Senior moments
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constantly using nearby military airport frequency. it is "next click" on radio, we are in their MCTR/they are in our ATZ, reading is always 5.
i.e.
me: AIRPORT INFO it's me, hello
lady there (she is fine
: we are MILITARY TOWER not AIRPORT INFO.
me: are you sure? sorry.
she: no probs.
two days after.
me: AIRPORT INFO I am here, hello
same lady there: this is not AIRPORT INFO but MILITARY TOWER.
me: ah, you again? so I am sorry again, but never mind we will chat later...
i.e.
me: AIRPORT INFO it's me, hello
lady there (she is fine
: we are MILITARY TOWER not AIRPORT INFO.me: are you sure? sorry.
she: no probs.
two days after.
me: AIRPORT INFO I am here, hello
same lady there: this is not AIRPORT INFO but MILITARY TOWER.
me: ah, you again? so I am sorry again, but never mind we will chat later...
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Glasgow Scotland
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Managed to depart Prestwick in a rather elderly C172 with the - obviously rather ineffective - parking brake still applied. Thought it was a bit sluggish, but persuaded myself that it was due to extra weight, being 3 up and full tanks. Only noticed at the other end when there was a bit of a screech from the tyres, on landing!
I've also lost it a couple of times trying to figure the overhead join, usually when it is the opposite direction to the CAA's diagram, but some of the earlier posts on the thread have helped! I still thank the guys at Welshpool for being so understanding when I totally screwed up their, admittedly quiet, circuit on my arrival there last year!
I've also lost it a couple of times trying to figure the overhead join, usually when it is the opposite direction to the CAA's diagram, but some of the earlier posts on the thread have helped! I still thank the guys at Welshpool for being so understanding when I totally screwed up their, admittedly quiet, circuit on my arrival there last year!
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Just remembered one, though exact details a bit hazy...
zlin 326
priming for start, thought not the usual resistance. anyway engine starts, its warm, so chocks off and as plane parked at wrong end of runway I back track. reach the other end, just as I start mag checks engine stops. hmm, what the heck... few checks later. fuel is off.
had the wind been the usual westerly mag checks would have been done chocks on and then straight down the runway. wonder how far I would have got.....
(something do with having a carburettor combined with an inverted fuel system meant the 326 carried a lot of fuel between the selector valve and the engine so it ran quite some time after cut off)
zlin 326
priming for start, thought not the usual resistance. anyway engine starts, its warm, so chocks off and as plane parked at wrong end of runway I back track. reach the other end, just as I start mag checks engine stops. hmm, what the heck... few checks later. fuel is off.
had the wind been the usual westerly mag checks would have been done chocks on and then straight down the runway. wonder how far I would have got.....
(something do with having a carburettor combined with an inverted fuel system meant the 326 carried a lot of fuel between the selector valve and the engine so it ran quite some time after cut off)
Glider towing, started the descent, gradually throttled back then pulled the mixture knob back instead of the carb heat! After it got quiet I remembered that great piece of advice - when something unexpected happens review your last action!
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New one today. Locked the canopy and put the cover on only to realise I had left my wallet and phone in the side pocket. Remove cover, unlock canopy, locate wallet and phone. Place wallet and phone on P1 seat while I lock canopy and replace cover. Now, where did I put my phone? Ah yes….remove cover…..
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Definitely a senior moment, which I have probably posted before.....
Flying W Airport in New Jersey. I had flown up from Baltimore in a rented 152. The radio wasn't working very well. I asked the folks in the office at the Flying W if somebody could fix the radio....Yes ma'm, they replied, and suggested I taxi down to the other end of the airstrip so the expert could have a look at it....
So I got back in the 152, which was parked nose against the fence, and started up the engine.......
The folks in the office came rushing out waving their arms about the same time I remembered that it is not possible to put a Cessna in reverse...
Flying W Airport in New Jersey. I had flown up from Baltimore in a rented 152. The radio wasn't working very well. I asked the folks in the office at the Flying W if somebody could fix the radio....Yes ma'm, they replied, and suggested I taxi down to the other end of the airstrip so the expert could have a look at it....
So I got back in the 152, which was parked nose against the fence, and started up the engine.......
The folks in the office came rushing out waving their arms about the same time I remembered that it is not possible to put a Cessna in reverse...
