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Getting busted at the grocery store by another pilot, who overheard me giving myself vectors for the shopping cart...
This is different!Getting busted at the grocery store by another pilot, who overheard me giving myself vectors for the shopping cart...
This is different!
Okay, I'm sitting in the bar, laughing out loud, and people are looking at me strangely and IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT!Ok, this one is me...
It's funny (hmmph), but if you're switching from one frequency to another - like, say, TWR to GND, maybe - and you're going from one radio to another to do that, you actually have to switch from Comm1 to Comm2. They build 'em that way, apparently...
38R: Raleigh Ground, 38R is at Charlie at Alpha
TWR: Great, but you're still on tower freq.
38R: uh, sorry...
<checks frequency for ground, tries again...>
38R: 38R to Raleigh Ground (learning a bit, here, just waiting to hear 'em first...)
TWR: You're STILL on tower freq
38R: ack!
<switches freq back and forth in an effort to get it right, toggles stdby freq switch>
38R: 38R Raleigh Ground (nervously dropping those prepositions...)
TWR: (loud SIGH) Still on tower... (many words seem to be hanging there unsaid, best I can tell...)
<I finally remember about that pesky switching to the other radio knob...>
38R <faint, squeaky voice>: Sorry, Tower... too many dang knobs...
It, uh, went ok from that point on... sigh.
You're sitting in a bar, reading pilot board online and having a drink? What kind of perversion is this???? Pretty soon, you'll be opening up a link to Avweb!Okay, I'm sitting in the bar, laughing out loud, and people are looking at me strangely and IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT!
I'm here for ya, Grant!Okay, I'm sitting in the bar, laughing out loud, and people are looking at me strangely and IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT!
Ok a couple of weeks ago I asked what was your most rewarding flying experience. So today I'm asking you to tell us about your most embarassing moment in avation. I had a friend try to taxi while the tail was still tied down.
Forgetting about our brand-new cowl plugs and almost starting up at Gaston's with them still in. I only got one blade around, and I saw it throw the "REMOVE BEFORE FLIGHT" flag up. Luckily, Troy was waving like crazy too just in case I didn't see it.
38R: 38R Raleigh Ground (nervously dropping those prepositions...)
TWR: (loud SIGH) Still on tower...
That's funny Tom. After the third time, I'd have been tempted to ask him if he was sure he wasn't on Ground!