Heres some funny happenings from my military days.
A KC-135 Pilot wrote the the IFF (Identify Friend or Foe) unit as inoperative when the mode was set to the OFF position. Recommended repair was R&R Pilot and the write up was cleared.
Standard policy while taxiing an aircraft at night is to turn off the nose wheel landing light so as to not blind the ground crew that is directing the pilot to the parking stub. I had on Pilot that couldnt seem to figure that one out. He was taxiing up to me and I stopped him and pointed at the nose wheel. He turned off the light. I signaled him to proceed. He turned the light back on. I stopped him again and again signaled him about the light. This routine went on for 15 minutes. Finally, after watching the rest of my team rolling on the ground laughing, I handed my signaling wands to one of my team members and told him to have the plane hold in position. I took an intercom cord and plugged into the plane and explained to the Pilot that if he wanted to park the plane before he retired, he needed to learn how to do so without the nose wheel light. He finally got the idea and we finally got the plane parked.
One of the more pleasurable aspects of being a Crew Chief was training new Co-Pilots on how to properly perform the pre-flight walk around. We always ensured they inspected the back end of the engines explaining to them there should never be any echo heard if someone made a sound at the front of the motor. Needless to say, they had to stick their head way up in the engine exhaust to here the very quiet sound we made from the front. Consequently, they came out with a very nice black mark on the side of their face.
There is always some animosity between fighter Pilots and cargo Pilots. One of the more common jokes goes as follow:
Fighter pulls up to the tanker and gets refueled, then pulls along side the tanker.
Fighter Pilot to Tanker Pilot: Hey, want to see something cool?
Tanker Pilot: Sure.
Fighter heads out and does some rolls and spins and a few other aerobatics then comes back along the Tanker.
Fighter Pilot: Well, what did you think?
Tanker Pilot: Very impressive. Now its my turn. Watch this.
Fighter Pilot: Ok, but I dont know how your going to beat that in that big hog youre flying.
20 minutes go by and the Tanker Pilot gets back on the radio.
Tanker Pilot: Well, what did you think?
Fighter Pilot: I didnt see anything. What did you do?
Tanker Pilot: Well, I got up, walked around, took a pee, made some coffee and heated up my lunch.
Thats enough for now. If anyone wants to see more, let me know.
A KC-135 Pilot wrote the the IFF (Identify Friend or Foe) unit as inoperative when the mode was set to the OFF position. Recommended repair was R&R Pilot and the write up was cleared.
Standard policy while taxiing an aircraft at night is to turn off the nose wheel landing light so as to not blind the ground crew that is directing the pilot to the parking stub. I had on Pilot that couldnt seem to figure that one out. He was taxiing up to me and I stopped him and pointed at the nose wheel. He turned off the light. I signaled him to proceed. He turned the light back on. I stopped him again and again signaled him about the light. This routine went on for 15 minutes. Finally, after watching the rest of my team rolling on the ground laughing, I handed my signaling wands to one of my team members and told him to have the plane hold in position. I took an intercom cord and plugged into the plane and explained to the Pilot that if he wanted to park the plane before he retired, he needed to learn how to do so without the nose wheel light. He finally got the idea and we finally got the plane parked.
One of the more pleasurable aspects of being a Crew Chief was training new Co-Pilots on how to properly perform the pre-flight walk around. We always ensured they inspected the back end of the engines explaining to them there should never be any echo heard if someone made a sound at the front of the motor. Needless to say, they had to stick their head way up in the engine exhaust to here the very quiet sound we made from the front. Consequently, they came out with a very nice black mark on the side of their face.
There is always some animosity between fighter Pilots and cargo Pilots. One of the more common jokes goes as follow:
Fighter pulls up to the tanker and gets refueled, then pulls along side the tanker.
Fighter Pilot to Tanker Pilot: Hey, want to see something cool?
Tanker Pilot: Sure.
Fighter heads out and does some rolls and spins and a few other aerobatics then comes back along the Tanker.
Fighter Pilot: Well, what did you think?
Tanker Pilot: Very impressive. Now its my turn. Watch this.
Fighter Pilot: Ok, but I dont know how your going to beat that in that big hog youre flying.
20 minutes go by and the Tanker Pilot gets back on the radio.
Tanker Pilot: Well, what did you think?
Fighter Pilot: I didnt see anything. What did you do?
Tanker Pilot: Well, I got up, walked around, took a pee, made some coffee and heated up my lunch.
Thats enough for now. If anyone wants to see more, let me know.