I can't reach the map.

[jeff_264]

I got a pretty good laugh out of this, sorry if it has been on before.

 

[fresh]

its a common occurence... especially for those folks who fly tiny british clown jets.....

 

[MasterBates]

Yah. If I don't have it in arms reach (read as under thighs or on glareshield) I am not going to be able to get it while flying. I learned that on BI-10, and have planned accordingly since.

 

[Swanee]

"If you're gonna do weird sh*t man, make sure you don't punch yourself out"


that made me laugh

 

[BACONATOR]

Do they not have beer fines in the USAF? Maybe it's just us but if we don't stow items properly or have FOD get lost in flight, then it's a beer fine. I've got a few buddies who have paid a 6 pack or two for losing a water-bottle in flight.

I'd ask for shiner.

 

[cosmania]

It's only a 6 pack if you leave it in there when you are done with the flight. It's not a fine if you're a dumbass and you waste OpTar because you have hamhocks for hands. I'm guessing he was able to retrieve it prior to climbing off the jet.

 

[Afterburner76]

i gotta be honest w/ you... sounded like a pretty chill IP. I can't imagine getting that response here... then again, I don't drop maps

 

[Flash]

Just go negative G, works great in the T-2 for dropped maps.

 

[a_m]

Just go negative G, works great in the T-2 for dropped maps.

That's what I was thinking. Works great for bilge water, too.

 

[HueyCobra8151]

"I'm Fucked"
"Alright...Fuck it"
"*sigh* FUCK"

I love the military. I hope I never have to grow up and get a real job.

 

[Banjo33]

Just go negative G, works great in the T-2 for dropped maps.

In Intermediates (T-2), on your very first night flight, you would fly this designated route that basically hit the big towns out west of Meridian. Well, we had to put together a little map of this route and use it in flight to update fuels/headings/timing/etc. No shit, I got airborne, leveled off and reached for my map only to drop it! Under the ejection seat nonetheless! I could just feel the tip of the paper, but couldn't get a hold of it. So I had to fess up to the IP. He just laughed at me and pointed out how painfully obvious the route was and told me to fly it visually (definitely didn't need a map for it).

 

[usmarinemike]

"If you're gonna do weird sh*t man, make sure you don't punch yourself out"


that made me laugh

Doesn't really hold a candle to punching yourself out, but in the line of weird shit...I was flying a 172 out of Beaufort, NC. I had less than 50 hours, but I had my PPL. On climb-out about 400' AGL I wanted to adjust my seat forward. Can anybody figure out what happened next? Don't ever do weird shit when you're in an airplane.

 

[jt71582]

^ Don't know, what happened? I had a door fly open on me in a 152 on takeoff once. That was like my second flight ever, I almost crapped myself.

 

[SingDixieGoNavy]

^ Don't know, what happened? I had a door fly open on me in a 152 on takeoff once. That was like my second flight ever, I almost crapped myself.

woooohhhhh SALTY

 

[MasterBates]

My 1st flight ever had the doors off.

(Bell 204 if you care to know what)