"I just want to tell you both, good luck, we're all counting on you." by Chucky < Submission

Aviation does rock, and I find it pretty cool that you include such a level of detail for the aircraft and systems. I'm familiar with some of the jargon, but the frame I worked didn't have the regular flight control surfaces, and it was mostly fly by wire. Still cool to know what's happening in each panel.

Chucky

13 years, 9 months ago

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@ Wolfenlord

Thanks! I'm glad the technical part is appealing to so many people, and even better if you understand it.

DMajorBoss

13 years, 9 months ago

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Heheh, so much technical talk and happenings here. All the better for accuracy, I see.

I ever tell you that you've a great comic that I enjoy reading? Each page is awesome, and I always smile when you update.

^_^

Thanks for the smiles!

Chucky

13 years, 9 months ago

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@ DMajorBoss

Thanks man! Yeah, lots of technical stuff.

DMajorBoss

13 years, 9 months ago

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@ Chucky

You are so very welcome!

KNIFE

13 years, 9 months ago

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Any landing you don't go skidding off the runway into a fuel truck and explode
taking out the entire airport is a good one. ;D Can't wait to see Chucky behind the
stick of one of the jets. He probably can't either. :D

Chucky

13 years, 9 months ago

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@ KNIFE

That's a good way to put it. He'd love to get in a jet, but he'd probably be very intimidated if he were actually put in one.

KNIFE

13 years, 8 months ago

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@ Chucky

Give him time. I have a feeling before long he'll be soloing
and showing the others how it's done. ;D

gesshoku

13 years, 9 months ago

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The title of this made me laugh for a good 5 minutes

Chucky

13 years, 9 months ago

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@ gesshoku

Excellent!

FrancisJCat

13 years, 9 months ago

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Way to go, Chucky!! :D

Chucky

13 years, 9 months ago

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@ FrancisJCat

Thanks!

MrCyberwolf

13 years, 9 months ago

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HE DID IT!!! YAY!!!! ^_^

Chucky

13 years, 8 months ago

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@ MrCyberwolf

Zonntag

13 years, 9 months ago

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"Jimmy, have you ever seen a grown man naked?!"

Good 'Greaser', Chucky!!

=^.^=

Chucky

13 years, 8 months ago

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@ Zonntag

That IS permitted on IB. ;)

tarotwolf

13 years, 9 months ago

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"The hospital? What is it?"

"It's a big building with patients... but that's not important now."

Leslie Nielsen created a whole new career for himself out of that performance.

Chucky

13 years, 8 months ago

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@ tarotwolf

I honestly think it was his BEST performance ever. He had some good lines in Naked Gun and Police Squad, but Airplane was my favorite role for him.

sporkula

13 years, 9 months ago

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Edited 13 years, 9 months ago by Owner

i have to say that i am glad i stumbled into you comic. it kinda forced me to read it from the beginning cause it was so neat.

i also have to say that i really like all the little details that you go into with it. it allows someone like me who knows nothing about aviation to learn a few things and still have a clue a to what is going on. i also have to admit it has made me a bit more curious about it in general.

another thing i like about the comic is the characters. you have made so many extremely unique characters and have been very consistent with their personalities. To often I have seen others homogenize all but a few characters which makes it feel weird. Your characters feel real because they are so different.

In short, I love the work you have done. I look forward to seeing more.

The only thing that looks strange to me is when the picture shows the characters straight on. Kinda like the second panel from the top on the right. The one talking about chucky's radio work being good. Maybe it is just me though.

Chucky

13 years, 8 months ago

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@ sporkula

Thanks! I'm glad you've taken such a liking to it. Most of my characters are loosely based off people I've known at one time or another, so that helps in writing them. I also make sure to go back through the comic and make sure I'm being consistent with them.

