Instructor Wisdoms / Sayings

[Robbie Shaw]

When the length of the runway is 20 meters and the width is 1000m, you've landed on the wrong runway

Very good I like

[DarkHelmet]

Alan Pilz: "Fuck, you are strong! Let go the fucking bar!"

[Dish]

"Alan Pilz: "Fuck, you are strong! Let go the fucking bar!"""

He said that to you??? - HEY ou chom, where the hell you been... nice to see you around again ?>

[D2O]

Marius Nel after takeoff when I was a bit heavy on the throttle and wasn't checking my altitude: "You must switch frequency and watch for air traffic otherwise you'll collide with the space shuttles!"

[John Boucher]

EFATO at FAKM with Riaan Pretorius.... "Don't EVER do that again..." after I instinctively pulled back on the stick instead of forward. Muscle memory is a bitch!!!

"Your checks John, I don't hear your checks...." Riaan again, my reply... "I say them silently when you are next to me!" was my reply! Well I say them out loud when I am alone in the plane!

In flight engine failure.... groan groan groan - "I have just had a heart attack... your on your own!" Riaan again flying into controlled airspace @FAKM... eish! That call to ATC "ZU-CXO, a student pilot......" came out very quickly but with an intense shiver!

[AndyG]

Andy land the fu%$ing thing, Its winter and I want coffee!!!!!

[willemgreyling]

Two things I remenber from 2 diffrent instructors were

When you start flying do it like the birds - you fly to the next tree at first and then a further tree, not jump in and fly to (some far away place) - great advise!
and

Your circiut looks like a samoosa - fly a proper circuit!

[Nkwazi]

Andy K: Keep the ball in the middle, my nuts are hitting the door!!!

[Turbo]

instructor :--

You see a gentle push forward of the stick, to gain speed, before a firm pull back of the stick to pitch the nose upward, and a gentle aileron input to the left followed by some left rudder, now we have a nose down attitude and a firm pull on the stick again - and we are straight and level and have completed a 180 degree chandal (wing over)

Student - (COTCHING IN THE SEAT NEXT TI HIM) what was experienced was the following:-

SH$$#T the ground!! -- SHˆˆ&T the blue yonder!!! AAAHHH the GROUND AGAIN --- AAHHH cotch!!

[HENNING JOHAN]

Porra: Fuel in the hanger no use!Runway behind you,no use!And there was a 3rd one about altitude and I can't remember it.Porra:Check your airspeed!!Then the wing drop because I didn't check the airspeed!

[Nkwazi]

Altitude above you no use.

[ZS-NEL]

Our trike pilots are always a bit lazy on the rudders

Liam at LSAT: in a calm soft voice "trap 'n bietjie regs" then again "trap so klein bietjie regs" then louder "trap nog bietjie regs" then "TRAP FOKKEN REGS"

[ZS-NEL]

A SAAF student was flying with his instructor somewhere over horrible terrain and was asking where will they have to land in the event of an engine failure. The instructor quietly looking around for about 30 seconds and then grabs the student by the chest and responds.

"Luister nou mooi vir my- HIER vrek 'n engine NIE"

[wiskeyfoxtrot]

First intro into trike flying.... all of us standing in front of the trike, bright eyed and keen to learn. Have just been told about the wing.... leading edge, luff lines, batons, kingpost etc etc. Now we were asked " what is the most important part of the wing? " Everybody had a different answer..... which all seemed to us correct.... With a stone look on his face our instructor bellowed ..... " THE WHOLE FUCKING WING ! "

Never forgot that first day...

Later

[Koevoet]

Trike instructor: HEIGHT IS MONEY IN THE BANK was drilled in to me.