Squished finger

[Gertrude the Wombat]

Just for anyone who hasn't come across this before, if you're poking around with your finger inside the aileron hinge, it's a jolly good idea to have the other hand holding the aileron still so that it can't blow about in the wind.

[mad_jock]

Yep gertrude you only do it once.

Even worse if you have settled a pax in the cockpit and they see the stick move while your doing your checks and decide to move the control themselves.

Its geared your finger is between two plates of thin metal, it will cut it off.

MJ

[18greens]

Also watch out if someone is preflighting the other wing at the same time.

[GJB]

i tend to have them stand to the side whilst doing the prelim and walkaround, then i get them seated.;

makes me shudder to think.........

[brisl]

P2 in cockpit fiddling with headsets etc., head down...

P1 outside waggling ailerons...

Result = P2 broken nose (really!).

Now always yell "Clear nose":O

[mad_jock]

Or a knee board in the nuts when you do the elevators

[bletchleytugie]

I don't suppose the next set of fingernails to disappear into a gliders airbrake system will the last either!

[High Wing Drifter]

Then there is the undefined but yet significant relative quantity of hair and scalp within probably every C152 pitot :ouch:

[AerBabe]

Took friend flying in C152. Friend had great time until RTB, when he walked into the wing. I laughed lots. Promptly walked into wing myself. He laughed lots. I walked round a/c and into other wing. :O

Ow.

Oh God. I just remembered an interesting trouser-moment in a Chipmunk. :hmm:

(Hyphenated for those who think I own/wear \'interesting\' trousers. Apart from my current uniform ones, of course.)

[Hour Builder]

What a great thread, most posts made me laugh or cringe. Keep the stories coming.

AerBabe what a funny reply, I'd love to have seen that.

brisl sounds painfull but damm funny too.

HB

[Send Clowns]

I always teach my studes not to do te check with anyone in the cockpit! I must admit I was thinking of the student's fingers, rather than the cockpit occupants nose, but that's another good reason.

Mmmmmm ... lots of interesting things about Aerbabe's trousers :O

[AerBabe]

SC - You really must come & visit again soon. You'll just love the uniform. :yuk:

[mad_jock]

Walking into the trailing edge of a Cessna flap hurts like a bitch and causes your face to look as if some one has taken a crinkley chip cutter to you. Must admit I used to put the flaps down and leave them there to stop me doing it.

[shortandsmelly]

Ahh the old 'Cessna Head'. :ouch:
The one to watch on a Cherokee - don't step on the trailing edge of the flap to get onto the wing if it's not up and locked - it won't hold and you get 'Piper Shin' as a result...:uhoh:

[Keygrip]

Never mind the aeroplanes!! AerBabe in a uniform??

I must check my air miles - that would be worth seeing for real (not just in my dreams).

I---I

[High Wing Drifter]

The one to watch on a Cherokee - don't step on the trailing edge of the flap to get onto the wing if it's not up and locked - it won't hold and you get 'Piper Shin' as a result...
My main fear of PA28 induced incapacitation is decapitation by that door on a gusty day. Could hurt!

[Davidt]

Another aircraft induced ailment for you - TB9/10 hand.

Those gas struts never work:mad: