The fuel selector in my Comanche is ringed by the pushbuttons that
let you read the quantity in tanks other than the selected tank. My
index finger is just long enough that I manage to scrape my knuckle on
one of these each time I switch tanks in a counter-clockwise direction.

In a Cessna 172D I used to rent I had a habit of smashing a finger
(come to think of it, the same finger) between the flap lever release
button and the lever itself (it's a very tall button).

Anyone else have any injuries they tend to get over and over from an
airplane?

--
Ben Jackson
>
http://www.ben.com/

Our oil dipstick access door has a spring-loaded button in the center that
you must press to release it. Both Mary and I have found that it's way too
easy to break fingernails backwards on that stupid button...

And I've jammed the wing-tip strobe light fixture into my ribs about a
zillion times, walking around the end of the wing...

And while cleaning the bottom laying on a rolling cart, it's easy to prong
the top of your head into the pointy aft end of the stupid nosewheel pant...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Bending your head down to avoid the wings, but forgetting about the
lowered flaps.

-Sridhar

Jay Honeck wrote:

>Our oil dipstick access door has a spring-loaded button in the center that
>you must press to release it. Both Mary and I have found that it's way too
>easy to break fingernails backwards on that stupid button...
>
>And I've jammed the wing-tip strobe light fixture into my ribs about a
>zillion times, walking around the end of the wing...
>
>And while cleaning the bottom laying on a rolling cart, it's easy to prong
>the top of your head into the pointy aft end of the stupid nosewheel pant...
>
>

How about the characteristic diamond pattern on the foreheads of
pilots/instructors who walk into the trailing edge of a Cessna single's
wing?

Bob Gardner

"Ben Jackson" > wrote in message
news:_iNwb.303662$Tr4.960713@attbi_s03...
> The fuel selector in my Comanche is ringed by the pushbuttons that
> let you read the quantity in tanks other than the selected tank. My
> index finger is just long enough that I manage to scrape my knuckle on
> one of these each time I switch tanks in a counter-clockwise direction.
>
> In a Cessna 172D I used to rent I had a habit of smashing a finger
> (come to think of it, the same finger) between the flap lever release
> button and the lever itself (it's a very tall button).
>
> Anyone else have any injuries they tend to get over and over from an
> airplane?
>
> --
> Ben Jackson
> >
> http://www.ben.com/

Bob Gardner wrote:

> How about the characteristic diamond pattern on the foreheads of
> pilots/instructors who walk into the trailing edge of a Cessna single's
> wing?
>
> Bob Gardner

Or how about the barked shins (on a spring-steel gear Cessna)

Yes, Ben, the "Stopwatch" feature of the Wakmann wind-up clocks on the
B-727.
The stems are a b*tch to press in when starting and stopping the
elapsed time feature. Geez!

Thomas Lembessis

> "Ben Jackson" > wrote in message
> news:_iNwb.303662$Tr4.960713@attbi_s03...
> >> > Anyone else have any injuries they tend to get over and over from an
> > airplane?
> >
> > --
> > Ben Jackson
> > >
> > http://www.ben.com/

"Ben Jackson" > wrote in message
news:_iNwb.303662$Tr4.960713@attbi_s03...
> The fuel selector in my Comanche is ringed by the pushbuttons that
> let you read the quantity in tanks other than the selected tank. My
> index finger is just long enough that I manage to scrape my knuckle on
> one of these each time I switch tanks in a counter-clockwise direction.
>
> In a Cessna 172D I used to rent I had a habit of smashing a finger
> (come to think of it, the same finger) between the flap lever release
> button and the lever itself (it's a very tall button).
>
> Anyone else have any injuries they tend to get over and over from an
> airplane?
>
> --
> Ben Jackson
> >
> http://www.ben.com/

Didya ever check compression and forget to hold the prop? All kinds of
possibilities.

Ben

On pre flight I always hit my forehead on the wing (high or low)
and draw blood.

Always have and always will (I guess) :o(

Only time I didn't was in Military and wearing my helmet.

