Funny comments made by students
Joined: Mar 2006
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From: UK, right of centre
Regular one from studes,
"You were right you know!"
I must look like I don't know what I'm talking about.
Or my favourite
"It's getting dark early tonight isn't it?"
It was near sunset and he still had his sunnies on!
"You were right you know!"
I must look like I don't know what I'm talking about.
Or my favourite
"It's getting dark early tonight isn't it?"
It was near sunset and he still had his sunnies on!
Joined: Nov 2006
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From: UK
Gents, I am an instructor now but let me share with you my most embarrasing moment outside the bedroom.
A couple of weeks after my PPL I did an aerobatics course on a Robin 2160. Pre-JAA, aerobatics were a requirement to obtain a CPL in my country to make you used to unusual attitudes I guess. The R2160 has no doors, you slide the front part of the window forward to open the cockpit, the back part of the window is fixed to the fuselage.
Picture this: the day of the exam my examiner, my instructor and my fellow students are sitting on a sunny terrace of the flying club. The Robin 2160 is parked just in front of the terrace. I am strapping myself in and am ready to close the sliding window.... In my nervousity, I reach behind me in an attempt to slide the window forward to close the cockpit... nothing happens, it seemed to be stuck somewhere, I thought... after several attempts I decided to unstrap the 5-point safety harness and get up in order to have more grip to slide the cockpit shut... everybody on the terrace is looking very strange at me but I decide to remain COOL
... After three hard pulls on the part of the window which is fixed to the fuselage, it started to dawn on me that I had to pull the front part backwards to close the cockpit
My friends and instructor where rolling on the floor cracking themselves up. The examiner was respectfully looking in an other direction.
BUT, I managed to grab myself together and did my display overhead the runway and got my aerobatics certificate!!!
My instructor, when he teaches "Human factors", is still using this story in the classroom, without using my name I hope
, to demonstrate how people / pilots can make incredible stupid mistakes when they are under stress.
If you want to know my most embarrasing moment inside the bedroom, I suggest you PM me
A couple of weeks after my PPL I did an aerobatics course on a Robin 2160. Pre-JAA, aerobatics were a requirement to obtain a CPL in my country to make you used to unusual attitudes I guess. The R2160 has no doors, you slide the front part of the window forward to open the cockpit, the back part of the window is fixed to the fuselage.
Picture this: the day of the exam my examiner, my instructor and my fellow students are sitting on a sunny terrace of the flying club. The Robin 2160 is parked just in front of the terrace. I am strapping myself in and am ready to close the sliding window.... In my nervousity, I reach behind me in an attempt to slide the window forward to close the cockpit... nothing happens, it seemed to be stuck somewhere, I thought... after several attempts I decided to unstrap the 5-point safety harness and get up in order to have more grip to slide the cockpit shut... everybody on the terrace is looking very strange at me but I decide to remain COOL
... After three hard pulls on the part of the window which is fixed to the fuselage, it started to dawn on me that I had to pull the front part backwards to close the cockpit My friends and instructor where rolling on the floor cracking themselves up. The examiner was respectfully looking in an other direction.
BUT, I managed to grab myself together and did my display overhead the runway and got my aerobatics certificate!!!
My instructor, when he teaches "Human factors", is still using this story in the classroom, without using my name I hope
, to demonstrate how people / pilots can make incredible stupid mistakes when they are under stress.If you want to know my most embarrasing moment inside the bedroom, I suggest you PM me
Joined: Mar 2005
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From: Kingwood and Onalaska TX
Years ago, while instructing in a T-42 (Baron B-55), the student was given a simulated engine failure on downwind. As was the practice, the student had to secure the engine and report the situation to the others in the pattern. His response was..."Army Charlie 123...downwind with a "stimulated" single engine".
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From: South uk
Many years ago on a nav ex student lost the plot and was lost. I said if you were on your own what would you do the reply was fly south snd pick up the coastline.Not a bad reply because the airport was on the south coast only east and west to think about. Anyway I said what would you do If you were on a landaway.After a much heated debate and going thru every action possible the student said I would call D+D and ask for help.OK I said its the radio call we have briefed on and tell them the truth as you would if you were solo. MAD DAY MAD DAY MAD DAY callsign I AM LOST!
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From: UK
Forced landings without power with a student telling him that we warm the engine every 500 ft as it is only simulated. Student carries out drills and warms engine and then says to me 'If we had a real engine failure would we still bother to warm the engine'
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From: Way up North!
Singing during Solo
On asking one of my students if everything had gone ok after completing her 1st solo she said that it gone off without a hitch and proceeded to tell me she'd actually sung the whole way round. After further questioning I discovered that her initial choice was going to be 'I believe I can fly' but not wanting to tempt fate she'd opted for 'I will survive' instead. Oh how I laughed.
Joined: May 2001
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From: United Kingdom
One I heard over the radio while training at Sanford,Florida,a heavy training envionment:-
Tower: November xxxx,what are your intentions?
Chinese student (heavy accent):Ah...Ah...my intentions....intentions to be ailine pilot......
Tower: November xxxx,what are your intentions?
Chinese student (heavy accent):Ah...Ah...my intentions....intentions to be ailine pilot......
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From: San Francisco, California, USA
I just got finished with the required training for a ppl student,
I told him "we're finished with the dual instruction, the only thing left is the checkride preparation after you've done your solo cross country flights and that's it"
He was surprised, and said.
"So a private pilot doesn't know jack sh_it"
I told him "we're finished with the dual instruction, the only thing left is the checkride preparation after you've done your solo cross country flights and that's it"
He was surprised, and said.
"So a private pilot doesn't know jack sh_it"
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From: UK
Female pilots eh??
Well I can't help but notice that quite a few of the funny stories are about female students. I'd like you "gents" (as one of you addresses us readers) to consider that just maybe us girls are willing to say the stupid thing or look stupid and as a result learn from it - rather than the plenty of guys I have heard responding to ATC (and I mean commercial pilots too) who clearly haven't a clue what they have just agreed to. So I say "Go girls!" Don't be afraid of asking the stupid question - it might just save your life....and the guys were probably thinking it and just too macho to say anything.
Joined: May 2006
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From: Down South, preferably inverted
Don't know why my quote button isn't showing???
Fredfred said
Female pilots eh??
Any of you guys want to help him out????
Fredfred said
Female pilots eh??
Well I can't help but notice that quite a few of the funny stories are about female students. I'd like you "gents" (as one of you addresses us readers) to consider that just maybe us girls are willing to say the stupid thing or look stupid and as a result learn from it - rather than the plenty of guys I have heard responding to ATC (and I mean commercial pilots too) who clearly haven't a clue what they have just agreed to. So I say "Go girls!" Don't be afraid of asking the stupid question - it might just save your life....and the guys were probably thinking it and just too macho to say anything.
I have to say that by reading comments on a variety of the forums that aviation has obviously been a male domain for some time - male egos and testosterone abound. Just "another" barrier to be broken down.
I found out recently that my very experienced, but part time, instructor has only taught one female PPL student in the past and even then he was just finishing off her PPL. I'm the first ab-initio female he's taught from the start. There's been a fair amount of learning how to communicate between us .
.My instructor has refrained from putting any of my comments on this thread but he's welcome to do so for entertainment value if he wants 
.
.He keeps giving me "homework".... so I gave HIM some yesterday....to come up with some mneumonics that have a female / male orientation rather than the other way round to help me remember stuff.
He reckons it'll be tricky 
....but he seems to likes a challenge...after all....he's teaching me!!!!
....but he seems to likes a challenge...after all....he's teaching me!!!!Any of you guys want to help him out????
