[Rhodes22-list] Open door stories (humor)

[Michael D. Weisner]

Brad,

There are many stories, of which only a few may be mentioned on a public 
forum.

The worst story was of a fellow flight instructor who suffered from an 
enlarged prostate and decided to relieve himself while his student flew the 
aircraft.  It was a Cessna 150, I think, and the story goes that the door 
sprung back on him at an inopportune moment.  While he regained his 
composure, he somehow lost his wallet.  Fortunately, the wallet was returned 
to his home by mail several days later.  A note inside the package said that 
it was found in the parking lot of a local "by the hour" hotel by a maid. 
Needless to say, his wife didn't believe any of it.

Ah, the good ol' days.

Mike
s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
Nissequogue River, NY

From: "Brad Haslett" <flybrad at gmail.com>Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 9:43 
AM
> Mike,
>
> Is there a story there you need to tell?
>
> What made me think of the idea was an incident that happened in South
> Arkansas from the 70's.  A guy took off from Warren, AR and landed in Ft.
> Smith after traversing the Quachita mountains. Upon landing he reported to
> the authorities that somewhere en route his wife "fell out".  They never
> found a body and he was never charged with a crime.
>
> I've had a number of doors pop open over the years but never lost anything
> but a map.
>
> Brad
>
> On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 8:28 AM, Michael D. Weisner <mweisner at ebsmed.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Brad,
>>
>> Your solution to the problem is interesting - more like keel-hauling.  As
>> the father of three daughters, I may understand your position.
>>
>> Please note that while testing the door, you must certainly keep a tight
>> lid
>> on the inflight ice bucket as stray ice chunks sucked into the slipstream
>> striking the craft during takeoff have been known to cause damage to the
>> fuselage and may affect your ability to land, to say nothing of the 
>> effect
>> of the consumption of alcohol.
>>
>> Mike
>> s/v Shanghaid'd Summer ('81)
>>      Nissequogue River, NY
>>
>> From: "Brad Haslett" <flybrad at gmail.com>Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 
>> 6:32
>> AM
>> > Robert,
>> >
>> >Dragging those who deserve being drug through the chaparral is so 90's,
>> > 1890's that is.  I fixed the door on my Bonanza so it no longer pops
>> open
>> > on takeoff, and it only opens about two inches into the slipstream
>> anyway,
>> > but, with the right carelessness in latching and a combination of slow
>> > flight and side slip it will open much farther.  Some experimentation
>> may
>> > be in
>> > order to avoid having objects that are "sucked" out of the cockpit hit
>> the
>> > tail.
>> > Perhaps just being a passenger for one of the test flights would be
>> enough
>> > to 'cure' most evil doers.  Ask me in a few years when my daughter
>> starts
>> > dating.
>> >
>> > Brad
>> >
>>
>>
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