After a few year break from ag flying, I am back in the seat this year. Things have gone very smoothly so far with no bent metal or major malfunctions. I haven't pulled any stupid stuff until yesterday.
The day started off good with several jobs that all went off without incident. Ate lunch and then got back in for the afternoon's festivities. Went out and got strapped in and lit her up. Everything's looking good and I pull out on the strip and off we go. During the takeoff run I noticed that the tail came up very quickly and then the plane just leaped off the ground. As soon as I was in the air, I knew what had happened.
I forgot to get my load!!![Big Grin :D :D](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png)
Well, I knew that if I just came back in, the guys were going to really let the new guy have it, so I went over to the field across the road from the airstrip and proceeded to make a few "proving" runs. When I fell in and started going back and forth across the field, they all got on the radio and were telling me I was in the wrong field. " T-CART, YOU'RE IN THE WRONG FIELD"!!!! I was acting like my radio had broken too. I looked over at the loading truck and the guys were jumping up and down waving their shirts at me trying to get my attention.
The more they jumped, the more I flew.
I had had enough of the fun so I landed and they flogged me wanting to tell me I had just done the wrong field.They couldn't see that I was just acting and I couldn't bring myself to tell them I forgot my load, so I said I was checking the trim lever. The guys didn't know any better but the boss came running over and asked me and I just winked and nodded into the cockpit at the hopper window and he just grinned.
This would be the same as an airline pilot leaving his passengers behind, or a freight pilot leaving his freight behind. Honestly, this is the first time I have ever pulled this one.
The rest of the day went great, I still can't believe I did that!
The day started off good with several jobs that all went off without incident. Ate lunch and then got back in for the afternoon's festivities. Went out and got strapped in and lit her up. Everything's looking good and I pull out on the strip and off we go. During the takeoff run I noticed that the tail came up very quickly and then the plane just leaped off the ground. As soon as I was in the air, I knew what had happened.
I forgot to get my load!!
![Big Grin :D :D](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png)
Well, I knew that if I just came back in, the guys were going to really let the new guy have it, so I went over to the field across the road from the airstrip and proceeded to make a few "proving" runs. When I fell in and started going back and forth across the field, they all got on the radio and were telling me I was in the wrong field. " T-CART, YOU'RE IN THE WRONG FIELD"!!!! I was acting like my radio had broken too. I looked over at the loading truck and the guys were jumping up and down waving their shirts at me trying to get my attention.
![Big Grin :D :D](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png)
I had had enough of the fun so I landed and they flogged me wanting to tell me I had just done the wrong field.They couldn't see that I was just acting and I couldn't bring myself to tell them I forgot my load, so I said I was checking the trim lever. The guys didn't know any better but the boss came running over and asked me and I just winked and nodded into the cockpit at the hopper window and he just grinned.
This would be the same as an airline pilot leaving his passengers behind, or a freight pilot leaving his freight behind. Honestly, this is the first time I have ever pulled this one.
The rest of the day went great, I still can't believe I did that!