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Tim06

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Today my instructor and I took the mighty house fly(C152) up for some pattern work. The wind was right down the runway at 170@11. The first two trips around the pattern wern't bad. The next three trips scared the bejesus out of me. As we were turning crosswind, the controller asks "Cessna 77B what is your position?" I told him we were on our crosswind leg. He immeadiatly responds, "Cessna 77B make a right turnout, traffic is an archer 1 o'clock entering on a left downwind @2000 descending to TPA." I look out, and see a nice new archer on course that would make us play a game of bumper planes. Ok...onto the next trip around the pattern. On our crosswind leg once again the fun begins. I clear my wings as usual, this however did not help this situation. A cessna skylane (yes, I could see the words skylane on the tail) buzzes directly over us at around 1800', we were 1700'. The skylane had come out of a blind spot, at my 5 or 6 o'clock. He was so close that I could see that his right tire was balding!!
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I have a feeling that the controller was either very tired or recovering from a hangover. Every time he would call an aircraft, he would keep repeating the wrong call sign over and over. Aghh
 
Oh, and on the third trip around the pattern, I was on a mile final, and he cleared a 172 for takeoff. So after the touch and go, we were very very close together! I felt like I was in a dogfight, or I was tailgating the plane! We had the 152 at a climbout speed of 60 IAS, instead of Vy at 68 IAS, just so we didn't overtake them
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He was so close that I could see that his right tire was balding!!

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Ummmm ... sure.
 
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He was so close that I could see that his right tire was balding!!

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Ummmm ... sure.

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He is a pilot he has to exagerate a bit - you know, it is like when a pilot is bragging that they did it all night, they really mean they tried their best for the 30 seconds, and then fell asleep!
 
That's why they came out with viagra
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And by the way, I'm only exagerating a very little. I have had some close calls, but this made my heart skip a beat
 
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That's why they came out with viagra
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That is the last thing pilots need - that is like trying to hand feed sharks.
 
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That's why they came out with viagra
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c/i/a/l/i/s/ (r.e.g.a.l.i.s) Gen.eric \/ia.gra cheep.
 
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That's why they came out with viagra
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c/i/a/l/i/s/ (r.e.g.a.l.i.s) Gen.eric \/ia.gra cheep.

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What's with the p.u.n.c.t.u.a.t.i.o.n? doug??
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That's the way the spammers spell it to subvert the spam filters.
 
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That's the way the spammers spell it to subvert the spam filters.

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Subvert or circumvent?

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I'm a pilot, not an author!

[/ QUOTE ]And I'll bet you tell all your pilot buddies that you're a Website Administrator when you bang one of those "fer-sure-we've-arrived-now" landings, eh?

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c/i/a/l/i/s/ (r.e.g.a.l.i.s) Gen.eric \/ia.gra cheep.

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Um, but what about those erections lasting for more than four hours?
 
Actually, I've had a weird two month spell of smooth landings. Something about losing my aversion of pulling back the power and pushing forward during the flare...

88's are weird.
 
Tim, that was Martha Stewart trying to cut you off so she could get out some of her anger. You know she might be headed to the Danbury Correctional.

That would make for a nice jetcareers get-together.
 
Doug you are just trying to impress the G.O. when you land on 8L/26R with those smooth landings. If you are bucking for the Fred Reids old job I have already put my resume in so you are in for some competition.
 
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