Distraction in flight
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BANG!
As I pulled out of a loop in a Robin 2112 with a friend, there was a loud BANG! Frightened the bejesus out of me! We flew home very sedately wondering what might have broken. When I walked around after the flight I touched the rudder strake which "popped" back (the metal had panted) The bang may not have been more than a pop in reality, but it sure sounded like a BANG at the time! 
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the pilot concerned called on the radio to report a snake in the glider.
Break out hand held mongoose;
Point mongoose at base of snake;
Discharge mongoose at snake.
Repeat radio call for loose mongoose in cabin!
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Originally Posted by charliegolf
Break out hand held mongoose;
Point mongoose at base of snake;
Discharge mongoose at snake.
Repeat radio call for loose mongoose in cabin!
Point mongoose at base of snake;
Discharge mongoose at snake.
Repeat radio call for loose mongoose in cabin!
Every cockpit should have one.
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Desperately desperately needing the lavatory
Picture the scene - RUC surveillance aircraft, on station watching bad guys for 5 hours. Fortunately aircraft is fitted with a relief tube. With, of course, RUC officers on board, Unionists to a man, the rule is that the relief tube is only to be used when over Nationalist areas...
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A good one is if you have part of the seatbelt out the door. On takeoff it starts beating the side of the airplane silly and sounds a lot worse than it is.
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Returning to Kirknewton from Cambeltown as a passenger in a DA20 there was a loud bang. I thought we had a bird strike as there was blood on the side of the canopy and I had also felt a thump. The radio stopped working also so I supposed the bird had taken the aerial off.
Then I realised the blood was mine! One of the canopy support springs had broken and taken a lump out of my elbow. I must have a slow reaction time as it took a few minutes to start to hurt The intermittant radio was just one of a catalogue of faults the aircraft had.
DO.
Then I realised the blood was mine! One of the canopy support springs had broken and taken a lump out of my elbow. I must have a slow reaction time as it took a few minutes to start to hurt The intermittant radio was just one of a catalogue of faults the aircraft had.
DO.
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Hello, Backpacker!
Queasy passengers are always a problem in gliders! We are ready for them with 3 tried and tested remedies:
1) Sick bag on board where you can throw it to them before they throw up -
when they go quiet up front (tandem seating, instructor in back) ask if they would like to go down now.....if the answer is yes, immediate descent. Usually don't need the sick bag if you are quick enough.
2) If you forgot to make sure there was a sick bag handy, a really considerate instructor will offer his hat -
3) And of course, that good old remedy, tell the pax that he/she will feel much better if he pulls his T-shirt up over his nose and breathes that way until the feeling (or something else) passes - - - -
1) Sick bag on board where you can throw it to them before they throw up -
when they go quiet up front (tandem seating, instructor in back) ask if they would like to go down now.....if the answer is yes, immediate descent. Usually don't need the sick bag if you are quick enough.
2) If you forgot to make sure there was a sick bag handy, a really considerate instructor will offer his hat -
3) And of course, that good old remedy, tell the pax that he/she will feel much better if he pulls his T-shirt up over his nose and breathes that way until the feeling (or something else) passes - - - -
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Originally Posted by dont overfil
One of the canopy support springs had broken and taken a lump out of my elbow.
On a recent IFR lesson the tower radio had some sort of failure. When nobody was talking, there was a loud alarm sounding on the frequency. When I talked on the radio, or the tower answered, it went away. This happened while shooting an ILS. Communication with the instructor was impossible. I was glad when we went missed and were handed to departure, the noise stopped. Took them about 10 minutes to sort out whatever it was.
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Apart from the usual straps etc......
10 mins into flight with heater on, cockpit suddenly fills up with hornets.
Flying over large built up area in a 150 at 80 degree bank, door pops and foot pump dissapears from behind the seat, just managed to grab the hose part as the main body went out of the door .
Flying 3 axis microlight, instructor unstrapped,put his back against the door and both feet on the stick jamming it in the corner " to see if I panicked".
Passenger in weightshift microlight froze pulling the bar right back and over as he was a 3 axis pilot, holding us in a spiral descent. I had to loosen my strap and lunge backwards with my head ( helmet) into his face to make him let go.
But the all time greatest was my mate who secured two smoke cannisters to the axle of his microlight with masking tape and then taxied through the long wet grass. He had two bits of string tied to the cannister pins to fire them. 15 mins after take off, flying over his house he pulled the string, the cannister came off the axle and dangled on the end of the string. Before he could wind it in ,the pin came out and the cannister burst into life as it sped downwards, straight through his neighbours roof and into the loft, where it made a good firestarter!
