The job of a flight instructor is never boring

[cjsmith]

...although when they say that, it's usually not the preflight inspection that's so interesting.

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Comments

[chiefted]

Commented to his but, EEEK!

Good thing it was found preflight...hence the
re-enforcement of a good preflight inspection.

[ladyqkat.livejournal.com]

Oh, that is priceless. I told him it sounded like a job for Mythbusters. *g,d,r*

[tmc4242.livejournal.com]

Mythbusters has already done this one ( bullets fired into the air ), but not with an airplane downrange.

Preflights are our friends...

[roseembolism.livejournal.com]

Interesting that those idiots who fire their guns into the air don't seem to comprehend that the bullets WILL come down somewhere.

There's a couple of holidays during which I'm somewhat cautious about being outside- but at least it's better than Rodent parts (Rohnert Park) where I stayed inside every Friday and Saturday night.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

They'll come down fast, too. I don't know when it became accepted "knowledge" that firing into the air was a good idea. In the absence of any data, I will blame Hollywood. :)

Tragedy

[outermarker.livejournal.com]

My mom has a coworker who lost two family members—a mother and daughter—this New Years to someone shooting guns in the air:

http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200880108019