Drawing forward facing characters can be little tricky. They look okay to me, but then we all see things a little differently.

isthisagoodname

13 years, 9 months ago

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Most of my aviation knowledge comes from the Pilotwings video games. :P

Lot of fun, but Chucky has the same problem I do: Landing. XD

Chucky

13 years, 8 months ago

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@ isthisagoodname

I'd think landing a video game would be pretty hard, only visual cues and no depth perception.

isthisagoodname

13 years, 8 months ago

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@ Chucky

Well, the latest game in the series is on the 3DS, giving you SOME sense of depth. I feel the 3D abilities only hinder me though, so I tend to turn them off. XD

Chucky

13 years, 8 months ago

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@ isthisagoodname

Unless that 3-D is all around you, I can imagine it being more distracting.

ColeSutra

13 years, 8 months ago

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Any landing you can walk away from is a good one. Any landing you can walk away from and fly the plane again later is a better one.

Chucky

13 years, 8 months ago

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@ ColeSutra

True words of wisdom!

KairoTheDragon

13 years, 8 months ago

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way to go. hope that gasp is a good gasp and not a "oh crap" gasp

Chucky

13 years, 8 months ago

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@ KairoTheDragon

It's a good gasp.

KairoTheDragon

13 years, 8 months ago

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@ Chucky

that is good

BeardedFox

13 years, 8 months ago

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Kept hoping leslie would show his head XD

Chucky

13 years, 8 months ago

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@ BeardedFox

Heh heh, pop up from behind them.

Kalibran

13 years, 8 months ago

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Your plane reminds me of the Adams Aircraft prototype.

Chucky

13 years, 8 months ago

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@ Kalibran

I remember those guys, too bad they went under. Supposedly the company that got their assets is going to restart production.

ThirtyThirtyWithAHat

13 years, 8 months ago

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Just curious, what does this "information lima" thing mean? When I try to google it, all I find is information about Lima, the capital city of Peru.

Chucky

13 years, 8 months ago

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@ ThirtyThirtyWithAHat

In aviation, like the military, all letters A through Z have have a word attached to them so there is no confusion between letters like 'M' and 'N' or 'F' and 'S' when heard over the radio. 'Lima' happens to be the word attached to the letter 'L'.

When an airport's tower opens in the morning, it will announce the information as 'A' or 'Alpha'. Every hour(sometimes more frequently) it updates the weather and assigns the next letter in the sequence. Chucky and Ian are arriving in mid afternoon to information 'L' or 'Lima'. I think all these letters were chosen back in WWII when radio use develped.

Oh, here you go. Here's the explaination of it. I should probably read this too.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_phonetic_alphabet

ThirtyThirtyWithAHat

13 years, 8 months ago

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@ Chucky

Yeah, I know about the phonetic alphabet, although they use different ones in German. So if I understand you correctly, the letter is basically an indication of the current time and weather situation.
Is that always the same (same letter for same time each day with different information attached to it) or does the letter change according to the situation (like, 5PM may have information Lima one day and information Zulu on the next, depending on the weather)?

Chucky

13 years, 8 months ago

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@ ThirtyThirtyWithAHat

Yes, that is correct. The letter will not be for the same time each day, like you said. If there is enough of a change in the weather, new information will be issued for that time. If it's changing drastic enough, the phonetic information could even change a number of times within one hour. I hope that all makes sense.

ThirtyThirtyWithAHat

13 years, 8 months ago

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@ Chucky

It does. Thanks for the explanation. =^,.,^=

TzauZerRyfaz

13 years, 4 months ago

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wow.. man me and my slow brain. I know 'lima' is a form of aviation code, like saying rodger, or 10-4, it's also an acronym for something but for the life of me cant recall. Heh Loving yur comic so far

Chucky

13 years, 4 months ago

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@ TzauZerRyfaz

Thanks! I think 10-4 is more reseved for use on citizens band(CB) radio.

TzauZerRyfaz

13 years, 4 months ago

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@ Chucky

yea, 10-4 is usualy cb talk