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A REALLY bad joke
After I got checked out in a Katana, I got my own POH. It came in a ring
binder with a pocket on the spine. I printed up a slip of paper to fit it that said "How to Fly." I made sure it was facing the back on the glare shield. mike "Doug" wrote in message oups.com... It's not JUST safety. The joke may be perfectly safe. But small aircraft ARE dangerous and it's normal to worry somewhat about one's safety while aboard. I always felt it was my job as captain to make my passengers feel MORE safe, not less safe. Sure, ANYONE can scare a passenger. Frankly if someone pulled one of these stunts on me, I'd probably desert him as a friend and associate. These stunts have no place in an airplane. Get your kicks some other way. |
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A REALLY bad joke
I think that was a dentist-not a surgeon.
mike "Jay Beckman" wrote in message ... Wasn't it Bill Cosby who did the routine about just going under the anasthetic (sp?) when the surgeon says "Ooops..." ??? "What do you mean, oops? I know what I mean when I say oops, but what the hell do you mean when YOU say ooops??" Jay B |
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On 27 Nov 2006 06:04:37 -0800, "Doug"
wrote in .com: I always felt it was my job as captain to make my passengers feel MORE safe, not less safe. That's probably because you're a mature, responsible, adult, not an immature jerk. |
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Jay Beckman wrote:
Wasn't it Bill Cosby who did the routine about just going under the anasthetic (sp?) when the surgeon says "Ooops..." ??? "What do you mean, oops? I know what I mean when I say oops, but what the hell do you mean when YOU say ooops??" My CFI was very clear on the idea that I should *never* say "oops" when I'm carrying passengers. Ever. .... Alan -- Alan Gerber PP-ASEL gerber AT panix DOT com |
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Brian wrote:
Like I pilot friend of mine told me he was coming in to land and misjudged the approach and came in way to high. Upon Initiating a go arround and told his passengers "We're not go make it" Meaning he was going to have to go around. The passengers took it to mean "We are'nt going to make it" That seems like a reasonable interpretation to me. .... Alan -- Alan Gerber PP-ASEL gerber AT panix DOT com |
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Alan Gerber wrote in
: Jay Beckman wrote: Wasn't it Bill Cosby who did the routine about just going under the anasthetic (sp?) when the surgeon says "Ooops..." ??? "What do you mean, oops? I know what I mean when I say oops, but what the hell do you mean when YOU say ooops??" My CFI was very clear on the idea that I should *never* say "oops" when I'm carrying passengers. Ever. ... Alan OK. That reminds me of a pilot story... I had two passengers from Atlantic City in an Arrow II. We were returning at night from a trip to Harrisburgh (KMDT) (Hershey, actually). It was about 10pm or so... We were heading to Bader (AIY). We had been at 5000', and coming up on the field (KACY off to the left) I began a descent. After about 500', I decided to pull out a couple of inches of Manifold Pressure to keep it below 24" RPM. As soon as I touched the throttle, the tach went redline on the RPM, the engine revved like I was taking off. This was my first experience of this type, so I was taken a bit by surprise. Before I realized the words had come out of my mouth, I said --- "Oh, SH-T!!" Immediately, both passengers grabbed onto the doorhandles for dear life. For the moment, appeasing my passengers was low priority. I reduce the throttle to about half, and was able to get a reasonable prop response. I then called ATC (I was still on with Atlantic City Approach) and indicated that I had an onboard emergency, and would like to land on their runway 13, just off to my left, instead of proceeding to Bader. They cleared me to land and asked me the nature of the emergency. By this time, I had noticed that the oil pressure was low, and so I told them that I had the plane in a stable descent, had a low oil pressure indication, and should be OK to make an easy landing on their Rwy 13. He asks me, "Do you want me to roll the equipment?" I say, "No, we've got it under control." He says, "We're gonna roll the equipment anyway. They could use the practice, and are probably bored anyway." Sure enough, two fire trucks, a few ambulances, and a couple of police cars followed me after an otherwise uneventful landing (actually, quite a greaser!) down the runway and taxiway to the FBO. The engine actually responded fairly well until we stopped the plane. Evidently, a seal had leaked in one of the gaskets and I was left with about 3 quarts. I'm not a mechanic, but as it was explained to me that when I adjusted the throttle, after pretty much staying in the same spot for 90 minutes or so enroute, the oil in the prop governer went back into the engine, and the result was that there was not enough oil left in the prop governer to govern the prop properly. (Say that 10 times fast!) Incidentally, one of the two passengers has flown with me since, and the other one hasn't, but did say he would fly with me again if the opportunity presented itself... It didn't take long for this story to be spread among everybody in our industry. But somehow, no one really talks about how nice the greaser was, or how I took command of the situation and landed us safely. Nope, they mostly talk about my most memorable reaction to the problem in the plane... "Oh SH-T!!" |
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mike regish wrote:
After I got checked out in a Katana, I got my own POH. It came in a ring binder with a pocket on the spine. I printed up a slip of paper to fit it that said "How to Fly." I made sure it was facing the back on the glare shield. Beautiful... G |
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THE first indication of an oil problem is a run-away prop on
