In the news!
by subacati
Well, actually it was my brother who was in the news. :left: Well, sort of anyway! :p
Prince Charles inspects New Zealand armed forces at Government House in Wellington.
Prince Charles celebrates birthday in Wellington
:sst: My Brother is the one who looks like he doesn't belong there! 🙄
My niece posted this on Facebook or we'd never have known! 🙄
:edit: I had to use a screen shot because I couldn't download the photo! (I got the wrong photo)
subacati 
Originally posted by mimi_s_mum:
He doesn't live there as far as I know, he lives in Blenheim. So this was just in the line of duty! :p:sst: I think he needs a bigger tunic, that one's buttons are just about to pop! :p
Wow! I remember you said your brother was in NZ. Didn't know he was in the same town. Amazing!It was a great day in Wellington. We even put an eclipse on to celebrate the occasion! 😀
Originally posted by mimi_s_mum:
:yes: Like I said, he looks kinda out of place between the others! :p
Originally posted by qlue:
So he's with the air force, then. Not another full figured serviceman in the centre in the army uniform. 😉
Is he the one with the up and coming boepie :p
So, Te Tauaarangi o Aotearoa, huh? Bravo! I have a niece in there too, she's going to go far :happy:
'Te Tauaarangi o Aotearoa' literally means New Zealand Warriors of the Sky in Maori :up:\edit : it used to be 'Te Hokowhitu o Kahurangi' (War party of the Blue), which I think was pretty cool in itself 🙂
Originally posted by FlaRin:
:lol:Originally posted by FlaRin:
Hmmmm! :sherlock:
Originally posted by Cois:
Exactly! Proudly South African even after moving to New Zealand! :pOriginally posted by FlaRin:
You'll have to translate that for me! 😆
If you use Google NZ (as I do exclusively), it is also offered in Maori (although that makes it bloody hard to use if you don't understand Maori :lol:)You could play with The Maori Dictionary online :up:
I must remember that! :up::sst: I guessed that it was Maori, but Google doesn't have that option! 🙄
Your brother is the one who swings the sword? :knight:
Originally posted by gdare:
No, the one on the other side of the Prince. :p:sst: the first Airforce guy!
Originally posted by qlue:
Originally posted by mimi_s_mum:
At least he is not too tall like those other chaps 😀
Originally posted by serola:
He's actually slightly taller than me, and I'm 1.75m tall! (5'9")So those other chaps are all over 6' by my estimation! (although the perspective on the photo could be misleading! :up: )Note that Prince Charles is 1.78m (5'10") and he appears to be roughly in line with the third Airforce person. However, I suspect that they are standing on some sort of platform because otherwise we're looking closer to 7' for those other chaps and around 6'3" for my brother! :insane:And he's not that tall unless he's had his legs surgically extended since I last saw him! :p
That is what bothers me in the picture. Those guys on right looks extremely tall :insane: If they are from air force, then they must have troubles to fit into a cockpit 😀
Te Tauaarangi o Aotearoa hasn't got any little planes, only big ones…
Originally posted by serola:
Apparently it depends on which plane a tall / big pilot would have to fit into.I quickly remembered about Chad Hennings, a former Defensive Tackle for the NFL Dallas Cowboys. He's a tall / big guy and he was an Air Force Pilot. I checked in Wikipedia and apparently due to his size, he was only eligible to be a pilot for the F-111, the F-15 or the A-10 jets. He wound up being an A-10 Pilot. So, I guess he wouldn't have fit into the cockpit of say, an F-16.
Cool!
NZ has no fast jets at all, only Hercules, Orions, 757s, King Airs and 2 types of helicopter. Oh, and the CT4 Airtrainer. I imagine they all cater for the taller (and fuller) figure 🙂
Originally posted by Suntana:
Originally posted by FlaRin:
Yes, I realized that as well. Right after writing my comment I went to see RNZAF's web site 😀
They used to fly A4 Skyhawks, but refurbishing them was too expensive, the govt. said, so they sent a couple to museums and the rest are mothballed, I think. An unpopular move to the old guard, but probably realistic in todays world 🙂
Hmmm??? :sherlock: On the flip side, I wonder if Tom Cruise's character Maverick in Top Gun had to use a Booster Chair to see out of the cockpit of the F-14 Tomcat? Cuz isn't Tom Cruise short? The immediate Google page has Tom Cruise at 5' 7" tall.That is 1 inch shorter than me.Oh, Okay. I just found this:http://www.ehow.com/list_6679874_air-force-fighter-pilot-requirements.htmlSo then it wasn't a sham that Maverick could have been a Fighter Pilot a 5' 7" since the height range is 5' 4" to 6' 5" tall.
Testing Testing …
Originally posted by serola:
Well, maybe they just run around and they're so tall they think they're flying? :sherlock: Originally posted by FlaRin:
Makes sense! :up:Originally posted by Suntana:
What are you testing? :left:
Oh, I was just testing to see if my previous comment would appear. MyOpera is still experiencing that problem whereby comments don't immediately display upon submitting them.
Originally posted by qlue:
I know, I was joking 😛
That's really nice, Aadil. So you can get something out of Facebook after all, then! 😉
F5 will refresh and show the comment just posted 🙂
Originally posted by Zaphira:
Yeah, it serves a purpose. :oOriginally posted by Suntana:
Originally posted by FlaRin:
And I just use the refresh symbol next to the address bar! :up:
Originally posted by FlaRin:
Agreed! :up:
…yeah, of course, same thing, but what I meant was, that's the way around the delay in seeing your latest comment or post :up:
cool pic there, Aadil
Originally posted by SqueakeyCat:
Thanks! :up:
finally I see this….O.k, hahahaha, yeah, that button sure is going to pop!!!
"My Brother is the one who looks like he doesn't belong there!" 😆 Now founding him was too easy 😀
Nice of you to send your brother to represent you…that is what happened, right?
Originally posted by harrytheman:
Of course! I had something more important to do than to meet with Charlie. :whistle::p