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To: yldstrk

How bout the Pass Fail school grading systems? Remember math is Racist.

Are they going to include blind applicants? They need to be included in the Diversity programs.


44 posted on 10/28/2023 5:33:30 PM PDT by oldasrocks
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To: oldasrocks
How bout the Pass Fail school grading systems? Remember math is Racist.

Weight and balance 😜

I accompanied a student pilot flying his own plane from Brown Field to Tijuana airport for fuel. Brown had failed to renew the fuel contract, so TJ was the closest alternative. The quid pro quo for my participation was getting experience in doing an international flight both directions.

The "fun" started as we landed and TJ and got "in line" to get fueled. The student nearly ran the leading edge of his left wing into a pickup truck windshield. As we waited. a larger aircraft grossly overload with Boy Scouts was taxiing with the nose wheel bouncing up and down off the ground. The aircraft struggled to get off the ground, but finally gained sufficient airspeed to stabilize.

After fueling, I insisted on flying back to Brown. On the downwind leg abeam the tower, I was cleared to land and proceed to customs. I pulled power and turned base leg, then final. I flared and set the main gear down and gently lowered the nose. The nose wheel rattled and shuddered. I gently pulled nose back up and asked, "what the hell is that?". Oh, he said, I need to do some work on the nosewheel. WTF? I bled enough airspeed to set the nose back down and it settled into a steerable mode. Suffice to say, I was really PO'ed to have the "deferred maintenance" admitted when the bad behavior occurred.

64 posted on 10/28/2023 7:41:51 PM PDT by Myrddin
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