Big John


On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 18:36:42 GMT, (Ben Jackson) wrote:

>The fuel selector in my Comanche is ringed by the pushbuttons that
>let you read the quantity in tanks other than the selected tank. My
>index finger is just long enough that I manage to scrape my knuckle on
>one of these each time I switch tanks in a counter-clockwise direction.
>
>In a Cessna 172D I used to rent I had a habit of smashing a finger
>(come to think of it, the same finger) between the flap lever release
>button and the lever itself (it's a very tall button).
>
>Anyone else have any injuries they tend to get over and over from an
>airplane?

After not flying Cessnas for a while (sticking to low-wing Pipers), I forgot
last weekend that when you get out of a 172, step OVER the wheel fairing
when turning to walk off - tripped over the wheel and dislocated my knee
(makes a frightful POP noise!) :-(

Painful to fly 3 hrs home after doing that!

cya

chris


Sridhar Rajagopal wrote:

> Bending your head down to avoid the wings, but forgetting about the
> lowered flaps.
>
> -Sridhar
>
> Jay Honeck wrote:
>
>>Our oil dipstick access door has a spring-loaded button in the center that
>>you must press to release it. Both Mary and I have found that it's way
>>too easy to break fingernails backwards on that stupid button...
>>
>>And I've jammed the wing-tip strobe light fixture into my ribs about a
>>zillion times, walking around the end of the wing...
>>
>>And while cleaning the bottom laying on a rolling cart, it's easy to prong
>>the top of your head into the pointy aft end of the stupid nosewheel
>>pant...
>>
>>

Ben Jackson wrote:
>
> Anyone else have any injuries they tend to get over and over from an
> airplane?

Yeah. I keep hitting my head on the flap hinges. I would love to cover them up
with some fairings (saw some nice ones at Sun'n Fun years ago), but there's no
STC for it. Hey, Jim! Would those be minor cosmetic changes?

George Patterson
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something that can be learned
no other way.

"Dave Stadt" > wrote in message >...

>
> Didya ever check compression and forget to hold the prop? All kinds of
> possibilities.

Let go on purpose a couple of times to show students what might
happen (making sure all were clear of the prop path, of course). Prop
spun through at least two revs, at alarming speed.

Have bashed my head on struts, trailing edges (a Glastar's
trailing edge is sharp enough to decapitate you, seems like), prop
tips (walking into them endwise when cruising through the hangar not
watching where I'm going), and a friend tripped on a 172 main gear
getting out of the airplane and fell onto the pavement and busted his
hip. Laid up for six months. Cut my hands on lockwire, nylon ties,
hose clamps. Burnt my fingers on hot exhausts. Opened up a finger real
good cutting exhaust pipe with a hacksaw when the saw broke through a
little sooner than expected. Finger got all infected and doesn't work
too well anymore.
Never been hurt flying an airplane.

Dan

On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 18:36:42 GMT, (Ben Jackson) wrote:


>Anyone else have any injuries they tend to get over and over from an
>airplane?

Fly a Mooney with the manual gear. You learn the right way to do it,
but you will also bust the back of your knuckles with some regularity,
especially when landing in gusty wind conditions.

Mike Weller

OUCH!

Jeez, um, I hope that 3 hr flight was not with a dislocated
knee....obviously, you had it put back in place first? I hope....

"Chris Nielsen" > wrote in message
...
> After not flying Cessnas for a while (sticking to low-wing Pipers), I
forgot
> last weekend that when you get out of a 172, step OVER the wheel fairing
> when turning to walk off - tripped over the wheel and dislocated my knee
> (makes a frightful POP noise!) :-(
>
> Painful to fly 3 hrs home after doing that!
>
> cya
>
> chris
>
>
> Sridhar Rajagopal wrote:
>
> > Bending your head down to avoid the wings, but forgetting about the
> > lowered flaps.
> >
> > -Sridhar
> >
> > Jay Honeck wrote:
> >
> >>Our oil dipstick access door has a spring-loaded button in the center
that
> >>you must press to release it. Both Mary and I have found that it's way
> >>too easy to break fingernails backwards on that stupid button...
> >>
> >>And I've jammed the wing-tip strobe light fixture into my ribs about a
> >>zillion times, walking around the end of the wing...
> >>
> >>And while cleaning the bottom laying on a rolling cart, it's easy to
prong
> >>the top of your head into the pointy aft end of the stupid nosewheel
> >>pant...
> >>
> >>
>

I'm sure I've bruised my instructor's kneecaps a few times after making
sudden adjustments to my wind corrections while taxiing.

