Gene Buckle writes: > > Gene Buckle writes: > > > <humor> > > > Next time, look to your left and a little bit up and to the rear. If > > > there's a big honkin' chunk of metal blocking your view, check the flap > > > switch. *huge grin* > > > </humor> > > > > The other one I've learned from real experience (as a passenger). If > > while you are looking a little up and to the rear to check flap > > status, if you also notice a big plume of something that looks a lot > > like smoke coming off one or both wings, land and check your fuel tank > > covers. (And extinguish your cigarettes.) :-) > > Ye gods. That's why you pre-flight _after_ you've fueled up. Gas it, > park it and then check it _all_. I'm amazed you made it back. It doesn't > take long to suck those wing tanks dry.
That was when I was young and stupid. The pilot fueled back up, screwed on the fuel caps, and off we went again. I should have used that opportunity to exit the plane, but was too excited about the rare chance to go flying ... it was a wild ride though ... we flew up to northern AZ and were buzzing some poor rancher's cattle, or would that be "some rancher's poor cattle." Anyway we were occasionally pretty close to 90 degree bank about 50' above the ground. In retrospect, yes, lucky to have made it back from both flights that day. That was the last time I went flying with that particular pilot. These days I give all my potential pilots a check ride in flightgear first before I'll go flying with them. :-) Curt. -- Curtis Olson IVLab / HumanFIRST Program FlightGear Project Twin Cities [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minnesota http://www.menet.umn.edu/~curt http://www.flightgear.org _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
