Things at the airport that make you go hmmmm....

[Boris Badenov]

Remind me at the next NJC to recount the story of arriving at KSGF with about 3 feet of extremely stout looking rope still attached to the tail tie-down of a 210...

In my defense, I was not PIC. It's a rather feeble defense, though, isn't it?

 

[CoffeeIcePapers]

I bet it's that same captain only later in a metro who realizes the plane is so far aft CG for landing. Sets AP goes to back and chucks few hundred pounds of cargo forward.
While cruising at 16,000.

Yeah shes gone flying the big airbus 320 now.

AP in the Metro? What's that like?

 

[JayAre]

AP in the Metro? What's that like?

IDK only wanna be hacks fly the metro.

We all the the better plane is the Hondo.

 

[Hammertime]

Cirrus Drivers...This was in the traffic pattern. Practicing power off 180s, I think 2 others in the pattern. Runways were 33-15. Everyone was landing 15. A old, grumpy sounding cirrus driver decides to call in on frequency "XXX traffic, Cirrus XXX, is 10 miles south on the practice ILS 33 full stop." Few seconds later, announces 2 mile final 33, full stop. We decided to break off on final and get out of there...

FIFY

 

[Boris Badenov]

We all the the better plane is the Hondo.

The "we" here being people who forget that a sentence requires a verb? Seems about right.

 

[Shiftace]

The "we" here being people who forget that a sentence requires a verb? Seems about right.

Still smarter than average TSA agent.

 

[Boris Badenov]

Faint praise indeed!

 

[jafra98]

What about the guy that takes off in an Arrow with the pitot tube cover still attached???

 

[JayAre]

The "we" here being people who forget that a sentence requires a verb? Seems about right.

Ha you got me. I owe you a drink

 

[🦈💜]

I've actually experienced the mach 2 cirrus phenomena on several occasions... 10nm out, then like ... short final seconds later. (!)

 

[Boris Badenov]

Ha you got me. I owe you a drink

I'll make mine an Old Rip at the next NJC.

 

[jwp_145]

There are 10 types of tech workers: those who can count in binary, and those who can't.

THat's awesome.

 

[SeanD]

How about that guy chatting away on his cell phone while taxiing? I lost count of how many times I've seen that and I know its not an aviation related call because 9 times out of 10, they appear to be laughing. Once, some richard in a Bonanza was in front of us and kept missing his TO clearance because he was on his phone. The guy in the tower says "Seeing that you really enjoy talking on your phone, I need you to call this number when you land"

 

[Maurus]

I've actually experienced the mach 2 cirrus phenomena on several occasions... 10nm out, then like ... short final seconds later. (!)

Ah yes can't forget the people that have no idea where they are in the vicinity of the airport. Had the scariest looking beacon show up right in front of my face while on crosswind one night. One of my closest brushes with death in an airplane right there. It was way safer flying night cargo than flying around the pattern at KAKR.

 

[fholbert]

Did I tell this story before?

My friend and I were both working on our Commercial and we both had the hots for the same girl. I arrived at the airport one day and saw MY girl getting in his rental PA-28.

I sneaked in behind the plane and attached the chain to his tail tie down.

 

[jwp_145]

Did I tell this story before?

My friend and I were both working on our Commercial and we both had the hots for the same girl. I arrived at the airport one day and saw MY girl getting in his rental PA-28.

I sneaked in behind the plane and attached the chain to his tail tie down.

Did you really?

And I can only imagine the quality of floozie in question if she was so impressed with two flight school yahoos that she was bouncing back and forth between rentals like some kind of groupie.

 

[Winglet]

Active runway is 14, three aircraft in the pattern for 14, two taxiing out to 14.

I am at 14 watching a mooney taxi out to 32. Someone on the radio calls

"hey mooney, 14 is active"

All of the sudden...

"Montgomery Traffic, Mooney XYZ12 departing 14" - Lines up on 32...

DOH!

 

[Toobdrvr]

I saw two Imperial Stormtroopers at the perimeter fence in DIA yesterday. No kidding!

I'm guessing the Emperor was touring the new airport Hilton to observe its progress...

 

[tomokc]

There was the guy who landed a C-340 on a closed runway covered with construction workers at KPIL in 2010.

Oh, never mind. That was Sen. Jim Inhofe. No harm, no foul, no affect on his certificates. Just passed a law to make it all go away.

 

[Apophis]

I've actually experienced the mach 2 cirrus phenomena on several occasions... 10nm out, then like ... short final seconds later. (!)

Man, it's a Cirrus thang. You wouldn't understand!