Ever do something dumb yourself?

[#%&@$!]

I was enjoying the thread about stupid passenger questions and recalled something I once did...

After a long day flying I was driving my airport car back to the crash pad and stopped at Wendys. After placing my order, I took my foot off the brake pedal and started rolling towards the drive up window, but since it sloped up hill I needed to add a bit of thrust. I was tired and the take out window ahead on my left gave me the illusion of a jet bridge so instead of stepping on the gas I pushed the automatic transmission into neutral.

 

[Hypoxik]

I have a hard trime transitioning from my sweet handle bars back to a normal steering wheel. Plus Im on the wrong side

 

[TWA Dude]

One time I accidentally hit the dashboard instead of the brake.

 

[KingAirKiddo]

One time I accidentally hit the dashboard instead of the brake.

That's funny...I don't care who you are, that's funny.

 

[MarineGrunt]

The wife is driving, pulls up to a 4-way stop (I'm a little - ok, a LOT hungover)...
Me: (looking over right shoulder) "Clear right."
Wife: "What???"
Me: "Nevermind..."

 

[joe_pilot]

The wife is driving, pulls up to a 4-way stop (I'm a little - ok, a LOT hungover)...
Me: (looking over right shoulder) "Clear right."
Wife: "What???"
Me: "Nevermind..."

chuckle.

yup, done that.

 

[airplane wizard]

One time I shouted "clear prop" before I started my car.

 

[MarineGrunt]

Another one from the Seminole days...

Problem: A little fast on final
Solution: Press on toe brakes :nuts:

 

[Sig]

I'd come off a stupid-long stretch during the 135 days, sat down in the car, and said "Let's run the Before Start Checklist, please..."

And waited.... for someone to yank the chocks. Nice.

 

[taylor01]

Durning a line check, I was off altitude by 30 - 50 feet or so, so i adjusted the altimeter to show what i should have been. Check airmen didnt notice.

 

[ImbracableCrunk]

I was driving home from a 4-day a couple a day's ago. It started to snow, so of course I tried to find the engine anti-ice switch. Hmmm.

 

[ImbracableCrunk]

Oh, and another one: I was driving to the girlfriends when I looked at the gas gauge, and the low-fuel light was on. For a second, I was wondering why I didn't get a chime. . .

Fun topic.

 

[landlover]

driving home after a long day, after making a turn looking at the speedometer and thinking, is my hsi broken cause its not moving/at the same time thinking is atc vectoring me now?

 

[junkjockey]

I was taking a slam in the DNL pilot lounge this morning and spilled an entire cup of coffee on my junk and screamed like a pre pubescent school boy. True story. Try hot coffee directly to the exposed nuts and see if u dont tear up!

 

[pylotman]

Every do something dumb yourself

Yes, but she was cute

 

[JustaNumber]

Years ago, returning from one of my first solos, I was changing lanes on the highway, and unconsciously added a little right "accelerator" in order to make a coordinated turn. Dang.

 

[wmuflyguy]

Wandered the parking lot for 25 minutes looking for my car the other nite after getting back from a trip.

 

[JettBoii]

I was flying pipeline hungover; 2nd day on the last leg after about six hours covering God's country (exhausted). I was turning base to final and reached up to hit the blinker for a left turn. Bad.

 

[DrewBlows]

I was reading the owner's manual of my new (to me) car when I came across the section describing the stability control system. It said that if the system was installed in the car there would be an annunciator light on the speedometer. I immediately began the search for the lamp test switch. D'oh! It took me a few minutes to figure out that the only way to see the light was to look during the self test during start-up.

 

[ImbracableCrunk]

Anyone ever hear that back in the day helicopter pilots in the military weren't allowed to ride motorcycles because the throttles twisted opposite ways. . .?

 

[COOPERVANE]

Saying "gear up" after takeoff in a Cessna (172 straightleg)

 

[5ontheglide]

After instructing for around 2000 hours, I've told countless friends to watch their airspeed while riding shotgun. AHHHHHH

 

[Jack Mehoff]

Wandered the parking lot for 25 minutes looking for my car the other nite after getting back from a trip.

I searched for 45 one night! man did I feel stupid

 

[Axel]

I sat at a stop sign waiting for the light to change.

 

[Aviation Geek]

I searched for 45 one night! man did I feel stupid

After a six day trip (my fault - I picked it up) I once wandered the parking lot looking for the airport car... I spent 45 minutes looking for it and could not find it. I was standing in the parking lot shelter, trying to remember where I may have parked the heap, looked up, and there was my other "nice" car.

 

[14RF SUX]

I bought a 600K house in PTC so I could play FO again.

 

[rickair7777]

After instructing for around 2000 hours, I've told countless friends to watch their airspeed while riding shotgun. AHHHHHH

Coming into the airlines with a lot of MEI time, I would subconcsiously place my feet lightly on the pedals when the captain was landing. It must have pretty subtle, nobody ever seemed to notice.

 

[ArcticFlier]

Wandered the parking lot after a four-day looking for my truck...........only to realize I had the other car.

Started up a hill, going home, and looked at the dash for a compass heading and to see what my rate of climb was.

Did the 'clear right' thing to my wife as well.



AF

 

[wmudriver]

Was smoking a cigerette on the car ride into DTW one snowy, morning at 5am. Had my window open a little and a snowplow in the opposite direction sprayed me with salty, dirt-ridden snow. The incoming spray put the cigerette out while still hanging from my mouth and it soaked my uniform.
To boot, it was my last trip before being furloughed. So I went into work wearing a dirt/salt covered uniform and didn't care one bit.

 

[FoxyWhiskey]

Hahahaha!

One cold, dark 5am morning I was scheduled for a kick-off flight and walked tired & mindless out to the aircraft...I got closer & closer...it was about 30 seconds before I realized I was using my truck's keyless entry to try and "beep" the plane open.

-FW