Well done, Whirly! It must be still blowing a gale up your way, too.

OK, it's scraping the bottom of the barrel, but here goes...

I was invigilating the AGK exam for a roomful of 18 yr-olds on a course we're running. There was one question about C of G. One by one, as they got to the question, several of them signalled to me in desperation. They then pointed to a word and whispered 'what does this mean?'

The word was 'aft'. Made me smile a bit. We had actually covered it during the lectures!

Now all these people have got 'A' levels and stuff; I'd have thought that the word 'aft' would have been a part of someone's vocabulary by that stage. Anyway. In case you're wondering, yes, I did offer an alternative word 'rearmost', without giving away the answer.

TheOddOne

I bet you were tempted to say "'aft', pronounced as in 'daft'!!"

I know I'm an IMOG (Intolerant Miserable Old Git) but standards, these days, of written English are shocking!!

Kiwi Chick..

As a matter of fact I do laugh at funerals...:E

Here is one:


After a very hard landing the student ask :
'What was that?'

The instructor answer: 'The runway'

Not Just Students
 

John King on the FAA training video "Manouevres for the COM / CFI" (CPL / FI)

"A collision with the ground will be deemed to be a failure"

:rolleyes:

Well I knew there was a reason I only look at this PPRuNe rubbish once in a blue moon! I thought it was meant to be students comments not insecure wannabes who cant get a commercial job trying to get one up on each other! Who says I was not receiving a RIS (not me). Who says I was below MSA (not me). Big mountains on the coast line where I was? (NO). We did not stall, just close to it! As I am current in IMC UP recovery's It was no real problem just a bit too close to the limit for my comfort. Good to see acouple of realistic posts in there though about the value of real IMC experience. The main thing is that student will now never go near a cloud until properly qualified he now realises what spytal disorientation is REALLY like. My big mistake was crediting them with enough ability to sort it out rather than taking control sooner! But you do have to let people get it wrong order for them to learn!
Now get a grip and back to the students comments this is tedious!

It's not only the students who say silly things: Whilst providing LARS, I was asked by a pilot to confirm that the height read-out on his aircraft's squawk was within tolerance as he'd just got the aircraft back from a major service. After checking his altimeter setting and altitude, I confirmed that his height read-out was indeed in within tolerance. Another pilot (solo) on the frequency obviously thought that this was a good idea and asked me to confirm that his height read-out was also OK. "Certainly, just switch on your mode C." I said.
"Errr.... I haven't got mode C." came the reply!!!!!!!

And one more:
A call on 121.5 from an instructor who stated his position and asked if D&D could spare some time so that he could demonstrate a practise emergency to his student. No problem says D&D controller - as you've given me your position, would you like me to provide you with a steer towards a particular airfield. Good idea says the instructor, how about a steer to Earls Colne which is in my 10 o'clock, range 5 miles?

Assuming of course it was where he thought it was!!

It was, unfortunately!

Took a luvly young filly up for Exercise 3 today. It was very busy at my airfield and a protracted wait at the holding point ensued awaiting clearance for take off. She was jiggling around in her seat somewhat and I apologised that the old C152 wasn't the most comfortable of environments.

"Oh don't worry" she declared "my knickers have just gone up my bum".

Cool, calm and quick as you like I declared I myself didn't have such a problem as I wasn't wearing any.