What’s wrong?

Story Credit: Bobo

Story Type: Instructor Pilot

One of the things we continually hammered in UPT with students was radio discipline. Keep unnecessary chatter off the radio.

So...

JB was on a 2-ship ride with a solo student. The solo student was Lead on this particular sortie. Just as they lined up on 17R, the student looked back at JB and began frantically waving his arms back and forth over his head. Once he saw JB looking at him, he began pushing up against the top of the canopy. He then extended both hands and "flickered" with his fingers, in and out.

JB, in turn, reached down, pushed the mic button, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Shocked the hell out of the student!

"My canopy light is on, Sir," came the reply. (The red canopy warning light should have been out with the canopy closed and locked.)

The mission was subsequently aborted, and they taxied back in.