Discussion The I’m Going/Went Flying Thread

[pawnshopmike]

Stopped by my field yesterday… yup that’d be a snow mountain. The cones to the left are the “runway markers”. You cannot really see the scale of this hill, but it’s massive
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You probably should have stayed in Hawaii a couple more months

 

[AKNick]

You probably should have stayed in Hawaii a couple more months

But really.... I just finished deicing a 737 with 300 gallons of Type 1 Fluid.... My hands are cold and it's not from a beverage.

 

[pawnshopmike]

But really.... I just finished deicing a 737 with 300 gallons of Type 1 Fluid.... My hands are cold and it's not from a beverage.

We really need a dislike button.....

 

[stangflyer]

Well your flying skills would be right on track out here. But ya know...I met a real sweet girl not far from you David. Suzanne is in Granite Falls N.C.
Not even implying anything yet. But wouldn't it be really freaking cool if I were to move down south where the weather is warmer, the fields and mountains are greener, the companionship is wonderful and my flying friends are plentyful? I say, lets do this.

 

[dhal22]

We really need a dislike button.....

Hate/ dislike......... What's the difference? I hate snow.

 

[BalsaDust]

Well the most butt puckering event while flying in quite a while happened today. Lunch time flying with a buddy and he brought out his Muscle Coupe and said you wanna fly it? And who says no to flying a beauty like that. About two minutes in I do a nice power off down line, pull straight and level about 20' up and begin to throttle up. As soon as I do it begins to shake violently and ejects the hatch. no matter how much throttle I gave it, it would seem to get any more than 1/4 throttle but I did manage to nurse it around and safely land it. as soon as it stops the prop and spinner are wobbling bad and we think the motor has come loose. Instead we find the prop nut had come off. How it didn't eject the prop is beyond me but I'm glad it didn't or the plane would have ended up in the middle of a rough field. Shook lots of stuff loose so he needs to do some repairs but man oh man did it make me pucker up.

 

[pawnshopmike]

Well the most butt puckering event while flying in quite a while happened today. Lunch time flying with a buddy and he brought out his Muscle Coupe and said you wanna fly it? And who says no to flying a beauty like that. About two minutes in I do a nice power off down line, pull straight and level about 20' up and begin to throttle up. As soon as I do it begins to shake violently and ejects the hatch. no matter how much throttle I gave it, it would seem to get any more than 1/4 throttle but I did manage to nurse it around and safely land it. as soon as it stops the prop and spinner are wobbling bad and we think the motor has come loose. Instead we find the prop nut had come off. How it didn't eject the prop is beyond me but I'm glad it didn't or the plane would have ended up in the middle of a rough field. Shook lots of stuff loose so he needs to do some repairs but man oh man did it make me pucker up.

Wow. Close call.

 

[-Rick-]

You were very lucky!

 

[BalsaDust]

Wow. Close call.

Yeah never fun when something like that happens when you are flying someone else’s plane.

 

[pawnshopmike]

Yeah never fun when something like that happens when you are flying someone else’s plane.

It's pretty rare that I fly anybody else's stuff. If I do it's usually a foamie. I'd feel terrible if something happened. Even if it wasn't my fault.