I have never...

[siucavflight]

I have never told ATC that i was a student pilot, after i had gotten my liscense so that they would take it easy on me

 

[HerrJeremy]

And man, wouldn't it have been embarassing if on a first solo, after receiving take-off clearance, I had sat on the runway for minutes waiting for that very clearance.....and if the tower finally had to ask if I ever intended to leave......wow, that would have stunk, good thing I've never done that!

And its a good thing I always doublecheck visually for final traffic before departing an uncontrolled airport.....because I would never want to pull in front of a Cub with no radio on short final.....I've never done that either!

 

[U of I Tweak]

I can assure you that I have never flown to Oshkosh without doing a complete weight and balance...

I've never taken off over gross in a Cessna...

I've never been stuck in a remote part of Wisconsin, had to scrape frost off the wings, had an engine fire during start, attempted to jump start the airplane, and finally, decided to hand prop the airplane while my girlfriend held the brakes....

And then on the same flight that never happened, I didn't have ice on the windshield immediately after lift off, and I didn't have to fly at less than 1000' agl to keep out of the clouds in poor visibility. But If I had I know the landing would have been smooth as butter.

Finally...I have never landed a slightly aft loaded 172 (350 lb. friend and tools in the back seat) and touched down tail first, gouging the runway and removing the tie down ring.

 

[Flechas]

I have never told ATC that i was a student pilot, after i had gotten my liscense so that they would take it easy on me

thats lame!

 

[floatflyer99]

I've never buzzed a runway in a Katana, thinking myself the height of cool, and climbed away lamely (even for a 80 hp DV-20) getting to 800' AGL near the edge of the zone before realizing the carb heat was on.

It feels so good to get all these crazy stories of what never happened off my chest.

I've never flown so well that Chuck Yeager would be envious. Although I may have topped a tree once.

 

[Typhoon1244]

I have never told ATC that I was a student pilot, after I had gotten my liscense so that they would take it easy on me.

Thats lame!

Hey, back off from my man Siucavflight! Going into a big metroport for the first time can be intimidating for a new private pilot. I also never did this. In Tampa.

 

[Immelman]

I've never scared the crap out of a golfer who was making a driving range out of a grass strip (Wakonda Beach state airport on the Oregon coast).

I never, after starting the Citabria's engine in the parking area near midfield, (where he was hitting the golf balls) taxied past him motioning for him to get out of the way.

I never, after completing runup at the far end of the field, gunned the engine so that I would scare him. When he looked at the airplane (now in takeoff position, stopped, but pointing right at him), he gave me a confused look, and then resumed hitting golfballs.

I never applied takeoff power and just started rolling to scare him off the field. When he finally moved (running for his life, even though I could easily stop to avoid him), I never lifted off about 20' prior to where he dropped all of his golf clubs, balls, ball retreiver, and associated crap and started running.

And I never went back to see if he s#!t himself.

Another one...
I never jery (sp?) rigged the starter bendix (using the screwdriver from my pax's little brother's pickup truck took kit) of a PIECE-O-CRAP Arrow II to engage with the prop after unsuccessfully spinning the starter (but not prop) at a podunk northern california field 100nm from the nearest A&P.

After that, I never took off over gross, using a nearby highway as an "overrun -- accelerate to climb speed" clearing. But, I really never want to fly a normally aspirated Arrow again (that one is true).


...I've never done aerobatics without parachutes.

...I've never acknowleged ATC's instructions to go around (landing traffic rolling out, when I am on 2+ mile final), only to slow to 1.2 * Vso, and put-put my way closer until the traffic was clear, only to never ask ATC once again to land.... and then of course, ATC never sounded embarrassed clearing me to land. This never happed many times over the course of several months with the same controller.

...I've never landed (well, I wasn't PIC!!!) with another pilot at a closed airport.... which was in perfectly good condition, not marked closed on the sectional, and had some really faint yellow X's painted over the numbers. No, I'd never do that.

 

[dsee8driver]

Nobody's done that...but one morning at DFW, my father's F/O switched over to departure while they were sitting in position on 17R...during rush hour. Went on for three minutes. By the time dad figured out what happened, the guy in the tower was hysterical.

There is something about 17R. That exact thing happened to us when the switch biatch switched the frequency.


switch biatch=FE

 

[Mu2Driver]

I have never landed in Ft. Pierce thinking it was Steuart in the middle of the night as a new Private Pilot...

Good thing the towers were closed

 

[Toy Soldier]

I have NEVER accidently peeked at my co-pilots breasts as she bent forward to change a radio frequency....

I have never spoken bad with a hot mike about an errant controller .

I have never said ma'm to a controller - only to find out that she was a he.

I have never said sir to a controller - only to find out that he was a she.

I have never refered to flight training as "fright training" while in the pattern. Especially those in the "scare-coops".