Useless Aviation Knowledge
05-17-2006, 07:01 PM
#21
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Originally Posted by mike734
Ah, I can't believe I got to this first. There are two wood items on the 727. The nose wheel scrubbers, (to slow the nose tires after take off) and the FE's desk are made of wood.
At least some are. What do I win?
At least some are. What do I win?
One place is inside the door of the fuel dump panel. There is at least one (maybe more?) piece of wood on the inside of the door, to make sure you don't close it with the dump switches in the wrong position.
A couple more places...in the back of the plane, there is a wooden disc over the view ports that you would look to see if the main gear were actually down and locked.
What do you win? Pure satisfaction in the knowledge that you remember more trivia than the average aviator. Sorry, I know you were hoping for more.
Last edited by Nightflyer; 05-17-2006 at 07:04 PM.
05-17-2006, 07:04 PM
#22
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Originally Posted by Crashman
On a DC-3, the correct command to an FO to activate the windshield de-icing equipment is: "Rig the elephant's pecker!"
At least one Navy pilot has attempted a catapult takeoff with his wings still folded.
I believe an A-7 guy actually did the wing folded cat shot and survived. (Granted, an A-7 has very small surfaces that fold, but it is still amazing.)
05-17-2006, 10:24 PM
#23
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Originally Posted by hyflyt560
2. How to use an ADF?
05-18-2006, 04:14 AM
#25
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Originally Posted by HSLD
The period of oscillation in Schuler tuning is about 84 minutes.
05-18-2006, 06:49 AM
#26
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C-175
The Cessna 175 Skylark, produced between 1958-1962 (2,106 built) had a geared propeller. It was advisable to manipulate the throttle slowly and smoothly to minimize gear lash and strain on the gearbox. [OK, maybe not useless, but certainly trivia. I got to fly one once; it had an extended-wingtip STOL conversion and took forever to sit down after flare.]
05-19-2006, 12:10 PM
#27
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Originally Posted by Overnitefr8
Don't ask a T-37 UPT instructor this question. We used to fill trivial information on the Tweety Bird to students all the time. Where's the only piece of wood? Where's the only wording in a foreign language?
TonyC, do you remember?
That one slipped my mind, but I still have the 43 words down pat.
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05-19-2006, 12:19 PM
#28
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Originally Posted by Nitefrater
That's not "Useless Aviation Knowlege"... It's critically important in order to know when to switch from PI to DIG....
Ring Laser or GPS for me thank you
05-19-2006, 01:10 PM
#30
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Originally Posted by reCALcitrant
Hey overnitefr8, the wood was the ball right? Can't remember. Where the hell was the foreign language? When did you stop flying buffs?
Flew the BUFF at Carswell from 84 - 87
Here's another. Where was the state of Texas embossed on the Tweet? And I'm not talking about the Reese or Sheppard paint job. There actually was a Texas symbol in the metal.
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