"tango4" wrote in message
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One of my first instructors would whistle and hum to himself if you were
doing well. When the whistling stopped, look out, the next thing was
usually
him stretching forward to beat you around the ears with his hat.

In answer to his heavily German accented 'where are your wings?', usually
meant to inquire about the diversion of the string from the straight back
position, I once replied 'well there's one there and one there' nodding
first left then right. At that point I think he unscrewed the stick from
the
rear seat of the bergfalke and hit me with that because it certainly
wasn't
a cap that he hit me with! I reckon that smart alec comment delayed my
solo
by months!

Fond memories!

Me? A bit of silent verbal abuse when I'm down in the weeds. I have been
known to whistle and hum when its going well, looks like the training
stuck!

Ian

most likely the rigging spanner. always a favorite for the K-7 and K-13
instructor

Frank Whiteley