Front seat in a local Champ rental checkout, I heard the rear sliding window open and then a shotgun blast of barf down my left shoulder; The CFI's apparent comments on my flying expressed with nary a word.

I nursed us back in, thereby passing the "realistic distractions" portion of the checkout

Must have been the in flight meal. Never pick the fish!

Not even the courtesy of a reach around....

What did you do to cause this explosion of emesis?

Gump

In my instructor days long long ago, when a student was getting sick and no bags available. I would tell him to open the window and stick his head out as far as he could. When he started barfing I would hold my hand against his neck as hard as I could till he was done. Never got any on the inside Years later had a plane load of Japanese headed for flt seeing over Mt Mac. lady riding in the front seat could not hold it any longer and had a bowel movement in a barf bag with help from others in the plane Got a $500 tip for just looking out the window to my left..........

DonC wrote:In my instructor days long long ago, when a student was getting sick and no bags available. I would tell him to open the window and stick his head out as far as he could. When he started barfing I would hold my hand against his neck as hard as I could till he was done. Never got any on the inside Years later had a plane load of Japanese headed for flt seeing over Mt Mac. lady riding in the front seat could not hold it any longer and had a bowel movement in a barf bag with help from others in the plane Got a $500 tip for just looking out the window to my left..........

Oh, la, la, la, la, la, la, . . . bad mental image

Oh The humanity!!
And the SMELL!!!!

I hope he didn't do it on purpose, or he could end-up doing time:
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2010/07/man_who_vomited_on_phillies_fa_1.html

I was getting ready to post one of my good puke stories that I thought would top all. Then I came to DonC's story. I can't top that. DonC you are the master. I bow down to you!

There is another guy here somewhere who has an amazing barfing pax on final story, but I can't remember his username.

1SeventyZ wrote:There is another guy here somewhere who has an amazing barfing pax on final story, but I can't remember his username.

JoeCub has one too. His own brother on a trip from Austin to Reno, if I remember right. We'll have to ask him at the next gathering.

Years ago I was flying a charter to Atlantic City. This was back when they had just introduced casino gambling. We landed a Bader and I sent my passengers off in a taxi. Before heading out with my co-pilot for the day to find some lunch, I went to slip the Jep book back in my flight bag. I reached for the flight bag which was tucked behind the co-pilots seat where I could reach it in flight. It was ... wet and slimy. I pulled it out into the isle and then realized - one of my passengers had used it for a barf bag. Must have pulled it out, puked in it, and shoved it back in. Nobody ever said a word. Needless to say, I wasn't too interested in lunch after that. Hell, it was nearly 30 years ago, and I'm getting queasy all over again just thinking about it!

Best,
O-2

A few years back I took the guy up who owns the lot in town where I keep my crane. We flew to a local cafe (Rockford, ID) for lunch and he had the hot hamburger special, kinda like what used to be called a sloppy joe. On the way back....it happened, first and only time to date I'm happy to say. I, a 38 year vegan, had to clean it up of course.

Another time a schoolteacher lady friend almost puked coming back from a breakfast trip to Alpine Wy., she still thinks that's why I dumped her. She's right! I like a strong stomach in my women.

I wasn't there-fortunately, but knew all the folks involved.

1966. The short of it was a full C206 through Banning pass (CA) during windy conditions and a ceiling that wouldn't allow 'over and descend' into LA basin VFR. The puking started in the back somewhere, and then during a 'fill up' of a sick sack a large down draft bounced the open sick sack out of the gals hands in the middle row.......against the interior ceiling, and was dripping on the front seat passengers as they continued their flight......
The ONLY time that pilot ever got sick in an airplane......He was so distracted with himself barfing, he was having trouble landing, having to time the landing between his own episodes......

Thankfully I missed out on that trip..........

True story....
lc

Back when I had my J-3, I flew it from the rear seat with the door open. I was taking this guy for a ride, who while sitting in the front seat...you guessed it...barfed. The airstream sent the entire discusting mass directly at me. Covered with vomit, I asked him if he was OK....his reply..."I fell great now, let's keep flying".

First time my younger brother took me up in an Aronca Sedan out of Creswell OR, he told me if I barfed I would have two messes to clean up. Never been sick myself, never had to clean up a mess in my plane..have hauled over 100 Young Eagles..but there is always a FIRST time for everything!

I've never had it happen to me while flying, but I've seen the aftermath when the plane taxis in - word to the wise, if you ever have an opportunity to give rides in a Stearman and your pax gets sick... duck when you see their chin arch out into the windstream!

My wife bet me one time that I could not make her airsick. Now what macho pilot of any worth at all wouldn't just jump at this wonderful opportunity to show off his flying abilities and his glorious superiority?? After about 20 min. of continuous rolls, loops, high G turns, Cuban 8s, hammerheads etc. in our little RV-4 on a bumpy hot day, you guessed it, yours truely, the gloriously superior pilot, started getting really queazy, and she was absolutely showing no signs of any problem at all. I toughed it out just as long as I possibly could, landed, got out, laid down out on the middle of the runway, sweating, absolutely green around the gills and admitedly was feeling really really very yucky.

It's an quite an understatement to say that it just absolutely sucks to loose the bet and feel like pukin.. ... while she is laughing like crazy. Hell, I was still errpy hours later, but then you have to go through the humility again and again each time she re-tells the story... Oh, the agony... To this day still enduring...

You shouldn't have told that story on here Joe. Reno Chick saw it, and she has a long memory. Just warnin' you is all.

Gump

Found this video that fits right into this thread, we all may have seen it...

But here it is.

DonC wrote:In my instructor days long long ago, when a student was getting sick and no bags available. I would tell him to open the window and stick his head out as far as he could. When he started barfing I would hold my hand against his neck as hard as I could till he was done. Never got any on the inside Years later had a plane load of Japanese headed for flt seeing over Mt Mac. lady riding in the front seat could not hold it any longer and had a bowel movement in a barf bag with help from others in the plane Got a $500 tip for just looking out the window to my left..........

I do seem to recall a merry band of bushpilots that used to close the vents and turn the heat up prior to hitting "turbulence" on multi plane flightseeing tours. Apparently there may have been some wagering on how many sick sacks could be filled before they arrived back at the dock...of course all this is alledged.