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Join us!! To apply for admission to the exclusive Grumpy Gang you must be able to tick off number 1 and at least 9 of the following items.
1. You MUST have been to three GRUMMAN flyins (official or weekly trips).
2. Pulled the mixture cut off instead of the carburetor heat control.
3. Taken off with the autopilot on.
4. Taken off or landed with the fuel pump off. (on more than one occasion)
5. Left the master switch on and flattened the battery.
6. Started the engine with the fuel selector in the off position.
7. Porpoised on landing.
8. Run a tank dry causing engine (& heart ) to stop.
9. Forgotten to test for carb ice & wondered what was wrong with engine
10.Tuned transponder to 7700 by mistake (even switching through counts).
11.Told to change frequency and set wrong number, called some one else or forgotten to change the boxes over.
12.Asked ATC for a frequency/danger zone or nav aid that does not exist any more.
13.Wrongly set a nav aid or radio to the incorrect frequency and wondered why you had no reply or was somewhere other than where you should be.
14.Had a dead instrument lead you astray.
15.Caught out by the weather. (Kassel Germany)
16.Annoyed ATC by misunderstanding their instructions.
17.Done something really silly. ( Like flying on your own over water and leaving the life raft in the baggage hold or pulling the cigarette lighter instead of the carbheat.)
18.Had a nasty experience due to your own fault but learnt a lesson from it.
19.Talking to ATC, being given instructions, which seem ok until arrival at destination to find that you are talking to the wrong airport and landing at another. (Denmark 99)
20.Left the pitot cover on or tried to move with something still tied to the plane, which should have been removed before taxiing.
21.Given instructions to land on a particular runway and picked the wrong one. (Keeps ATC awake)
22.Reported "missing" & searched by the gendarmes throughout France for a night without being on a flightplan (Grumpy Red July 2002)
23.Informing the CAA (or applicable joiners own country Aviation Authority)of ANYTHING without being 'SPECIFICALLY' asked, which could lead, in any way, shape or form, to a reduction in flying privileges, or in having to write another letter to them."
24.After landing finding your chicken still fixed on the antenna and wondered during flight where that crowing in the radio was coming from.(Grumpy Moon - North Carolina August 2006)
25.Two people simultaneously using the steps (with luggage on board) resulting in the plane tipping backwards onto the tie down ring - WITH an audience. 1 Point awarded for scratched paintwork. 2 Points awarded if the trim tabs get bent and the audience starts to laugh!!
26. Taking off with the fuel cap resting on the wing tip which cause the lost of about 10 litres of sucked out fuel.
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