Ron 10 #26 May 27, 2010 Quote Do final gear checks near the wing-tip or anywhere else that is out of the direct prop blast. I don't personally know anyone that does that. My students are geared up long before they get anywhere near the airplane. We walk through that area only because it is the only way to get on the plane."No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 643 #27 May 27, 2010 QuoteQuote Do final gear checks near the wing-tip or anywhere else that is out of the direct prop blast. I don't personally know anyone that does that. My students are geared up long before they get anywhere near the airplane. We walk through that area only because it is the only way to get on the plane. .................................................................... We dress students at the hangar and walk to the far end of the hangar row where we do last gear checks and board the airplane. Several students have told me that they are reassured when I suggest one more gear check before boarding the plane. If we are being rushed, I just visually scan their gear - as we walk - and snug one strap before boarding. OTOH several young TIs insist on a five minute song and dance about tightening every single strap on their students, then they dance through an elaborate ritual of completely checking each other's complete rigs. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dninness 4 #28 May 27, 2010 QuoteI always bottle some up for the weekdays, so after work we can huff a few hits, well and to wear a little behind the ears, drives the skychicks crazy! Thats my strategy, too. You stay on your side of the street, buddy!NIN D-19617, AFF-I '19 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dninness 4 #29 May 27, 2010 QuoteBack in my ill-spent youth, I worked on the flight deck of a destroyer escort, breathing in JP5 fumes from our helicopters and whatever spewed out of the ship's stacks. All those fumes gave me sinus headaches. I used to crew CH-47s. While in hot gas, I used to walk out to the full extent of my comm cord aft of the aircraft, which put me just about under the arc of the aft rotor system, right where the hot exhaust from the engines was being blown down by the rotor wash to ground level. And drink it all in... Mmmmmmmmm.. It was particularly nice on really, really cold Korean winter days, because I didn't like wearing a flight jacket while we had the aircraft buttoned up in flight (the cabin temp control was in the cockpit. What made the pilots toasty usually resulted in us in the back being baked alive). So I'd always volunteer to supervise refueling ops from the rear of the aircraft. Perhaps that explains a few things 23 years later. *shrug* EDIT: I remembered the "JP-4" bath I took once during a refueling accident. Ruined _everything_ I was wearing except my dogtags. And wide-cut kerosene burns like the dickens when it reaches your nether regions.NIN D-19617, AFF-I '19 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #30 May 27, 2010 Quote wide-cut kerosene burns like the dickens when it reaches your nether regions. Yup...ya got about three seconds after getting doused that it's cool/cold...then O M G Katie bar the door! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
egloskerry 0 #31 May 27, 2010 Kerosene burns? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndyMan 7 #32 May 27, 2010 QuoteQuote Will some one please explain why it is fashionable to subject tandem students to all those toxins?????? What do you suggest we do? Not use SkyVans for tandems. It's one thing to asphyxiate ourselves, it's another thing to do it to a tandem passenger. _Am__ You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
totter 2 #33 May 28, 2010 QuoteKerosene burns? It doesn't burn like "fire". It irritates like hell. Anyone who has changed a boost pump on a Twin Otter can tell you that once it runs down your arms and hits the underarm, that's it. Of course there are some who seem to be immune to the affects of Jet A. Anyone familliar with Toast. He was, maybe still is, the aircraft fueller at Crosskeys. He would bath in the stuff. You would see him over the summer take some of the excess in the hose and spread it on his arms. He said that it gave a better tan. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wolfriverjoe 1,523 #34 May 30, 2010 Well, there was a death in Minnesota last week that seems to be caused by jet fuel. http://www.startribune.com/local/94824399.html And I personally learned the hard way not to overfill a Zippo lighter. That left a pretty good scar on the front of my thigh (front pants pocket)"There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #35 May 30, 2010 Quote That left a pretty good scar on the front of my thigh (front pants pocket) So I'm NOT the only one! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wolfriverjoe 1,523 #36 May 30, 2010 Quote Quote That left a pretty good scar on the front of my thigh (front pants pocket) So I'm NOT the only one! Nope! The worst part was that I felt the wet spot, but didn't worry about it because it didn't hurt... Until later"There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
totter 2 #37 June 1, 2010 Quotenot to overfill a Zippo lighter Of course there is always a good game of "Flamin' Footie" to receive the badge of honor of a couple Jet A burns. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
