Fess Up... Who's Fallen Asleep Flying Single-Pilot?

[User546]

In a continuation to last weeks thread about "How do you keep yourself awake?" how many of you Freight Dawgs out there have fell asleep while flying single-pilot? And what was the first thing to go thru your head when you came to?

 

[tsky]

I know you guys will think that I am full of crap, but I actually fell asleep with my eyes open once.

 

[typhoonpilot]

I know a guy who fell asleep flying night freight. Not sure what the first thing that went though his head was, probably the instrument panel. He's six feet under now.

TP

 

[User546]

I know you guys will think that I am full of crap, but I actually fell asleep with my eyes open once.

Then how did you know you woke up?

 

[Flechas]

I fell asleep flying a C-172 from New Smyrna Beach, FL to Atalnta, I had the autopilot on and was kind of tired, was only for about ten minutes, but has never happened again.

 

[LittleLearBoy]

I worked with a guy flying an MU-2 took a 20 minute nap! Do not remember what kind of trouble he got in. Me, I 'read' Playboy to keep me a up...

 

[LAXSaabdude]

I was ferrying a Bonanza many years ago. Took off westbound out of Denver early in the morning, climbed to 10.5, put the autopilot on, and listened to the engine dronnnnnniiinnnnnggg......

I was feeling drowsy, when suddenly, I couldn't hear the engine anymore!

I immediately snapped awake again, everything was running normally, and I continued the rest of the way to Oregon without incident.

I learned something interesting that day, though. Apparently, the brain shuts itself down in stages. On that particular occasion, my brain decided to shut down the hearing portion of my brain before it actually shut down my awareness. So basically, I couldn't hear anymore (for about 1 second), but I was still awake enough to realize it! Very strange.

LAXSaabdude.

 

[flytheblue]

When I cant hear the engines anymore, that usually wakes me up. Im surprised that I dont have whiplash already from all the nodding I do on those reeeeallly long flights when the radio is quiet and the props are synced up nicely.

What comes to mind after waking up...."Are we there yet?"

 

[Feeder Dude]

I've done it before, just for a few seconds. The first thing to go threw my mind is User997's mormon girl.

 

[Fuzzy_is_Hungry]

I know you guys will think that I am full of crap, but I actually fell asleep with my eyes open once.

I had a friend in high school who slept like that all the time. Sort of creepy.