The house was severly damaged. ( this was in the local papers at the time).
10 mins into flight with heater on, cockpit suddenly fills up with hornets.
Flying over large built up area in a 150 at 80 degree bank, door pops and foot pump dissapears from behind the seat, just managed to grab the hose part as the main body went out of the door .
Flying 3 axis microlight, instructor unstrapped,put his back against the door and both feet on the stick jamming it in the corner " to see if I panicked".
Passenger in weightshift microlight froze pulling the bar right back and over as he was a 3 axis pilot, holding us in a spiral descent. I had to loosen my strap and lunge backwards with my head ( helmet) into his face to make him let go.
But the all time greatest was my mate who secured two smoke cannisters to the axle of his microlight with masking tape and then taxied through the long wet grass. He had two bits of string tied to the cannister pins to fire them. 15 mins after take off, flying over his house he pulled the string, the cannister came off the axle and dangled on the end of the string. Before he could wind it in ,the pin came out and the cannister burst into life as it sped downwards, straight through his neighbours roof and into the loft, where it made a good firestarter!
The house was severly damaged. ( this was in the local papers at the time).
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Hi Deeday,
I don't know if the canopy spring is a known fault but my 6 hours experience with that Diamond DA20 demonstrator left me with no wish to fly one again.
DO.
I don't know if the canopy spring is a known fault but my 6 hours experience with that Diamond DA20 demonstrator left me with no wish to fly one again.
DO.
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My most unusual, freaky, one in a million event was flying a Seneca V up to Inverness in winter.
There was a cold front lying west to East above Glasgow forcing me to eyeball the front and CBs and to head East for a gap in the line where I could get through and into Inverness.
I was in icing at FL100 and climbed as I wanted to get out of the icing and to be able to eyeball the front ahead.
At FL130 the aircraft struggled back on top but had picked up a fair amount of ice in the process.
There was an out of balance shudder. I later found out that the prop deice had failed on the left engine with all three electric cables having sheared.
All of a sudden a large piece of ice flew from the left prop across the nose and hit the right prop bending the tip.
With 160 kts airflow over the aircraft the chances of that must have been one in a million and the ice block must have projected forward at one heck of an angle.
That wasnt the end. The Seneca has reciprical engines which allowed this to happen in the first place.
Having hit and bent the prop the prop threw the ice block into the side of the fusealage/nose and punctured a hole before projecting from there into the screen with one heck of a bang.
On that impact it fractured into a snow storm of a million pieces thankfully not breaking the screen.
The complete incident was a fluke and the aircraft still bares the scar from the repair on the fusealage nose.
Unbelievable but true
Pace
There was a cold front lying west to East above Glasgow forcing me to eyeball the front and CBs and to head East for a gap in the line where I could get through and into Inverness.
I was in icing at FL100 and climbed as I wanted to get out of the icing and to be able to eyeball the front ahead.
At FL130 the aircraft struggled back on top but had picked up a fair amount of ice in the process.
There was an out of balance shudder. I later found out that the prop deice had failed on the left engine with all three electric cables having sheared.
All of a sudden a large piece of ice flew from the left prop across the nose and hit the right prop bending the tip.
With 160 kts airflow over the aircraft the chances of that must have been one in a million and the ice block must have projected forward at one heck of an angle.
That wasnt the end. The Seneca has reciprical engines which allowed this to happen in the first place.
Having hit and bent the prop the prop threw the ice block into the side of the fusealage/nose and punctured a hole before projecting from there into the screen with one heck of a bang.
On that impact it fractured into a snow storm of a million pieces thankfully not breaking the screen.
The complete incident was a fluke and the aircraft still bares the scar from the repair on the fusealage nose.
Unbelievable but true
Pace
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Taking off from a 700m grass runway, am just easing back on the yoke at 55 knots, when there is a sharp crack and a strong smell of burning.
Quick decision to reject and we slithered to a stop.
A fuse had blown, total non event, but it didn't feel like it when I decided to reject.
This is the only time I have had to make a split second decision in an aeroplane. I've had other things go wrong, but always had thinking time to work it out.
Quick decision to reject and we slithered to a stop.
A fuse had blown, total non event, but it didn't feel like it when I decided to reject.
This is the only time I have had to make a split second decision in an aeroplane. I've had other things go wrong, but always had thinking time to work it out.
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As it happens, I was just reading the test standards for the FAA IR. It mentions that during the test, the examiner will cause a 'distraction' to assess your ability to concentrate on flying, and multi-task. I'm very curious as to what kind of things they might get up to - anyone have any examples?
