cockpit biplane ... despite their 'checklist'.

But I wish I'd taken a picture of it.

[iflyforpie]

A few years back, the company I worked for commercially operated a Stearman (for scenic rides). Before it went on the OC, the gang from Transport came out to take a look at it.

One of the inspectors was going through the 'checklist' to see if the aircraft had all of the required 'items'. He stops and ask where the placard is, indicating the location of the exit(s).

The rest of us (other TC people included), just turned and looked at him like this:


To which he replied, "well, it is on the checklist".

As a joke while they were out at lunch, I photo shopped together an appropriate sticker. The word EXIT in a semi-circle, with arrows radiating out in all directions (think Japanese 'Rising Sun' flag). In the end, TC decided we didn't require an 'EXIT' placard in the open-cockpit biplane ... despite their 'checklist'.

But I wish I'd taken a picture of it.

There's coffee on my keyboard now!

[iflyforpie]

[North Shore]

^ Looks like a push-pull dash to me? Wasn't there an accident in ?Golden? a few years back, where they tried the SE. T/O?

[MUSKEG]

Did the "Front" and "Rear" markings give it away.

[BigglesNBella]

Is there a G meter in the airplane?

There was a G meter in the Golden Hawks painted F-86.

Is that the 337 parked outside Esso at YYJ?

[iflyforpie]

No, it's the one parked in my hangar at AA8.

I remember the one in Golden. It wound up in the river after a bunch of students tried to 'air start' the second engine...

[Expat]

Funniest one I saw:

"Место для стакана водки"

Place for the glass of vodka