Engine Failure: A condition which occurs when all fuel tanks become filled with air. | ||||
Glide Distance: Half the distance from an airplane to the nearest emergency landing Field | ||||
Service Ceiling: Altitude at which cabin crews can serve drinks. | ||||
Tail Wind: Results from eating beans, often causing Oxygen deficiency in the immediate vicinity. | ||||
And then there was some description similar to this: Instrument flying is the understanding of the pilot s brain, that there is a vision beyond sight. |
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Sticker in Pink Boogie Short Skyvan used exclusively for parachutists: There were times when sex was safe and skydiving was dangerous |
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During development of the A-7 Strike Fighter modification, it was
necessary to ballast the nose to balance the plane for the F-101
engine. The U.S. Air Force strongly objected to use of the term
"ballast," so the aerodynamics engineer then proposed 300 pounds of
"Passive Stability Augmentation."
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Some funny notes from AvWebs' Short Final section:
Pilots with a short pitot tube and low manifold pressure are advised to taxi up close... |
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Frustated Controller at LaGuardia on a busy day:
"Skyhawk 735 do a one minute 360 for spacing on the final" Veteran, cool, knowledgeable pilot: "A standard rate-turn 360 degrees takes two minutes" Contoller: "Do a 180 and back'er in" |