Things you never want to hear

[Ted_Stryker]

Spoilers and speed brakes are designed for airplanes that go very fast and don't like to slow down. They wouldn't do any good on a 152, because they don't fly fast enough to be effective. They'd just cause a stall a lot sooner. You usually don't have to worry about shock-cooling an engine unless it's turbo-charged (i.e. fast planes) or if it's -20 deg. F (like it is today. Brr.).

Somehow speed brakes and spoilers on a C-152 is sort of like a wonder bra.... hope and cosmetics won't make it so

Reminds me of the guy that goes into the airport restaurant, it's crowded, and he manages to find a small table.  The airport is busy with both military and civilian aircraft, so lots to see.

After he's sitting there a while, a very attractive woman comes in, and sees that the only available seat is the one at his table, so she asks if she can join him.  Naturally, he says yes eagerly.

As they begin to chat, the conversation turns to flying, and she says; "I'm afraid I don't know much about airplanes.  What kind of plane do you fly, anyway?"

He looks out at the tarmac and points to the C-130 in line of sight.  "You see that plane?"

"Yes!  You fly that?", she asks, all asmile.

"No.  That's a C-130.  I fly a C-152!"

[fireflyr]

Spoilers and speed brakes are designed for airplanes that go very fast and don't like to slow down.  They wouldn't do any good on a 152, because they don't fly fast enough to be effective.  They'd just cause a stall a lot sooner.  You usually don't have to worry about shock-cooling an engine unless it's turbo-charged (i.e. fast planes) or if it's -20 deg. F (like it is today.  Brr.).

Gulfsteam, I see you used the word 'usually' and you may be usually right about that but after replacing a gaggle of cylinders on my 172's 0-300 I got REALLY stern with renters about stage cooling.  You are right on about the turbo'd engines, I've had no problems with them because I'm very careful with power reductions--2" MP reduction per 2 minutes is about as fast as I want to cool any Turbo'd engine, until I'm out of the turbo (about 20").
Where the heck are you that is minus 20---Good Grief man, it was 37 degrees here at 0600 and I thought that was cold!

[Gulfstream Driver]

Granted, you do want to be careful about reducing power quickly, even when it's warm out.  I guess I've never had any trouble when coming back from the practice area for landing practice or descending from cruise to land.  When we do power off ops, I'm always gentle and try to tell my students to do the same. 

I'm in Fargo.  I think the high today was around 10 below.  Wind chills were around 40 to 50 below, and that's with the new system.  The old wind chill calculation would have put it between 70 and 80 below.  There's a wind chill warning until noon tomorrow for the entire Red River valley and most of Eastern ND and Northwestern MN.

We always chuckle about places where 37 is cold.   

[Mike]

Hey Gulfstream!
I like your new signature!

I also heard another version of that before:

Behind every great man, there is a baffled mother-in-law!!
HA HA 

[Gulfstream Driver]

   Thanks, man!

[fireflyr]

Hey Gulfstream!
I like your new signature!

I also heard another version of that before:

Behind every great man, there is a baffled mother-in-law!!
HA HA 

Of course, my wife saw that,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,and rolled her eyes.

[Inept]

tower controller:  "Skyhawk 12345, maintain 110 knots until runway threshold, cleared to land runway 32R, hold short runway 22, 4000 feet available"

[Have Blue]

"To HELL with their orders!"

[fireflyr]

"To HELL with their orders!"

He, welcome back Have Blue, thought maybe you'd done flew the coop.

[Sleek-Jet]

.... from the backseat...

"I think I'm going to be sick..."

[Gulfstream Driver]

.... from the backseat...

"I think I'm going to be sick..."

That's the worst. 

[fireflyr]

Dunno, is it worse to have them puke on your neck or your lap??

[happylanding]

So, here we go, with something that happened to me. It was my second solo and I had just shifted from a Cessna 152 to a Piper PA28 (that means the first solo on the PA28). I was already cleared to land, on short final of rwy 19, doing my final checks, when I heard the tower saying to another aircraft “clear to land rwy 01”. Maybe it was just the pressure of my first solo on a “big” plane (ah ah!), or maybe I expected to hear saying to the other (a Falcon) “you nr 2, nr. 1 on final”….. I remember I was quite sure I would see outside the Falcon and become a mosquito on the other’s cockpit window, forgotten my the tower! I was just unable to say anything intelligent, thinking that maybe I had never received the clearance...so I said something as “but but ohhhhhh shit…..but I AM on short final!!”. By the way, the Falcon was still far away! And on it there was one of my instructors! A good start!

[Skygal]

So, here we go, with something that happened to me. It was my second solo and I had just shifted from a Cessna 152 to a Piper PA28 (that means the first solo on the PA28). I was already cleared to land, on short final of rwy 19, doing my final checks, when I heard the tower saying to another aircraft “clear to land rwy 01”. Maybe it was just the pressure of my first solo on a “big” plane (ah ah!), or maybe I expected to hear saying to the other (a Falcon) “you nr 2, nr. 1 on final”….. I remember I was quite sure I would see outside the Falcon and become a mosquito on the other’s cockpit window, forgotten my the tower! I was just unable to say anything intelligent, thinking that maybe I had never received the clearance...so I said something as “but but ohhhhhh shit…..but I AM on short final!!”. By the way, the Falcon was still far away! And on it there was one of my instructors! A good start!

HAHAHA    Good story
I think most of us have been in that situation but your response surely got the towers attention!!!!

[piet03]

Ever notice how the engine chooses to run rough only over large bodies of water?

Usualy followed by the guy in th right seat saying" No I thought you had the life jackets!"
Piet