Jim Peace Posted August 13, 2019 Report Share Posted August 13, 2019 J bar casualty: I have not had a new pair of sunglasses in about 7 years....guess I should start shopping...... I always check the area prior to retraction, never thought to check prior to extension. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigers2007 Posted August 13, 2019 Report Share Posted August 13, 2019 I’ve done that with my phone charging cord. I make it a point to sweep the area as a part of my memorized checklist prior to departure and approach. It’s amazing how much crap can accumulate on top of that thing during the flight. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueOne Posted August 13, 2019 Report Share Posted August 13, 2019 Sorry that happened. I just lose mine in the Lake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadrach Posted August 13, 2019 Report Share Posted August 13, 2019 (edited) My dad did that to a full can of Sunkist when I was about 11. We were IMC and had just crossed the FAF. While the approach was otherwise uneventful it ended badly for the Sunkist and also for me and my brother. We were week two into an airborne family cross country vacation. The unstowed Sunkist was minor compared to some of our other behavior. Edited August 13, 2019 by Shadrach 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steingar Posted August 13, 2019 Report Share Posted August 13, 2019 That happened to my CFI's sunglasses. I was wondering why I had such a hard time seating the damn bar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill98 Posted August 13, 2019 Report Share Posted August 13, 2019 3 hours ago, tigers2007 said: I’ve done that with my phone charging cord. I make it a point to sweep the area as a part of my memorized checklist prior to departure and approach. It’s amazing how much crap can accumulate on top of that thing during the flight. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I lost my apple pencil for my iPad Pro 11 for 3 weeks. Last Thursday I was flying up to Sherman, TX for my HP endorsement and (just so happened managed to do an IPC too ) , while pre flighting I saw the pencil down in the hole for the johnson bar hidden way in a corner. Took quite some time to fish it out. I was so baffled on how my Mooney ate the pencil. Luckily there was nothing else down in there. I have caught the charging cable before too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DXB Posted August 13, 2019 Report Share Posted August 13, 2019 Price of doing business. The Greatest Landing Gear System demands these sacrifices as tribute from its fortunate users every now and then 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloridaMan Posted August 15, 2019 Report Share Posted August 15, 2019 Yup. It can be tricky to dislodge things in flight too, but with well over 1000 J-bar Mooneys having been produced, I’m sure some pilot may have caught the full brunt of not having the J-bar stowed fully for gear up while leveraging the handle over the door and steel bar that the compass is attached to for bringing his date into the “mile high” club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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