a single-engine with a typical constant speed prop. The prop governor is just a high pressure oil pump and control valve that must be supplied with engine oil under pressure and with adequate volume. If the engine oil galleries and lines are not full of oil, the governor will not work. On a multiengine airplane, the prop will feather. The prop, on a single, becomes fixed pitch and the throttle controls rpm just like it was a solid fixed pitch. The engine will run just fine as long as it has oil, but a ruptured line or gasket will dump the oil and you don't know exactly what is happening, so land ASAP. Another story... When I was a student pilot, the FBO also did completions on "green" MU2s that were very nice. They had one that was being done for some Arab oil baron, with solid gold fixtures, rare wood trim and the cost was over $500,000 when a King Air was about $400,000 [long time ago]. The plane was finished and the company test pilot took it out for a final acceptance test flight. Shortly after take-off the pilot called the tower to report a problem and get a quick landing, he did not use the word, emergency. He was calm and spoke using his best "airline pilot voice." The tower cleared him to land on any runway and asked him to repeat his message. They asked him again. After the uneventful landing the tower asked him to come up to the tower. The tape went like this... "Capitol tower, Mitsubishi 12345 has some cock in the smoke pit." This was repeated several times, word for word, with out having any screaming, voice inflections or emotions. "Judah" wrote in message .. . | Alan Gerber wrote in | : | | Jay Beckman wrote: | Wasn't it Bill Cosby who did the routine about just going under the | anasthetic (sp?) when the surgeon says "Ooops..." ??? | | "What do you mean, oops? I know what I mean when I say oops, but what | the hell do you mean when YOU say ooops??" | | My CFI was very clear on the idea that I should *never* say "oops" when | I'm carrying passengers. Ever. | | ... Alan | | OK. That reminds me of a pilot story... | | I had two passengers from Atlantic City in an Arrow II. We were returning | at night from a trip to Harrisburgh (KMDT) (Hershey, actually). It was | about 10pm or so... | | We were heading to Bader (AIY). We had been at 5000', and coming up on the | field (KACY off to the left) I began a descent. After about 500', I decided | to pull out a couple of inches of Manifold Pressure to keep it below 24" | RPM. | | As soon as I touched the throttle, the tach went redline on the RPM, the | engine revved like I was taking off. This was my first experience of this | type, so I was taken a bit by surprise. Before I realized the words had | come out of my mouth, I said --- | | "Oh, SH-T!!" | | Immediately, both passengers grabbed onto the doorhandles for dear life. | | For the moment, appeasing my passengers was low priority. I reduce the | throttle to about half, and was able to get a reasonable prop response. I | then called ATC (I was still on with Atlantic City Approach) and indicated | that I had an onboard emergency, and would like to land on their runway 13, | just off to my left, instead of proceeding to Bader. They cleared me to | land and asked me the nature of the emergency. | | By this time, I had noticed that the oil pressure was low, and so I told | them that I had the plane in a stable descent, had a low oil pressure | indication, and should be OK to make an easy landing on their Rwy 13. | | He asks me, "Do you want me to roll the equipment?" | | I say, "No, we've got it under control." | | He says, "We're gonna roll the equipment anyway. They could use the | practice, and are probably bored anyway." | | Sure enough, two fire trucks, a few ambulances, and a couple of police cars | followed me after an otherwise uneventful landing (actually, quite a | greaser!) down the runway and taxiway to the FBO. The engine actually | responded fairly well until we stopped the plane. Evidently, a seal had | leaked in one of the gaskets and I was left with about 3 quarts. | | I'm not a mechanic, but as it was explained to me that when I adjusted the | throttle, after pretty much staying in the same spot for 90 minutes or so | enroute, the oil in the prop governer went back into the engine, and the | result was that there was not enough oil left in the prop governer to | govern the prop properly. (Say that 10 times fast!) | | Incidentally, one of the two passengers has flown with me since, and the | other one hasn't, but did say he would fly with me again if the opportunity | presented itself... | | | It didn't take long for this story to be spread among everybody in our | industry. But somehow, no one really talks about how nice the greaser was, | or how I took command of the situation and landed us safely. | | Nope, they mostly talk about my most memorable reaction to the problem in | the plane... | | "Oh SH-T!!" | |
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How to Fly in Three Easy Lessons
or The Little Airplane That Could. "B A R R Y" wrote in message . com... | mike regish wrote: | After I got checked out in a Katana, I got my own POH. It came in a ring | binder with a pocket on the spine. I printed up a slip of paper to fit it | that said "How to Fly." I made sure it was facing the back on the glare | shield. | | Beautiful... G |
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"Jim Macklin" wrote in news:JnXah.1960
: THE first indication of an oil problem is a run-away prop on a single-engine with a typical constant speed prop. The prop governor is just a high pressure oil pump and control valve that must be supplied with engine oil under pressure and with adequate volume. If the engine oil galleries and lines are not full of oil, the governor will not work. On a multiengine airplane, the prop will feather. The prop, on a single, becomes fixed pitch and the throttle controls rpm just like it was a solid fixed pitch. The engine will run just fine as long as it has oil, but a ruptured line or gasket will dump the oil and you don't know exactly what is happening, so land ASAP. Yeah - the way it was explained to me was that springs push the prop to full, and oil pushes the prop back to govern the RPMs. But as you say, once I know the oil pressure is low, it's time to pull over and get it checked out.. The tape went like this... "Capitol tower, Mitsubishi 12345 has some cock in the smoke pit." This was repeated several times, word for word, with out having any screaming, voice inflections or emotions. THAT is funny! |
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