FireBee

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My buddy on crashing his warbird behind the tree line.

"they" never briefed that end of the approach at the Pilots meeting.

Oberst

This is why your friend needs a plane like this:





Pete

Lightspeed1551

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I said to a friend at the field; my dad needs to stop aggressively seeking the ground with his plane.

js3

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"No, the white phone."

gsoav8r

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Speaking of sports references...

Sometimes if I fly only three times or a student only gets in three flights...

"Three up and three down. The end of a good inning."
or
"We pulled off a hat trick today."

Bob Pastorello

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Just getting to this thread, and I gotta say - this one about the maiden is ++++
THAT is funny.....

Bob Pastorello

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Maybe not really funny, but one I heard years ago and now spread to folks...

"They all have invisible expiration dates stamped on 'em....the idea is not to OWN it when that date comes"

saramos

At the club meeting raffles, when the first person wins, everyone yells "Take the glue!" or occasionally, "Take the leftover doughnuts!".

3DPILOT_NUTZ

I MEANT TO DO THAT!!!!

TexasAirBoss

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I spent a few weeks working out the bugs on my new Stearman. I finally got it to fly the way I wanted and I finally got the muffler to stay on. Then finally I found a propeller that made the airplane really come to life. I was very pleased with the ease in which the airplane flew and said so to my friends in the following way,

"that Stearman would make a great trainer if it wasn't so hard to make it fly right."

For some reason, everyone started to laugh. It didn't occur to me how that might sound.

3DPILOT_NUTZ

I should have flown 11 mistakes high!

lopflyers

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I lost the planes againts the clouds....only the plane is RED
You can only gamble with gravity for so long....

MetallicaJunkie

when some one greases a landing someone will say got Brylcreem (it's an old timers hair product)

same scenario but someone else says i bet you cant do that again.... or another buddy of mine says you need to go back to school


when im doing my 3d flying an older pilot said make your plane break dance ,,,, i thought that was funny

Mk23socom

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A T-28 Trojan throttles up rapidly taking a vicious serpentine route down the runway, at about half way of the 300 foot strip, the plane is violently ripped off the ground into a 30-40 degree climbout angle with barely enough airspeed to maintain flight which it rapidly loses and starts wing waggling then hooks hard to the right and into the trees, and cartwheels beautifully. There is silence for about 3 seconds when the pilot hollers, "radio hit, you all saw it!!"......on 2.4.. its funny because he meant it!..

BTW, this was NOT the first time this had happened.. with the same "pilot"

Iron Dog

A few years ago, a newer member that I'd never met before, brought his to young boys out to teach them how to fly for the first time. Only to their disappointment, a wheel collar had come loose and one of the wheels had fallen off back at home. Dad sends the boys out, bouncing back and forth between each and every one of the other pilots to ask if they have an extra wheel that size, or a set of a somewhat similar size. I thought I'd had an extra in my flight box, but after searching for it, couldn't find it. Within several minutes, each of us had to tell them that we didn't have any to offer them, and the boys were disappointed that they weren't going to be able to fly that day, afterall.

In between all of this, I was busy prepping a pretty scaled-out, scratch-built plane for its maiden flight. Everyone praised the plane and, once I was ready, stopped to watch the maiden. Unfortunately, a connection to my elevator control surface failed and the plane went in - HARD. It was obvious to all that it was a near total loss. Several pilots later stated that they were aware of theextensive amount of time I'd invested in its construction, and were unsure how I'd handle its early demise. Immediately after my planes premature and unauthorized contact with the ground, and without missing a beat,I retracted my antenna, quickly turned around, and loudly stated,

"Hey Boys . . . I managed to find that pair of wheels you were looking for!"

The pits erupted in laughter; and, the boys (ignorant of my loss) were unable contain their excitement. For them, the day was saved.

dtarm1

"I zigged when I should have zagged"

or

"That's the hardest landing I've ever seen"


quote from wife

"There goes $10,000.00"

Steve Landron

After a particularly devastating crash with my planes wings folding and fuselog crashing into the ground; a man walked up to me and said, "I would have paid to see that crash!". The crash reminded him of the many planes he saw go in during WWII. It still did not make me feel any better!

dalolyn

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Overheard at the field, several pilots flying, The old guys says. " uh oh, I cant tell which plane is mine".

Herc Pilot

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That reminded me of another... A bunch of the veteran members of our club started out flying sailplanes. One member tells the story that while trying for longest duration, he was circling in a thermal and noticed, "Hey, my plane just flapped it's wings!" Someone came up to him a few seconds later pointing in the field and said, "Buddy, I'm not sure what you're watching, but you crashed over there a few minutes ago!"

snellers1

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"I can climb that tree"

tryingagain

While visiting my brother in the U.S. last spring we got to visit the local RC club. After seeing a very nice 3D flight and in the midst of the applause an older gentleman (and apparently not a 3D fan) was heard to say, "If I want to hover something I'll buy a *%$#ing helicopter!"

Cheers

Gord

OldRookie

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After a straight in, total loss crash, the pilot was heard to say "She hit so hard, dust came out of my transmitter."

Greg

TestPilot-101

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I saw an ARF get splattered all over the runway, I turned to my friend and said, "Now it's a builders kit."

MinnFlyer

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Now THAT'S a good one!

MetallicaJunkie

when some one lands hard " thats not a landing, its an arrival!"