steel guitar players versus helicopter pilots

Jim Manley · From: bremerton Washington, USA

I was at my local music store to buy some strings for my banjo and i was wearing my steel guitar hat and jacket(steel guitar of Canada hat and Billy Cooper jacket)anyways the fella that was working the counter asked me if i could fly a helicopter,of course i cant but asked him why.He told me that to be able to fly a chopper you have to run a joystick and foot pedals at the same time which is true(i have a friend who flies choppers)My idea is to come up with a t-shirt or bumper sticker sticker of a pedal steel player saying something to the effect that i should have learned to fly helicopters instead.I am not a graphic designer or artist but I think this would be a good design.anybody have any ideas?
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Gary Shreve · From: Mansfield, TX

That's funny, Jim. I'm a helicopter pilot, but the steel guitar is intimidating as all get out.

If you invent one of those shirts, I'll order two larges from you should you chose to sell any extras. That sounds like a real hoot.

I can see the resemblance now that you mention it. Very Happy

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David L. Donald · From: Koh Samui Island, Thailand

A helicopter is less sensitive to being pitchy. Wink

Yaw, yaw, yaw,
pitch and roll, sure,
but not pitchy.

And with a chopper you can get killed,
but play a major clam and the steelplayer
WISHES he had died, when he crashed
and burned on stage!
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Jack Dougherty · From: Spring Hill, Florida, USA

And don't forget.......just as many moving parts Smile

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Mark Edwards · From: Weatherford,Texas, USA

But can you get tone out of a Heli....

Gary Shreve · From: Mansfield, TX

I'm a helicopter/airplane mechanic, too...and I definitely didn't want to go there. Might change my mind about owning a steel guitar. Laughing

At least there's no "Federal Steel Guitar Administration" to mandate an annual inspection! And, there's no manufacturer's liability insurance in case we "crash" on stage. We'd never be able to afford a steel then! Very Happy

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Mickey Adams · From: Bandera Texas

<Another Helicopter pilot. Im sure the pedal steel guitar helped with the pedal/cyclic learning curve.
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Joey Ace · From: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Black Helicopters fly best.

Just don't turn off the fan when it gets hot.

Greg Simmons · From: where the buffalo (used to) roam AND the Mojave

Is tone in the cyclic, or the collective? Laughing

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David L. Donald · From: Koh Samui Island, Thailand

Michael Johnstone · From: Sylmar,Ca. USA

Some chopper pilot/steel player on here a while back - I forget who - said if you can play "Together Again" you could fly a helicopter.

Jeff Garden · From: Center Sandwich, New Hampshire, USA

Hi to all of my rotary brethren here... there's something to be said about that whole both hands, both feet, both knees thing (I seem to remember holding the cyclic with my knees while checking a map or grabbing a sandwich out of a box lunch). As a retired military helo pilot and 20 years of wrestling the pedal steel, they have a lot in common - both very humbling at times and also very rewarding. In the world of military aviation, helicopters were regarded as the bottom of the barrel - we were the low and slow guys that were always covered in hydraulic fluid, worried about what moving part was going to fly off next on a dark and stormy nite, and got to stand around at the bar watching the fighter pilots get all the girls! No one ever wanted to see us or talk to us unless they needed rescuing! Maybe that's why the steel appealed to me - I'm perfectly happy being the nameless faceless guy playing the supporting role. And to show you I continue to be a glutton for punishment, here it is in print, b0b, yes I also play banjo!
To all of you helicopter pilots on the forum, keep the shiny side up and the rubber side down and fly safe. Very Happy

Kevin Hatton · From: Buffalo, N.Y.

Yeah, but a helicopter is easier to learn to tune.

Casey Lowmiller · From: Kansas

I'm just thankful that helicopters aren't made of mica!!! YIKES!!! Very Happy

Then again, the Sho-Bud rope style inlay would look pretty darn slick on a chopper.

Casey
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chris ivey · From: california (deceased)

steel players vs helicopter pilots............i'll put my money on the pilots.!

David L. Donald · From: Koh Samui Island, Thailand

So is a 1968 Huey tuned ET or JT????

Laughing

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Bill McRoberts · From: Janesville, Wisconsin USA

You can get better "chops" out of a Huey

Bo Legg · Posted 10 Feb 2008 7:40 pm

same goes for me

Brint Hannay · From: Maryland, USA

This is quite a coincidence. Just this past Friday night an audience member came up to me and said "If you can play that thing you'd be good at flying a helicopter". I'd never heard that one before. Of course, he may have been so drunk he thought I was good at playing steel! Razz

Ben Rubright · From: Punta Gorda, Florida, USA

Favorite song of the military helicopter pilot: "Another Bridge to Bomb" and for the guy on the ground waiting to be picked up....it's "A Way to Survive".

ok, ok, ok.......it's stretching way too far.

Dale Gray · From: Colorado, USA

Did you ever try to put a Jet Ranger in a case and stuff it under the bed?
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David L. Donald · From: Koh Samui Island, Thailand

I do know a lady who
liked to take Rangers to bed.
And the occasional Sky King too.
Cool

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DLD, Chili farmer. Plus bananas and papaya too.

Real happiness has no strings attached.
But pedal steels have many!

Ray Montee · From: Portland, Oregon (deceased)

You know what they say about helicopters don't you?

They're basically "UNSTABLE".......

As a fixed wing pilot, I'd say that was an accurate statement and that's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Jeff Garden · From: Center Sandwich, New Hampshire, USA

And the only reason helicopters can fly, Ray, is that they're ugly and the earth rejects them Very Happy

Greg Simmons · From: where the buffalo (used to) roam AND the Mojave

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