What was the last stupid thing you did?

Well hey.some times you have to let your balls drop and face your weaknesess
to become stronger.
"George Patterson" wrote in message
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STEVEN SIMPSON wrote:
You know; the one you don't tell you flying buddies about.

If I'm not willing to tell my flying buddies about it, what makes you
think I'd be willing to post it for the rest of the world to see?

George Patterson
Why do men's hearts beat faster, knees get weak, throats become dry,
and they think irrationally when a woman wears leather clothing?
Because she smells like a new truck.

Quit flying

Why.I am safer now . And much more skilled.Ok Gorge Ill Quit.
"george" wrote in message
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Quit flying

STEVEN SIMPSON wrote:

I flew up to Tri city airport from central virginia in a 172 rg whith a
full load and just enogh fuel for the trip.Guess what happend on short
final?Good thing I am up to speed on dead stick.Anyone else have a close
call they learned a valuable lesson from.You know; the one you don't tell
you flying buddies about.

Yesterday I was flying the jump plane (parachute operation) and managed to
get the cuff of my sleeve tangled up on the pitch control of a C206 when
attempting to adjust the mixture (WTF?!?). Pitch went to full fine
(2850RPM) at which point I over-corrected an sent it back to 2000RPM :-/
Hmmm. Bit embarrassing considering I have over 1500hrs in C210's!!

Further back in my flying career, I overloaded a C172 and nearly wen splat
when it wouldn't climb after take-off.

A few years after that I spun a C210 from FL120 to A020....at night....in
IMC after falling asleep...without an autopilot. During the incipient spin
all the freight shifted aft and sent the CoG out the back....I ran out of
forward trim on descent at my next landing point and could only get one
stage of flap out before I ran out of trim in the approach. Once I shut
down and climbed out, the poor thing sat on its tail. I do NOT want to be
a test pilot again.

I stopped flying single-engine night freight (in piston-powered aircraft
anyway) after that, and started flying Grand Caravans and B55/58's instead.

Stupid enough? There's more, but I don't want to detail the "stupid coz
it's illegal" things I've done to avoid getting the sack from employers who
expect their pilots to break the rules...we've all been there.

Cheers,

James
--
There is no sin but ignorance.
-- Christopher Marlowe

Sad thing is, many can't respond to LAST stupid thing they did. It cost
them their life. That's why I read the accident reports, Aviation Safety,
go to the meetings, attend BPPP and try to remind myself "I COULD do that!"
instead of "I'd never do that!"

FWIW, {|;-)

Victor J. (Jim) Osborne, Jr.

VOsborne2 at charter dot net
"STEVEN SIMPSON" wrote in message
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Anyone else have a close call they learned a valuable lesson from.You know;
the one you don't tell you flying buddies about.

Good man!

"Victor J. Osborne, Jr." wrote in message
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Sad thing is, many can't respond to LAST stupid thing they did. It cost
them their life. That's why I read the accident reports, Aviation Safety,
go to the meetings, attend BPPP and try to remind myself "I COULD do
that!" instead of "I'd never do that!"

FWIW, {|;-)

Victor J. (Jim) Osborne, Jr.

VOsborne2 at charter dot net
"STEVEN SIMPSON" wrote in message
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Anyone else have a close call they learned a valuable lesson from.You
know; the one you don't tell you flying buddies about.

"STEVEN SIMPSON" wrote in message...


Fell asleep at the controls for about a hour and woke up about ten minutes
before I would have hit high terrain in the Colorado Rockies.

Java
"Matt Barrow" wrote in message
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"STEVEN SIMPSON" wrote in message...


Fell asleep at the controls for about a hour and woke up about ten minutes
before I would have hit high terrain in the Colorado Rockies.

I must corect my error.Tedabero NJ. was the destination.Sorry for the
confusion.

"STEVEN SIMPSON" wrote in message
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I flew up to Tri city airport from central virginia in a 172 rg whith a
full load and just enogh fuel for the trip.Guess what happend on short
final?Good thing I am up to speed on dead stick.Anyone else have a close
call they learned a valuable lesson from.You know; the one you don't tell
you flying buddies about.

"STEVEN SIMPSON" wrote in message
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I must corect my error.Tedabero NJ. was the destination.Sorry for the
confusion.

Is it possible you mean Teterboro?

I've never heard of Tedabero. At first I thought it was just a typo, but
you've spelled the name that way several times now.