"Whoops..wind's from the right now.."
*turns yoke*
*bang!* "OW!"

"Ben Jackson" > wrote in message
news:_iNwb.303662$Tr4.960713@attbi_s03...
> The fuel selector in my Comanche is ringed by the pushbuttons that
> let you read the quantity in tanks other than the selected tank. My
> index finger is just long enough that I manage to scrape my knuckle on
> one of these each time I switch tanks in a counter-clockwise direction.
>
> In a Cessna 172D I used to rent I had a habit of smashing a finger
> (come to think of it, the same finger) between the flap lever release
> button and the lever itself (it's a very tall button).
>
> Anyone else have any injuries they tend to get over and over from an
> airplane?
>
> --
> Ben Jackson
> >
> http://www.ben.com/

Not an airplane, but the tail stinger of and OH-58C is at the right height
to lash open the shin. Been there, done that, got the t-shirt.


"Ben Jackson" > wrote in message
news:_iNwb.303662$Tr4.960713@attbi_s03...
> The fuel selector in my Comanche is ringed by the pushbuttons that
> let you read the quantity in tanks other than the selected tank. My
> index finger is just long enough that I manage to scrape my knuckle on
> one of these each time I switch tanks in a counter-clockwise direction.
>
> In a Cessna 172D I used to rent I had a habit of smashing a finger
> (come to think of it, the same finger) between the flap lever release
> button and the lever itself (it's a very tall button).
>
> Anyone else have any injuries they tend to get over and over from an
> airplane?
>
> --
> Ben Jackson
> >
> http://www.ben.com/

I keep whacking my head on Cessna wing struts, trailing edges of wings, and
lowered flaps. Wearing a ball cap minimizes these injuries. I have also
pulled shoulder muscles falling off the fuel steps. I have also pulled a
shoulder muscle and hurt my back falling off the fuel step and hitting a
float strut on the way down while checking the oil on a Cessna 182 on
amphibs. I also have bruised my back and ribs a few times backing into a
prop blade when climbing down from a fuel ladder or moving the fuel ladder.

Twisted my ankle hopping off a float into the muck. Broken fingernails
pumping floats, straightening seat belts, closing doors, etc. Burned
fingertips on dipsticks and mufflers. Cut my knees on broken glass crawling
under low wing airplanes. Bruised my thighs on various struts.

Come to think of it, I may be just a little bit clumsy.

The burned fingers when checking oil after a too short stop over.
The bump on the head when that unexpected turbulance catches you
without your seatbelt in the super-tight mode.
--
Gene Seibel
Hangar 131 - http://pad39a.com/gene/plane.html
Because I fly, I envy no one.




> The fuel selector in my Comanche is ringed by the pushbuttons that
> let you read the quantity in tanks other than the selected tank. My
> index finger is just long enough that I manage to scrape my knuckle on
> one of these each time I switch tanks in a counter-clockwise direction.
>
> In a Cessna 172D I used to rent I had a habit of smashing a finger
> (come to think of it, the same finger) between the flap lever release
> button and the lever itself (it's a very tall button).
>
> Anyone else have any injuries they tend to get over and over from an
> airplane?

I pulled a lower back muscle while performing a "vigorous" hand
propping on a Champ.

Bob Gardner wrote:

> How about the characteristic diamond pattern on the foreheads of
> pilots/instructors who walk into the trailing edge of a Cessna single's
> wing?
>

The last time I did it (which was neither the first nor the last time I will
do it) I managed to hit at a point just high enough so instead of the
diamond pattern in the forehead I got a V-shaped furrow across my scalp.
Didn't hurt much but it sure looked bad.

--
Frank....H

On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 09:17:00 -0800, "C J Campbell"
> wrote:

>I keep whacking my head on Cessna wing struts, trailing edges of wings, and
>lowered flaps. Wearing a ball cap minimizes these injuries.

Curiously, wearing a baseball cap (with the visor in front) makes it
more likely I'll run into a Cessna wing trailing edge. I lose the
clue to duck.

Wearing the hat slacker-style is good for preflights, photography and
(I suspect) riding in convertibles.

