Taxi a tied down !!, Pitot cover ON !!
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Taxi a tied down !!, Pitot cover ON !!
when I was in the flying school, had the luck to site one of our colleagues tried to taxi, HE DID, with the tail tied to a concerete block !! and dragged it couple of foot. Took him only 2000 Rev's. And another one did a quick circuit with the pitot cover still hooked on. Wondering if anyone else have seen few of these ??!! 
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A friend of mine took off with the dipstick resting on the front cowl of the a/c. He noticed it and recircuited to land and managed to balance the dipstick until final, where the dipstick finally fell off. I think he did well to keep it there for so long.
Also saw someone try and taxi a grumman AA1C with one tiedown still attached under wing. It was funny to see him going round in circles trying to taxi.
Also saw someone try and taxi a grumman AA1C with one tiedown still attached under wing. It was funny to see him going round in circles trying to taxi.
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pax taking photos out of the front right storm window in C402b, camera case gets sucked out with camera close behind, I nearly crashed laughing.......
DOH!!! Start up only to discover chocks left in.....
DOH!!! Start up only to discover chocks left in.....
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Once doing a check flight in a Bell 205, took off only to notice the "Remove Before Flight" tag happily fluttering above the windscreen. High time PIC and I looked at each other sheepishly, quietly flared and landed (out of sight of the the tower), removed offending item and continued on without mentioning said incident again.
Doh!
Doh!
"Advance the throttles to full military power and roll smoothly over the chocks. Try to avoid military power on the ground while taxiing as use of the afterburner tends to upset the ground crew."........from "How to fly a Phantom"
Heard about the float plane that had difficulty taking off with the pole from the pier still attached by rope to the rear tie down.
Heard about the float plane that had difficulty taking off with the pole from the pier still attached by rope to the rear tie down.
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Well how about the time the engineers wife jumped into her Fiat Uno to go to the bank, faster and faster she went not noticing the Pitts Special still tied to the back of the car (no brakes on a pitts, so tie it to something when doing an engine run). The car got trough the gate but not the Pitts. $100k worth of damage.
. You refer to the incident overhead Bulla Camp?
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Heard about someone, firstly taxi's with a/c tied down, grass strip so stakes came out with some power, then with the stakes dragging behind gets airborne only to hear a terrible banging noise at the back of the aircraft, the stakes were belting on the sides of the fuse, much damage. WOOPS!!!
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One day, back in 1984, was up bright and early ... well, early anyway ... for a quick Port Moresby - Kiunga - Daru - Moresby trip in an Aztruck. Was a bit pushed for time, but reckoned I had everything done to facilitate take-off at the appointed ETD.
Going down the runway faster and faster, getting the proper feel from the elevator, but no reading on the ASI. Recognised the problem at the same instant that I recognised the aircraft wanted to fly.
All the way to Kiunga with a leather pitot cover firmly attached to the pitot tube. After landing and disgorging pax, quietly slipped off the pitot cover...
The rest of the trip was dead boring, but at least I was finally awake for the day!
... for a quick Port Moresby - Kiunga - Daru - Moresby trip in an Aztruck. Was a bit pushed for time, but reckoned I had everything done to facilitate take-off at the appointed ETD.Going down the runway faster and faster, getting the proper feel from the elevator, but no reading on the ASI. Recognised the problem at the same instant that I recognised the aircraft wanted to fly.
All the way to Kiunga with a leather pitot cover firmly attached to the pitot tube. After landing and disgorging pax, quietly slipped off the pitot cover...
The rest of the trip was dead boring, but at least I was finally awake for the day!
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Speaking of Islander pilot gits,
it wasn't me who taxied over the chocks. On the one occasion I had no response to taxi power I briefed one of the meatbombs over the intercom to stay behind the main gear strut and remove them. That, like every other stuff up you made at a DZ cost a carton.
Best one I ever saw though was an Army Kiowa at NAS Nowra back in 1984. Young CAPT pilot loaded his pax and proceded to start with the main rotor still tied in place. He obviously realised he had a problem when nothing started turning.
I had a video camera in hand at the time and the first thing he said to me as he sprung out the RH door was "You didn't film that did you?". I didn't but it would have been worth at least an hour jolly in his helo.
[ 02 September 2001: Message edited by: Islander Jock ]
Speaking of Islander pilot gits,
it wasn't me who taxied over the chocks. On the one occasion I had no response to taxi power I briefed one of the meatbombs over the intercom to stay behind the main gear strut and remove them. That, like every other stuff up you made at a DZ cost a carton.Best one I ever saw though was an Army Kiowa at NAS Nowra back in 1984. Young CAPT pilot loaded his pax and proceded to start with the main rotor still tied in place. He obviously realised he had a problem when nothing started turning.
I had a video camera in hand at the time and the first thing he said to me as he sprung out the RH door was "You didn't film that did you?". I didn't but it would have been worth at least an hour jolly in his helo. [ 02 September 2001: Message edited by: Islander Jock ]
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Watched with disbelief one day as a C310 went to Takeoff power to clear the chocks.. the pilot bloody well knew he had messed up
Another day , an aircraft flew into a fairly busy strip in SW NSW. Pulled up and unloaded partner and bags....then proceeded to drive tiedown pegs into the bitumen!! When challenged he said "Do you realise i'm Dr XXXXXX"!!
Another day , an aircraft flew into a fairly busy strip in SW NSW. Pulled up and unloaded partner and bags....then proceeded to drive tiedown pegs into the bitumen!! When challenged he said "Do you realise i'm Dr XXXXXX"!!
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Well, decided I needed to hand swing a Saratoga one night at Parafield. Got it started but then bent down to tie my shoelace up. Looked up and saw it becoming very affectionate with 4 Warriors and a Seminole.
Oh, wait a sec....
Oh, wait a sec....
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I had a student once who was about to start the aircraft with the windscreen covers still on. Upon asking the student why, the answer was, "but aren't we doing instrument flying today"?....
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