Characteristic airplane injuries

C J Campbell wrote:

Wearing a ball cap minimizes these injuries.

I found the opposite. The visor on the ball cap tends to hide the approaching
strut. When I take my cap off, I hit my head less.

I think a light hardhat is in order, though.

George Patterson
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something that can be learned
no other way.

(Ben Jackson) wrote in message news:_iNwb.303662$Tr4.960713@attbi_s03...

Anyone else have any injuries they tend to get over and over from an
airplane?

RV-6 sliding canopy support. My buddy was always sliding the canopy
back right after landing and if I wasn't looking, the front support
always gave me a good whack on the head.

Piper pitot blade. While under the wing during preflight, the pitot
cover blows towards the rear of the wing. Rather than backing up and
walking around the wind, I just crawl after it. Pitot blade contacts
spine about midway down. Ouch! I only did that one twice.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)

In article _iNwb.303662$Tr4.960713@attbi_s03, Ben Jackson wrote:
Anyone else have any injuries they tend to get over and over from an
airplane?

All the planes I've flown so far have given me an injury sort of the
on the same lines as RSI. However, the aircraft version of RSI is
called RWAS. This stands for "Rapid Wallet Atrophy Syndrome".

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