I'll pile on with a story... Backstory:
I normally like to cruise at 10-11k so that I have more time to plan for an emergency descent. Earlier on in my flying experience, I miscalculated a descent to a fuel stop in MS on the way back to KCHA from Dallas and the last 4k feet or so was a pretty aggressive descent. We learned that my son is very sensitive to altitude/pressure changes that day. Since then, we have carried chewing gum in the plane as a safety precaution. Actual story: On our return trip to KCHA from Oshkosh one year, we were crossing the KY/TN state line on flight following with Memphis center. Seeing some cloud cover at our altitude ahead, I decided to descend to a lower altitude in order to stay under them and maintain VFR. I informed Memphis center of our intentions and then told my son, "start chewing your gum!" as I was reconfiguring the aircraft for the descent. I didn't realize that I had pressed the TX button a second time until I heard another pilot chirp back, "ok!" The kids were amused. Cheers, Mike ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Larry Flesner via KRnet" <krnet@list.krnet.org> > To: "krnet" <krnet@list.krnet.org> > Cc: "Larry Flesner" <fles...@frontier.com> > Sent: Thursday, November 2, 2023 9:48:30 AM > Subject: Re: KRnet> funny pilot story > On 11/1/2023 11:32 PM, John Gotschall via KRnet wrote: >> This happened when I answered a question on quora. >> jg >> >> >> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > Great story. We've all done things while piloting that we fortunately > survived before we added the word "unable" to our flying vocabulary. > 50+ years ago I made a 120 mile cross-country flight to take the check > ride for my Private ticket. On the trip home with the ink still wet on > my new certificate I spotted a column of smoke rising thousands of feet > above a rice field being burnt off. I thought, hey, I'm going to pop > right through that column of smoke. It weather was warm and the vents on > that little C150 were open to the max. That column of smoke turned out > to be one mile wide. I think you can imagine the rest of the story. > > Larry Flesner > > -- > KRnet mailing list > KRnet@list.krnet.org > https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet
