If you're gonna make an accidental gear-up pass and settle low enough in the flare to ding the prop on the runway before you realize what you did, and then go around with a damaged prop, don't do it in front of the airport restaurant where an FAA Inspector is having lunch.
None. The Inspector just turned and asked me what I'd seen. Then I went back to my sandwich. He finished his lunch and went down to the other end of the airport where the plane had parked to collect information and photos to pass on to the local FSDO for further review.
No wonder I reserve my worst landings for PWT. I just know that everybody in the cafe (where I'm headed) is grading my landing.
Hmmm. I gotta run that by the folks here at Stinson!You know, that would be a cool feature at airport cafes...
Put a little dial at each table, and have a big board facing the field that shows the average...
If you're gonna make an accidental gear-up pass and settle low enough in the flare to ding the prop on the runway before you realize what you did, and then go around with a damaged prop, don't do it in front of the airport restaurant where an FAA Inspector is having lunch.
Names withheld to protect the guilty.
Those darn airport restaurants!!!
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