Funny stories, avitaion and others
Most of us need a laugh in these often sad times, perhaps these stories will do it . First aviation ones, I was talking to a man, Mike, from the early warbird days in California and reminiscing about a mutual friend who is a somewhat famous EAA guy from back then. First this man who is a skilled a & P has his plane in a friends' hanger with the heads off his radial engine and posts a big sign on his 4 bladed prop, DO NOT TURN PROP, and he tells everyone there not to touch over the weekend on pain of death and because it would ruin his engine. So soon as he leaves they take the sign off the blade at 9 oclock and simply tape it upside down onto the opposite blade at 5 oclodk. When the owner comes back Mon morning he is in a rage and hes a big guy so no one even has the courage to explain it to him, He finally sees some humor a few days later when he calms down. This same guy is known to be tight with a dollar. Once he is about to touch down gear up in a Mooney when he hears the prop tips buzz, so he adds power and goes around to land with gear down. Next day he works on the two bent tips with a hammer and crescent wrench , with prop still on the the airplane and till it is mostly straight. He flies away like that and it seems to work, just a bit of vibration and a funny sound and he goes on flying it for years.
