Air Wagner

[Minuteman]

Every time this thread pops up I think “uh oh”

I saw a report this morning of a Golden Eagle window blow-out and immediately thought "Jerry!"

His antics have broken a part of us.

Incident Cessna 421C Golden Eagle N6161X, Monday 4 May 2026

A Cessna 421C Golden Eagle, N6161X, was cruising at 20,000 ft when the right-side windscreen blew out. The airplane diverted to KIRK. The pilot was not injured.

www.aviation-safety.net

 

[TUCKnTRUCK]

I saw a report this morning of a Golden Eagle window blow-out and immediately thought "Jerry!"

His antics have broken a part of us.

Incident Cessna 421C Golden Eagle N6161X, Monday 4 May 2026

A Cessna 421C Golden Eagle, N6161X, was cruising at 20,000 ft when the right-side windscreen blew out. The airplane diverted to KIRK. The pilot was not injured.

www.aviation-safety.net

When my career is no longer flying, I think I’m gonna make a YouTube channel and be a Jerry. Intentionally make it look like I’m doing dumb stuff and double down on it to drive engagement and revenue.

First video gonna me “Insurrance company made me fly with a safety pilot” get some poor CFI to sit right seat and let me call him “my chimpanzee” for an hour.

 

[poser765]

Every time this thread pops up I think “uh oh”

I always click on this thread half expecting a prelim NTSB report.

 

[mightynimbus]

Interesting method of wake turbulence avoidance…



View: https://youtu.be/ZDCYeGi1PtA

God , always a TOTAL clownshow, still taxiing and I'm outta fingers counting his failures

 

[Fixtur]

When my career is no longer flying, I think I’m gonna make a YouTube channel and be a Jerry. Intentionally make it look like I’m doing dumb stuff and double down on it to drive engagement and revenue.

First video gonna me “Insurrance company made me fly with a safety pilot” get some poor CFI to sit right seat and let me call him “my chimpanzee” for an hour.

Gimme 20% and I'm your huckleberry.

 

[Itchy]

I dunno. Maybe checkers? He should take up checkers.

 

[pwttogfk]

Gimme 20% and I'm your huckleberry.

15% and a liter of cola.

 

[MidlifeFlyer]

I'm missing something. I don't understand that whole dialog with the Ground controller during the first four minutes. Never mind not having checked the frequencies. Why is Jerry taxiing to the runway run-up area before picking up his IFR clearance. If I'm not mistaken, standard procedure at VNY is to contact CD before taxi.

 

[TUCKnTRUCK]

I'm missing something. I don't understand that whole dialog with the Ground controller during the first four minutes. Never mind not having checked the frequencies. Why is Jerry taxiing to the runway run-up area before picking up his IFR clearance. If I'm not mistaken, standard procedure at VNY is to contact CD before taxi.

When in the history of Jerry, has standard ever been a factor in his operation? I’d say that Non-standard is the only standard thing Jerry does.

Wake turbulence? The standard method to avoid getting flipped is to wait. Jerry’s choice? Lazily hang slightly right of centerline, but not really right, just far enough right so that only 1/2 of his airplane is under the vortex.

 

[NovemberEcho]

just far enough right so that only 1/2 of his airplane is under the vortex.

Since wake goes down and out there’s a good chance he put himself more in the wake than he would have otherwise

 

[Fixtur]

When in the history of Jerry, has standard ever been a factor in his operation? I’d say that Non-standard is the only standard thing Jerry does.

Wake turbulence? The standard method to avoid getting flipped is to wait. Jerry’s choice? Lazily hang slightly right of centerline, but not really right, just far enough right so that only 1/2 of his airplane is under the vortex.

Right. If you're that concerned that you're taking mitigating action, but there's an option to wait two minutes and be sure, then why not just wait?

 

[TUCKnTRUCK]

Since wake goes down and out there’s a good chance he put himself more in the wake than he would have otherwise

the cross wind will push it… but yeah

 

[MidlifeFlyer]

Wake turbulence? The standard method to avoid getting flipped is to wait. Jerry’s choice? Lazily hang slightly right of centerline, but not really right, just far enough right so that only 1/2 of his airplane is under the vortex.

Secondary takeoff minimums.

 

[Kingairer]

That run up area is... unique.

Typical jerry. Tries to overcomplicate things, Picking up an IFR clearance on taxiout from an airport that has CD, then hard right over double yellows to create his own runup area in an area thats not to be taxied on.

 

[JordanD]

Typical jerry. Tries to overcomplicate things, Picking up an IFR clearance on taxiout from an airport that has CD, then hard right over double yellows to create his own runup area in an area thats not to be taxied on.

I was wondering if I missed something or if that was some weird localism, because ground didn’t seem to think “umm, wtf are you doing?” when he was in the “run up.”