HUMOROUS ANECDOTES

Andy wrote:

Isn't 6A a self launcher? Perhaps the airplane driver knew more than
you gave credit for.

My reply was "I've never had anyone ask that of a glider before", which
provoked a laugh and "Guess I wasn't paying attention to the situation"
from the pilot.

So, while it was a correct question, it was made in ignorance, but the
pilot seemed to enjoy the moment and sounded only slightly chagrined.

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Eric Greenwell
Washington State
USA

This story happened with a fellow glider pilot of mine, some years ago.

The airclub set a wavecamp by the mountains about 350 Km from the normal
operations site.

This pilot took off and as he was climbing above the initialy requested
altitude for the wavecamp, he contact ATC by radio to request more altitude.
The dialogue happened more or less like this:

ATC: Did you fill a flight plan?
Pilot: No.
ATC: If you didn't fill it on the ground, you have to fill it now on the
radio.
Pilot: Ok.
ATC: Type of aircraft?
Pilot: Glider.
ATC: Number of engines?
Pilot: It's pure glider, no engine.
ATC: Humm... Ok. Registration?
Pilot: CS-PXX
ATC: Souls on board?
Pilot: One. Only the pilot.
ATC: Autonomy?
Pilot: Well... humm... If the meteorolgists got it right about 10 days!!!

The ATC then gave up from the flight plan and cleared the requested
altitude.

In fact there were wave conditions for 12 days in a row!!!


José Barriga

A well known contest pilot flying his ASW17 had to take a pee ,
he always kept the plastic inner bags out of cardboard wine boxes,
just tore out the plastic valve, the hole was just the right size and
had 4 litre capacity,this day he only had one bag and figured he
would just empty it out the bag,he forgot about the cockpit, nasa style
air intakes under the wing. He got his own pee back from the front vent
showering him and the instrument panel ,he was not amused ,
we thought it was hilarious
wrote in message
oups.com...
How about sharing a few hangar flying stories? I'll start:

A friend of mine was flying his glider in a contest. He had been out
on task for some time, and still had a way to go when nature called.
He had no relief system in the glider but a search of the cockpit
turned up a latex glove.
Ever the creative souls that we glider pilots are, he started using the
latex glove to relieve himself, one hand on each "stick", just as he
entered a thermal. At the top of the thermal he looked down and saw
that the glove had ballooned alarmingly from low altitude to high. A
delicate attempt to remove the balloon met with disaster and needless
to say there was a urine explosion. Reportedly a hand towel, goggles,
and a squeegie would have been helpful in the aftermath. I can just
hear the cursing and see the erratic glider maneuvering following the
explosion.

Any other funny stories? Unexpected passengers like mice or wasps?
Perhaps some of you may be inclined to offer up an anecdote for the
rest of us.

I read this in Soaring magazine many years ago.

A passenger was enjoying a acro flight in a Grob 103 (I think). During
one maneuver, while inverted, the passenger loses his/her lunch. The
pilot looks "up" and sees the stuff over his head (remember the attitude
in inverted flight) while the passenger is yelling to get the glider
right side up.

Tony V.

Why NARESH, our pivot-circle-jerk-man, doesn't appear here? I've been
asking myself this question night and day. Finally I found the answer:

He doesn't know how to pee in a glider! But how can you know how to pee
in a glider if you only make 9 minute 36 second flights?

My, why would you torment a passenger with inverted flight?
I enjoy doing the occasional roll, because the manouever is difficult and
beautiful, but the negative g's is one of the most uncomfortable feeling
I've had in the air.
Subjecting a non pilot passenger is a sure way of making him hate the
flight, IMHO...

On the other hand... I can only laugh when I imagine the scene descibed
below. I've been tempted to do something like that to some passengers (the
tipical bravado-full guy who deflates as soon as you pull the relaese
knob...) I know. I'm not a nice guy

"Tony Verhulst" escribió en el mensaje
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I read this in Soaring magazine many years ago.

A passenger was enjoying a acro flight in a Grob 103 (I think). During
one maneuver, while inverted, the passenger loses his/her lunch. The
pilot looks "up" and sees the stuff over his head (remember the attitude
in inverted flight) while the passenger is yelling to get the glider
right side up.

Tony V.

J.A.M. wrote:
My, why would you torment a passenger with inverted flight?
I enjoy doing the occasional roll, because the manouever is difficult and
beautiful, but the negative g's is one of the most uncomfortable feeling
I've had in the air.
Subjecting a non pilot passenger is a sure way of making him hate the
flight, IMHO...


I used to give commercial glider acro rides in Arizona, and often
included inverted flight in my "routine". Common sense dictated that a
careful analysis of the passenger precede any "strap hanging", but if
the passenger enjoyed a loop, cloverleaf, slow roll, hammerhead (stall
turn for the rest of the world), etc. then they might just like looking
up at the ground for a while.

Oddly enough, I found that women often enjoyed inverted flight, while
most men didn't. Even had one young lady insist on staying inverted
(giggling loudly the whole time) until I had to remind her -
approaching pattern altitude still inverted - that the landing gear was
on the other side of the glider!

OTOH, power pilots were often the worst acro passengers - always asking
where the artificial horizon was, etc...

Kirk