humphreybc Joined: Oct 10, 2007 Posts: 64 From: Christchurch, New Zealand PM |
Calling all pilots, be you full commercial with an airline or just a Private Pilot, come to the Pilots thread and share some stories!!
I'll start with mine. I'm currently working towards my PPL, with 32 hours under my belt.. anyway, I was doing solo consolidation in a Tomahawk one day out at West Melton. Because I was on my own with not much experience (only 15hrs or so at that point) I wasn't allowed to do touch and go's, only full stop landings every time I completed a circuit.
Anyway, after a couple of circuits, for some reason, I opened the door as I was taxiing back to the hold point (I think it was quite hot). I did all my checks and lined up, then full power...
... then all of a sudden.. *clang CLANG CLANG* This LOUD noise started banging from the left wing and I was like ohh shiiit... has the landing gear buckled or something? A flap/aileron loose??!
Anyway, I did my circuit with this loud banging noise and came back to land. I managed to get the plane down safely, as it turned out nothing was wrong...
... I had got the seatbelt caught in the door, and the metal part was banging against the fuselage!!!
Everyone has to have a scary moment in their training. I have a couple more that I can share later on. I remember one of my lecturers recalled his first solo, how he landed on a marker board and smashed the board into pieces!!
So go on, if there are any cellphone-cum-pilot people on Esato, share your stories, how far you have gone, how many hours etc etc.. |