High or low wing?

This is gonna sound a lot like a Robert Frost poem.

High wined aircraft usually have two doors, low winged ones have one,

High winged aircraft, for pilots who fly in rain, let you get in without
getting the seat wet, low winged ones make the pilot wipe the passanger seat
with his slacks as he slides across.

Draining fuel from a highwinged airplane is easy to do, visually checking fuel
levels is easier in a low winged one.

Skirts and getting aboard low winged airplanes are a problem, and the damned
thing is, the pilot gets in first so he can't help or enjoy the view.

There's nothing with a lower wing than a Mooney, and that's what I have.

And yes, sometimes I do like my tail backwards.

AJW

tony wrote:

This is gonna sound a lot like a Robert Frost poem.

High wined aircraft usually have two doors, low winged ones have one,

Easy fix to this, get a Beech....

Allen

tony wrote:

Draining fuel from a highwinged airplane is easy to do, visually checking fuel
levels is easier in a low winged one.

High-wing pilots have permanent dents in their foreheads; low-wing pilots
have permanent mud and grease stains on their knees.


All the best,


David

Draining fuel from a highwinged airplane is easy to do, visually
checking fuel
levels is easier in a low winged one.

I suspect that someday, when I'm beyond my prime, and arthritis has crept
into my limbs, I'll be forced to buy one of those high-wing "retirement
planes"...

I won't like it as much -- but it'll beat being grounded...

It would be interesting to know the average age of the owners of high-wing
aircraft, versus low-wing. I wonder if it's significantly different?
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
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"David Megginson" wrote in message
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tony wrote:

Draining fuel from a highwinged airplane is easy to do, visually
checking fuel
levels is easier in a low winged one.

High-wing pilots have permanent dents in their foreheads; low-wing pilots
have permanent mud and grease stains on their knees.


You can always spot a Cessna pilot by the row of diamond shaped scars on his
forehead.

some low wings have no doors. nothing beats a sliding canopy.

"tony" wrote in message
...
This is gonna sound a lot like a Robert Frost poem.

High wined aircraft usually have two doors, low winged ones have one,

High winged aircraft, for pilots who fly in rain, let you get in without
getting the seat wet, low winged ones make the pilot wipe the passanger
seat
with his slacks as he slides across.

Draining fuel from a highwinged airplane is easy to do, visually checking
fuel
levels is easier in a low winged one.

Skirts and getting aboard low winged airplanes are a problem, and the
damned
thing is, the pilot gets in first so he can't help or enjoy the view.

There's nothing with a lower wing than a Mooney, and that's what I have.

And yes, sometimes I do like my tail backwards.

AJW

"tony" wrote in message
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High wined aircraft usually have two doors, low winged ones have one,

Mine doesn't have any doors. Or one big clear one wrapped
around the top, depending on how you look at it.

Paul

High wined aircraft usually have two doors, low winged ones have one,

Mine doesn't have any doors. Or one big clear one wrapped
around the top, depending on how you look at it.

Paul

Paul, as much as I like your concept, probably 10 or 20% of the time I climb
into my airplane it's raining. I have enough problem trying to keep the
passanger seat dry with a single door. I think your one big clear one would be
great for recreational flying, but the good news for me is, most of my time
gets paid for out of a corporate pocket, not my own, so utility in not so nice
conditions becomes important.

"tony" wrote in message
...

Paul, as much as I like your concept, probably 10 or 20% of the time
I climb into my airplane it's raining. I have enough problem trying to
keep the passanger seat dry with a single door.


You should have gone with a high wing. You could have kept your seats dry
and had another door as a bonus.

"tony" wrote in message
...
Paul, as much as I like your concept, probably 10 or 20% of the time I
climb
into my airplane it's raining.

You could always get someone to hold an umbrella for you...that's the way
the RAF guys do it, or so I'm told! :-) Probably got some cadets to do it.

Paul