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"iflyatiger" > Anybody else attend ? Any other stories from the fly-in ? I flew down. I wasnt quite sure what to expect on the approach, but it went pretty well until the guy on final in front of me slowed down way too much way too early, and I ended up s-turning like crazy to avoid running up his ass. Kind-of weird to land on the runway with another plane still on it like that, but its amazing how short a space you can put it down in when you have to! Parking was a litle chaotic, and I was amazed to see one guy pull off the taxiway to try and sneak between to aircraft to an apparently open parking space, only to hit the tail of one of the aircraft with his wingtip. Not clever. Especially when he didnt just clip it -- he hit it with about a foot or more of wing to spare. I bet the chap with the ding in his tail was very pelase when he found out about the damage. It was also fun to hear the approach controlling chewing out the idiots who hadnt done their prep work. "Err, approach, can you tell me where the next checkpoint is?" "Well, when you were having breakfast this morning, and studying the procedure and your sectional, Im sure you saw it just fine!" came the reply. Far too many people just turned up and ignored the rules and wandered all over the place. -- Mike Granby, PP-ASEL,AI Warrior N44578 http://www.mikeg.net/plane |
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