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>Back in my pre-solo lessons, I almost ran off the side of runway 13
>because of those winds I watched that happen in 94 with a student doing touch and goes. He ran right off into the field and put the tomahawk up on its nose. > learned to either touch down on the numbers, or wait until Im >past the windsock to set it down so as to avoid any "surprises".... >either that, or go for the turf runway 4. Yeah those hangar winds will give you some surprises on 13. >I really like doing a short >field approach to 13 to see if I can make the first taxiway turnoff, but >sometimes seeing that barbed-wire fence coming up in the windshield on >short final makes me cringe if Im not coming in steep enough I woudl sometimes try to make that first one on the right about 50 yards down the runway. Came close, but didnt quite make it. >eah, I >know that fence is only four feet tall, but catching the landing gear on >it while dragging the airplane in shallow and low definitely would suck >big time. > >DB_Wan_Kenobi > That happened in 1992 with a USAF pilot from the then Sheppard Aero Club. He scraped the fence in a 172, which is why there is no Sheppard Aero Club now. But I did later see him on discovery channel giving a tour of an F-15. Who is your CFI? Brian Cronin? Ron Chambless Pilot PA-34 Seneca II "Strange Situations, Wild Occupations. Living my life like a song" |
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