Good afternoon fellow ECAHF’ers. Some of us might disagree with some or all of the political messaging of the political satire site, the Babylon Bee, but those still retaining even a little sense of humor have got to admit one of the latest Bee headlines, “Trump takes out Noah’s Ark claiming it was a drug boat” is funny, as is the (probably AI-generated) picture associated with that headline. Note the flying cow in the below photo, blown out of Noah’s Ark:
But satire transcends politics and, in fact, humor is, as has been said, “the good-natured side of truth”. Aviation, while it’s had more than its fair share of tragedy, has its humor too.
Take, for instance, the traditional definition of fighter pilots as “prima donnas” and helicopter pilots as “rotor heads”.
“There I was at 50,000 feet in a dead-man’s spin and the auto-pilot took the only parachute” is satire on aviators’ propensity to embellish “there I was” stories of daring experiences taming the “wild, blue yonder”. We joke about aviators “shooting down” their big, expensive watches as they gesture and articulate their hands to demonstrate their dog-fighting or aircraft maneuvering aeronautical skills.
I’ve got some aviation jokes, “but I don’t know if they’ll fly”. Here’s few:
“Helicopters don’t fly, they just beat the air into submission.”
“Two wrongs don’t make a right. But two Wrights make an airplane.”
“What do you get when you cross an accountant with a jumbo jet?” “A boring 747.” With apologies to any accountants out there, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA!
“How do you make a billion dollars in aviation?” “Start with two billion.”
“What’s the difference between a pilot and a jet engine?” “The engine stops whining after shutdown.”
“How do you know you’re on a date with a pilot?” “At some point in the conversation he’ll say, ‘Enough about me, let’s talk about airplanes.’”
OK, finally, I’m fully aware I’m treading on thin ice here, but I live almost four hours away from Havelock in Southern Pines, so I’m “outside the frag pattern”. Here is a smattering of “What is the difference between airplanes and women?” jokes:
“Airplanes come with manuals to explain their operation.”
“Airplanes don’t mind if you buy airplane magazines.”
“Airplanes don’t get mad if you do a ‘touch and go’.”
“Airplanes don’t care about how many different airplanes you’ve flown before.”
There are plenty of funny aviation stories and jokes out there, but many are more risqué than we might permit here in our “family friendly” ECAHF website. Suffice it to say that humor and aviation go together like biscuits and butter...like collards and streak-o-lean.
If you have a family-friendly aviation joke to share, help us all laugh a little more. Lord knows we can all use the laughs😊.
Onward and upward!
Kind regards,
Barry R. Fetzer
ECAHF Historian