"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
07/24/2017 at 17:12 • Filed to: Biplanelopnik
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"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
07/24/2017 at 17:12 • Filed to: Biplanelopnik | 3
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1. Don’t take the machine into the air unless you are satisfied it will fly.
2. Never leave the ground with the motor leaking.
3. Don’t turn sharply when taxiing. Instead of turning sharp, have someone lift the tail around.
4. In taking off, look at the ground and the air.
5. Never get out of a machine with the motor running unless the pilot relieving you can reach the engine controls.
6. Pilots should carry hankies in a handy position to wipe off goggles.
7. Riding on the steps, wing, or tail of a machine is prohibited.
8. In case the engine fails on takeoff, land straight ahead regardless of obstacles.
9. No machine must taxi faster than a man can walk.
10. Never run motor so that blast will blow on other machines.
11. Learn to guage altitude, especially on landing.
12. If you see another machine near you, get out of the way
13. No two cadets should ever ride together in the same machine.
14. Do not trust altitude instruments.
15. Before you begin a landing glide, see that no machines are under you.
16. Hedge-hopping will not be tolerated.
17. No spins on back or tail slides will be indulged in as they unnecessarily stress the machines.
18. If flying against the wind and you wish to fly with the wind, don’t make a sharp turn near the ground. You may crash.
19. Motors have been known to stop during a long glide. If pilot wishes to use motor for landing, he should open throttle.
20. Don’t attempt to force machine onto ground with more than flying speed. The result is bouncing and ricocheting.
21. Pilots will not wear spurs while flying.
22. Do not use aeronautical gasoline in cars or motorcycles.
23. You must not take off or land closer than 50 feet to the hanger.
24. Never take a machine into the air until you are familiar with its controls and instruments.
25. If an emergency occurs while flying, land as soon as possible.
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Chariotoflove
> Chariotoflove
07/24/2017 at 19:12 |
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The most important one, though, is the one my father taught me: always have an equal number of take offs and landings.
X37.9XXS
> Chariotoflove
07/25/2017 at 08:07 |
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2. Never leave the ground with the motor leaking.
I guess Kelly Johnson never heard that one
ateamfan42
> X37.9XXS
07/25/2017 at 08:53 |
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The “motors” didn’t leak. The fuel tanks did.
Most stories exaggerated the rate of leakage. Inspection criteria allowed for certain leakage in certain areas, and the rates were usually specified in “drips per minute”, to put it in perspective.
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Chariotoflove
> X37.9XXS
07/25/2017 at 09:09 |
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I think they revised the rules in those situations. :)
You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
> Chariotoflove
07/25/2017 at 09:36 |
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Shit, I will forever have an extra takeoff on my scorecard.
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Chariotoflove
> You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
07/25/2017 at 10:01 |
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I guess that’s going out in style.