Don
(But it still looks goofy on a silverback)

(Ben Jackson) wrote in message news:<_iNwb.303662$Tr4.960713@attbi_s03>...
>
> Anyone else have any injuries they tend to get over and over from an
> airplane?

RV-6 sliding canopy support. My buddy was always sliding the canopy
back right after landing and if I wasn't looking, the front support
always gave me a good whack on the head.

Piper pitot blade. While under the wing during preflight, the pitot
cover blows towards the rear of the wing. Rather than backing up and
walking around the wind, I just crawl after it. Pitot blade contacts
spine about midway down. Ouch! I only did that one twice.

John Galban=====>N4BQ (PA28-180)

"C J Campbell" > wrote in message
...
> I keep whacking my head on Cessna wing struts, trailing edges of wings,
and
> lowered flaps. Wearing a ball cap minimizes these injuries. I have also
> pulled shoulder muscles falling off the fuel steps. I have also pulled a
> shoulder muscle and hurt my back falling off the fuel step and hitting a
> float strut on the way down while checking the oil on a Cessna 182 on
> amphibs. I also have bruised my back and ribs a few times backing into a
> prop blade when climbing down from a fuel ladder or moving the fuel
ladder.
>
> Twisted my ankle hopping off a float into the muck. Broken fingernails
> pumping floats, straightening seat belts, closing doors, etc. Burned
> fingertips on dipsticks and mufflers. Cut my knees on broken glass
crawling
> under low wing airplanes. Bruised my thighs on various struts.
>
> Come to think of it, I may be just a little bit clumsy.
>
Well DUH!!, klutz!! "~)

I used to have a tendency to catch my hair in the aileron and flap hinges
when I was flying 182's.


Still have all my hair since I quit flying the 182.

Tom
--
"The new phone book's here!! The new phone book's here!!!"

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1">
<title></title>
</head>
<body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff">
Reminds me of Mel Gibson in Lethal Weapon.<br>
<br>
-Sridhar<br>
<br>
Chris Hoffmann wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite"
">
<pre wrap="">OUCH!

Jeez, um, I hope that 3 hr flight was not with a dislocated
knee....obviously, you had it put back in place first? I hope....

"Chris Nielsen" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" &gt;</a> wrote in message
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" </a>...
</pre>
<blockquote type="cite">
<pre wrap="">After not flying Cessnas for a while (sticking to low-wing Pipers), I
</pre>
</blockquote>
<pre wrap=""><!---->forgot
</pre>
<blockquote type="cite">
<pre wrap="">last weekend that when you get out of a 172, step OVER the wheel fairing
when turning to walk off - tripped over the wheel and dislocated my knee
(makes a frightful POP noise!) :-(

Painful to fly 3 hrs home after doing that!

cya

chris


Sridhar Rajagopal wrote:

</pre>
<blockquote type="cite">
<pre wrap="">Bending your head down to avoid the wings, but forgetting about the
lowered flaps.

-Sridhar

Jay Honeck wrote:

</pre>
<blockquote type="cite">
<pre wrap="">Our oil dipstick access door has a spring-loaded button in the center
</pre>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<pre wrap=""><!---->that
</pre>
<blockquote type="cite">
<blockquote type="cite">
<blockquote type="cite">
<pre wrap="">you must press to release it. Both Mary and I have found that it's way
too easy to break fingernails backwards on that stupid button...

And I've jammed the wing-tip strobe light fixture into my ribs about a
zillion times, walking around the end of the wing...

And while cleaning the bottom laying on a rolling cart, it's easy to
</pre>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<pre wrap=""><!---->prong
</pre>
<blockquote type="cite">
<blockquote type="cite">
<blockquote type="cite">
<pre wrap="">the top of your head into the pointy aft end of the stupid nosewheel
pant...


</pre>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<pre wrap=""><!---->

</pre>
</blockquote>
</body>
</html>

Can't imagine how you would hit your forehead on a low wing plane! Not
with a name like Big John! :-)

-Sridhar

Big John wrote:

>Ben
>
>On pre flight I always hit my forehead on the wing (high or low)
>and draw blood.
>
>Always have and always will (I guess) :o(
>
>Only time I didn't was in Military and wearing my helmet.
>
>Big John
>
>
>On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 18:36:42 GMT, (Ben Jackson) wrote:
>
>
>
>>The fuel selector in my Comanche is ringed by the pushbuttons that
>>let you read the quantity in tanks other than the selected tank. My
>>index finger is just long enough that I manage to scrape my knuckle on
>>one of these each time I switch tanks in a counter-clockwise direction.
>>
>>In a Cessna 172D I used to rent I had a habit of smashing a finger
>>(come to think of it, the same finger) between the flap lever release
>>button and the lever itself (it's a very tall button).
>>
>>Anyone else have any injuries they tend to get over and over from an
>>airplane?
>>
>>
>
>
>

C J Campbell wrote:
>
> Wearing a ball cap minimizes these injuries.

I found the opposite. The visor on the ball cap tends to hide the approaching
strut. When I take my cap off, I hit my head less.

I think a light hardhat is in order, though.

George Patterson
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something that can be learned
no other way.

In article <_iNwb.303662$Tr4.960713@attbi_s03>, Ben Jackson wrote:
> Anyone else have any injuries they tend to get over and over from an
> airplane?

All the planes I've flown so far have given me an injury sort of the
on the same lines as RSI. However, the aircraft version of RSI is
called RWAS. This stands for "Rapid Wallet Atrophy Syndrome".

--
Dylan Smith, Castletown, Isle of Man
Flying: http://www.dylansmith.net
Frontier Elite Universe: http://www.alioth.net
"Maintain thine airspeed, lest the ground come up and smite thee"

Sridhar

Because of the ladies on the group I won't expound on your query <G>

As part of my successful years in the business, I pre-flight
underneath. I always dinged it 'someplace' during the pre-flight on my
Mooney which was pretty close to the ground.

As one example, the tie down rings on the Mooney screw in. I always
unscrewed and placed in a bag in baggage compartment after untying
bird when RON outside. Taking off prevented them coming unscrewed and
falling from airplane and losing or hitting someone. also reduced the
drag a tiny bit.

Retracting gear needs to be checked before each flight. Again under
the A/C.

Many more good reasons to get underneath. Safety before pleasure <G>

Big John


On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 15:07:11 -0800, Sridhar Rajagopal
> wrote:

>Can't imagine how you would hit your forehead on a low wing plane! Not
>with a name like Big John! :-)
>
>-Sridhar
>
>Big John wrote:
>
>>Ben
>>
>>On pre flight I always hit my forehead on the wing (high or low)
>>and draw blood.
>>
>>Always have and always will (I guess) :o(
>>
>>Only time I didn't was in Military and wearing my helmet.
>>
>>Big John
>>
>>
>>On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 18:36:42 GMT, (Ben Jackson) wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>The fuel selector in my Comanche is ringed by the pushbuttons that
>>>let you read the quantity in tanks other than the selected tank. My
>>>index finger is just long enough that I manage to scrape my knuckle on
>>>one of these each time I switch tanks in a counter-clockwise direction.
>>>
>>>In a Cessna 172D I used to rent I had a habit of smashing a finger
>>>(come to think of it, the same finger) between the flap lever release
>>>button and the lever itself (it's a very tall button).
>>>
>>>Anyone else have any injuries they tend to get over and over from an
>>>airplane?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>

>>
As one example, the tie down rings on the Mooney screw in. I always
unscrewed and placed in a bag in baggage compartment after untying
bird when RON outside.
<<

RON? Whazzat?

http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?String=exact&Acronym=ron

had no clue.

Jose

--
(for Email, make the obvious changes in my address)

In article >, Teacherjh wrote:
> RON? Whazzat?

Think it's normally an octane rating measure, but from the context, I
guess not in this case :-)

--
Dylan Smith, Castletown, Isle of Man
Flying: http://www.dylansmith.net
Frontier Elite Universe: http://www.alioth.net
"Maintain thine airspeed, lest the ground come up and smite thee"

Remain over night?


"Teacherjh" > wrote in message
...
> >>
> As one example, the tie down rings on the Mooney screw in. I always
> unscrewed and placed in a bag in baggage compartment after untying
> bird when RON outside.
> <<
>
> RON? Whazzat?
>
> http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?String=exact&Acronym=ron
>
> had no clue.
>
> Jose
>
> --
> (for Email, make the obvious changes in my address)

>>
Remain over night?


