Banged my head on the propeller

Last time I got sick from a non-food or non-pathogen, I was at a surgeon's office being evaluated for a potential hernia.

Digitally (no, not the DVD, opposite of analog, kind).

After bit, my vision narrowed and I told the Doc "you need to stop what you're doing, right now, imma gonna barf".

Not one of my finest moments....

Point is, everyone has tender spots if you whack just the right way, is no bueno.

Richman
 
texas_pilot said:
10 years ago a lineman at Hobby walked into a MU2's spinning prop on a running engine- it knocked him down and only marked his face a bit.
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In my days on the ramp I was training a new guy on marshalling, we stopped a king air and he walked straight toward the left main gear, presumably to chock it...

The engine was still running.

I grabbed the back of his shirt and held him back, he kinda turned and looked at me quizzically at which point I said "where ya goin?"

He looked back and his eyes got real wide.

Later he said thanks.
 
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Yeah we've all done it. If you haven't bumped into something unintentionally on an airplane yet you haven't been around them long enough. I know I've bumped into wings, fuselages, and overhead bins etc. myself. I've almost close lined myself hopping on the plane after the walk around while the FA is making a PA and the phone chord is invisible to me and I almost smack it while heading for the flight deck. That would've given the passengers a good laugh I'm sure.
 
When I was working as a mechanic we had an early 60's 182 that we annualed every year and it had these stupid effing steps on the main gear legs that were like a foot long and I can't tell you how many times I smacked my shins on them. It got to the point where every time that airplane would come in I'd get annoyed because I knew I'd be ending up with bruises on both shins.
 
trafficinsight said:
When I was working as a mechanic we had an early 60's 182 that we annualed every year and it had these stupid effing steps on the main gear legs that were like a foot long and I can't tell you how many times I smacked my shins on them. It got to the point where every time that airplane would come in I'd get annoyed because I knew I'd be ending up with bruises on both shins.
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Sounds like a jump plane. I've felt your pain.
 
I used to work loading munitions on the A-10, because of the it's height, it was very common to stand up underneath it and get a "hog bite". A guy I worked with had to get staples on his scalp while we were downrange.

Also got it pretty good after getting up from tying down a Piper Cherokee, the stall warning tab cut me so good on my back that at my next physical the flight doc asked me where I got the scar.
 
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