Stingray Don
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High-wing problems
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Today’s Flight Started Off With A Bang
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Hah, the dreaded mark of the diamond. Gotta love Cessna flaps!
tawood
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+1 for low wings on the low wing vs high wing argument!
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Good thing you weren't hand propping!
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Okay, I will concede the one point, but highwings are still better
Timbeck2
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Okay, I will concede the one point, but highwings are still better
...than nothing.
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...than nothing.
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Either are better than no wings!
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The plane was just marking you as its own!
You’re now accepted by your Cessna.
You’re now accepted by your Cessna.
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Unless you believe in doing thorough preflights then you are bound to bump your head more often on a low wing.
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You can tell a Cessna pilot by the scar on the forehead.
You can tell the intelligence of the Cessna pilot by the number of scars on the forehead.....
You can tell the intelligence of the Cessna pilot by the number of scars on the forehead.....
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I guess when you were walking around, no one warned traffic 11 o'clock
Stewartb
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If you're tall enough to hit your head on Cessna ailerons you get a nice, sharp diamond shaped imprint. Try a plane like my Cub with the flap hinges hanging down. I've hit those more times than I can count!
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If wonder if the Ray Charles glasses were a factor. Had you not been wearing a view-blocking device, would you have seen the impending collision?
Stewartb
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Ball caps are my nemesis. They block peripheral vision for what's above my head and how far.
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My high wing is higher than my head. So there's a bonus for really high high-wings and really short pilots.
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Cessna should mix it up..throw in some spades, hearts and clubs. Best poker hand on your forehead wins!
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At least the high wings make decent sun shades sometimes. I banged my head getting my kids car seat in on my last flight. Baseball cap saved me a cut, but maybe also blocked out the danger.
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The responsibility for this incident falls on my safety pilot:If wonder if the Ray Charles glasses were a factor. Had you not been wearing a view-blocking device, would you have seen the impending collision?
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"You'll noodle your eye out, kid!"
I love being short
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What happens when Chuck Norris hits his head on the wing
iflyvfr
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I got my diamond last annual, welcome to the club. I also have a Cessna Star. You can get yours too if you stand up from messing with a main gear and bang your head on the wing strut! 
JCranford
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I got some but they keep blowing off when I take off!
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Your doing it wrong. You need to strap them around your head.
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I just tell everyone that those are scars from failed hair plugs.
flhrci
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We all knew this day would come. Sigh.....
JCranford
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Your doing it wrong. You need to strap them around your head.
Ha! Yep, that's where I went wrong!
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I had a plug fail on short final once. It got hairy.
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So you must be real popular with the ladies.
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Does a Diamond's flaps leave Cessna-shaped imprints?
NHWannabe
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Slammed my head into the step when I went to sump under the cowling.