"Teacherjh" > wrote in message
...
> >>
> As one example, the tie down rings on the Mooney screw in. I always
> unscrewed and placed in a bag in baggage compartment after untying
> bird when RON outside.
> <<
<<

Doens't make sense. Remaining over night, outside, you UNtie the bird?

Jose

--
(for Email, make the obvious changes in my address)

Teacherjh wrote:
>
> RON? Whazzat?

"Remain OverNight".

George Patterson
Some people think they hear a call to the priesthood when what they really
hear is a tiny voice whispering "It's indoor work with no heavy lifting".

Teacherjh wrote:
>
> >>
> Remain over night?
>
> "Teacherjh" > wrote in message
> ...
> > >>
> > As one example, the tie down rings on the Mooney screw in. I always
> > unscrewed and placed in a bag in baggage compartment after untying
> > bird when RON outside.
> > <<
> <<
>
> Doens't make sense. Remaining over night, outside, you UNtie the bird?

He took the plane out of its nice local hangar, flew it somewhere, tied it down
outside, remained overnight, and now he's going home. RON is basically using in
the military as a term for being away from home base.

George Patterson
Some people think they hear a call to the priesthood when what they really
hear is a tiny voice whispering "It's indoor work with no heavy lifting".

G.R.

Thank you kind sir. Keep forgetting that some of the acronyms used for
years and years are not common knowledge anymore. Guess I should spell
out for the neophytes?

We always sent an RON (remain over night) message every night to 'home
plate' (home base) so they would know where their airplane was so in
an emergency (Pearl Harbor for example) they could recall ASAP.

When I retired and got into GA, I continued to call staying overnight
a RON.


Big John


On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 11:20:56 -0500, "G.R. Patterson III"
> wrote:

>
>
>Teacherjh wrote:
>>
>> >>
>> Remain over night?
>>
>> "Teacherjh" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > >>
>> > As one example, the tie down rings on the Mooney screw in. I always
>> > unscrewed and placed in a bag in baggage compartment after untying
>> > bird when RON outside.
>> > <<
>> <<
>>
>> Doens't make sense. Remaining over night, outside, you UNtie the bird?
>
>He took the plane out of its nice local hangar, flew it somewhere, tied it down
>outside, remained overnight, and now he's going home. RON is basically using in
>the military as a term for being away from home base.
>
>George Patterson
> Some people think they hear a call to the priesthood when what they really
> hear is a tiny voice whispering "It's indoor work with no heavy lifting".

Addendum

I have now changed my spell checker and "untie" things <G>

Big John


On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 15:10:35 -0600, Big John >
wrote:

>G.R.
>
>Thank you kind sir. Keep forgetting that some of the acronyms used for
>years and years are not common knowledge anymore. Guess I should spell
>out for the neophytes?
>
>We always sent an RON (remain over night) message every night to 'home
>plate' (home base) so they would know where their airplane was so in
>an emergency (Pearl Harbor for example) they could recall ASAP.
>
>When I retired and got into GA, I continued to call staying overnight
>a RON.
>
>
>Big John
>
>
>On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 11:20:56 -0500, "G.R. Patterson III"
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>Teacherjh wrote:
>>>
>>> >>
>>> Remain over night?
>>>
>>> "Teacherjh" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>> > >>
>>> > As one example, the tie down rings on the Mooney screw in. I always
>>> > unscrewed and placed in a bag in baggage compartment after untying
>>> > bird when RON outside.
>>> > <<
>>> <<
>>>
>>> Doens't make sense. Remaining over night, outside, you UNtie the bird?
>>
>>He took the plane out of its nice local hangar, flew it somewhere, tied it down
>>outside, remained overnight, and now he's going home. RON is basically using in
>>the military as a term for being away from home base.
>>
>>George Patterson
>> Some people think they hear a call to the priesthood when what they really
>> hear is a tiny voice whispering "It's indoor work with no heavy lifting".

"Dan Thomas" > wrote in message
om...

<snipped lots of injuries>

Every thought of getting a desk job? :-) No, didn't think so.

Paul