Tried cleaning a pitot tube with a paperclip after a ramp guy swore by it, and now I have a 3 hour paperwork mess

Mary Schmidt · 2026-10-07T19:00:03.100805+00:00

Figured I would test it on a spare unit in the hangar at KAPA, but the tube was bent out of tolerance in under a minute, so now I stick to the proper drill bits and distilled water and I am asking if anyone has a worse shortcut story from the line.

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