Characteristic airplane injuries

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) (

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?

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) (

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-quer...ct&Acronym=ron

had no clue.

Jose

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In article , Teacherjh wrote:
RON? Whazzat?

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

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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-quer...ct&Acronym=ron

had no clue.

Jose

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(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

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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".

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".